So..the talk about how LJ was not going to be messing with users' gender specification?
http://news.livejournal.com/121612.html?thread=80864268#t80864268
So much for the reassurance that no change to the current set-up was going to happen.
(ETA: Ok, so this official response, sent out at the time, doesn't actually say 'no we won't be changing that'.)
And - YET! AGAIN! - it's a change that was made with no heads-up to the user base.
(You can see this for yourself. It's *not* just a new account thingala. If you go to your user page, the option to change your gender to 'unspecified' is no longer there. Which, frankly, ticks me right the hell off. I chose 'unspecified,' and I really don't like that - with no notification to me - my choice was changed to 'it's personal.' So yeah, disbelievers. This is NOT a 'lie' or 'misinformation' or 'overreaction', as was, um, shall we say 'suggested' last month. This is real, it's happened with no notice given, and it affects all users.)
If *ONLY* because of the upset within the user base about the proposed 'let's force new account holders to specify a gender' change last month (and ONLY caught because someone looked at the code; this time around, it wasn't caught), you'd think that the Powers That Be would have said, "Oh, so, yeah, we're gonna make a change after all."
Or is that just me falsely expecting logic?
You know the drill. If you give a rip - and many of you don't, and won't until changes are made that affect you personally..which will happen - let LJ know.
ETA: azurelunatic points me to this proposed change:
http://www.livejournal.com/translate/diff.bml?lang=en_LJ&it=1:6084&change=3
(The link also shows the history of changes being made, so if you wish to accuse me of 'lying' about any of this, should the change have gone into play before read this? Don't.)
ETA also: This comment, also by azurelunatic, clarifies things even more. (Much thanks!)
So much for the reassurance that no change to the current set-up was going to happen.
(ETA: Ok, so this official response, sent out at the time, doesn't actually say 'no we won't be changing that'.)
And - YET! AGAIN! - it's a change that was made with no heads-up to the user base.
(You can see this for yourself. It's *not* just a new account thingala. If you go to your user page, the option to change your gender to 'unspecified' is no longer there. Which, frankly, ticks me right the hell off. I chose 'unspecified,' and I really don't like that - with no notification to me - my choice was changed to 'it's personal.' So yeah, disbelievers. This is NOT a 'lie' or 'misinformation' or 'overreaction', as was, um, shall we say 'suggested' last month. This is real, it's happened with no notice given, and it affects all users.)
If *ONLY* because of the upset within the user base about the proposed 'let's force new account holders to specify a gender' change last month (and ONLY caught because someone looked at the code; this time around, it wasn't caught), you'd think that the Powers That Be would have said, "Oh, so, yeah, we're gonna make a change after all."
Or is that just me falsely expecting logic?
You know the drill. If you give a rip - and many of you don't, and won't until changes are made that affect you personally..which will happen - let LJ know.
ETA: azurelunatic points me to this proposed change:
http://www.livejournal.com/translate/diff.bml?lang=en_LJ&it=1:6084&change=3
(The link also shows the history of changes being made, so if you wish to accuse me of 'lying' about any of this, should the change have gone into play before read this? Don't.)
ETA also: This comment, also by azurelunatic, clarifies things even more. (Much thanks!)