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I DID NOT POST MY CHAPTER

I WILL POST IT I SWEAR

From synecdochic, your new rage stroke for the week:

* Gender will be a mandatory field at account creation, and it will be able to appear public on one's profile. (I can't tell if people with existing gender specification will be defaulted to "nobody can see it" or "everybody can see it".) (Subsequent changelog reading indicates that the public specificity has since been removed. It is unknown whether this is to require public specificity in the future or if it will remain private.)

* LiveJournal is removing the Unspecified option for the gender field. That's right: you get to be male or female. Period. That's it. (Source.)

If this pisses you off as much as it pisses me off, go to Edit Profile and select Unspecified for your gender option. Then, go to http://www.livejournal.com/contact/?dept=feedback and politely register your displeasure. (The people who read and process Feedback are not the people who make the decisions. They are often the people who are yelling internally about the decisions.)

(This will likely take place at the next code push, which given LJ's history will be either this Thursday or next, so spread the word fast, especially to the genderqueer community. After that point, you will no longer be able to pick "Unspecified" as your gender.)

Here is what I wrote; copy and paste as much as you'd like:

( Feedback letter )

To also reach someone who's higher up the food chain than the poor staff members who have to read and reply to Feedback, also email anjelika@livejournalinc.com who is Anjelika, GM of US operations.


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LJ can smoke pole. This is shitty, plain and simple. Please send some feedback.

I haven't been posting enough, I know, so here's my new reason to haul ass: I'm starting a new project. Once weekly I'll post this travelogue. I have to write at least 2000 words per entry. I have a vague storyline planned, but it's mostly just an adventure story. I hope you guys like it. If you know any communities where I could pimp this, I'd appreciate it, 'cause I'm a whore for reviews.

Christmas is coming! And so I'm taking requests this week. I've got some new fandoms: Havemercy, Supernatural, White Collar, and a renewed interest in Buffy. I'll do my best with any of my older fandoms, too.

This is a fairly tame story about flying around in a dirigible and having adventures in clouds. Rating is PG. No warnings.


( Week 1 - Takeoff )