So, after a day of bagging for grinchy old ladies who did everything but "Bah! Humbug!" me when I wished them a Merry Christmas, I've made a few executive decisions ( Read more... )

Yet another DDoS attack on LiveJournal. I wish they'd get in touch with the FBI's CyberCrime division and have these idiots prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I have
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Just got an email reply to my feedback left last night:

Below is an answer to your support question regarding "Re: Requiring gender identification ( Read more... )

So it seems LiveJournal wants to oblige everyone creating new accounts to specify their gender. One thing I really don't like doing is giving out my gender online, and I know people have different reasons for not specifying their gender, some of them very personal. Let's hope some feedback can get them to reverse this change I know people who are ( Read more... )

As you might know, I recently joined a new community called ljunited that's dedicated to working towards defending and restoring the original promises made to LiveJournal's members, standing up for free speech on LJ, and restoring community participation in the operations of LiveJournal. It's our goal to work together over the long term to build a ( Read more... )

All right... two abortive voice posts in a row: there must be something up with the Voice post feature, or everyone is doing voice posts at once. I'll try to post one later tonight when things calm down.

As of tonight, 6 pm EST (Midnight GMT, I will *NOT* be posting anything to this journal for twenty-four hours -- not a post, not a voice post, not a comment -- in protest against the recent changes in LJ policy, including ( Read more... )

I know I begged you folks to not leave LJ because it left me feeling abandoned, but now that I hear the Marxists in charge of this dump are going to weigh the site down with what amounts to spyware, and since I had a computer destroyed by the stuff, I'm not taking any chances. I'll take part in the protest being staged on Friday, but if it doesn't ( Read more... )