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I'll leave a reminder here, in case people have questions.
Because of our history of being hacked, we are still screening new members. This means, when you apply to join, your screenname shows up in a queue and we go look at your journals, one by one. We essentially make an individual decision, based on our best judgement.
In case you are thinking of applying, or have been recently rejected, here are some of the things we watch for that might get you refused:
1. Newly created journals.
2. Journals with no posts (it's okay if you're friends-only - we can look at the date of your latest post on your userinfo. It's always helpful to have a friends-only post, of course.)
3. Journals with superficial "spam" posts - full of memes and the like.
4. Journals with few friends and many communities. Using your journal just to talk on communities is "suspicious."
In summary, you are much more likely to be accepted if you use your journal. If you use it infrequently for "spam" type posts, if you haven't updated in two years, if it doesn't look "lived in," it looks suspicious and we will probably press the "reject" button.
Obviously, if you just created your journal, you're still working on this, and it will take time for you to build up posts, friends, and so on. Please don't take your immediate rejection and never come back - if you come back after even a month of regular posting and apply again, we will probably accept you. We aren't trying to keep people out; just to keep the community secure.
For individual questions, please comment on the ask-a-mod post below. Thanks!
Because of our history of being hacked, we are still screening new members. This means, when you apply to join, your screenname shows up in a queue and we go look at your journals, one by one. We essentially make an individual decision, based on our best judgement.
In case you are thinking of applying, or have been recently rejected, here are some of the things we watch for that might get you refused:
1. Newly created journals.
2. Journals with no posts (it's okay if you're friends-only - we can look at the date of your latest post on your userinfo. It's always helpful to have a friends-only post, of course.)
3. Journals with superficial "spam" posts - full of memes and the like.
4. Journals with few friends and many communities. Using your journal just to talk on communities is "suspicious."
In summary, you are much more likely to be accepted if you use your journal. If you use it infrequently for "spam" type posts, if you haven't updated in two years, if it doesn't look "lived in," it looks suspicious and we will probably press the "reject" button.
Obviously, if you just created your journal, you're still working on this, and it will take time for you to build up posts, friends, and so on. Please don't take your immediate rejection and never come back - if you come back after even a month of regular posting and apply again, we will probably accept you. We aren't trying to keep people out; just to keep the community secure.
For individual questions, please comment on the ask-a-mod post below. Thanks!