derp derp corporations

[smokexscribbles]

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

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[smokexscribbles]

It's kind of unbelievable. Nice icon though. LJ usually has good user response, it's SUP I'm worried about. They don't always LISTEN to the negative feedback.

[thejabberwock]

Reportedly, LJ has since backpedaled on that coding faster than a dog meeting the wrong end of a porcupine.

[smokexscribbles]

An apt metaphor.

[m_a_foxfire]

Well. This is distressing.

*copy pastes indignantly*

[smokexscribbles]

Fortunately, they "fixed" it. The code didn't go out and everyone who complained got a nice email.