No seriously, LJ, WHAT.

[dira]

Gender will soon be a mandatory field for new LJ accounts, and gender options will be limited to male or female.

Words fail me. BUT THEY DO NOT FAIL AS HARD AS LIVEJOURNAL.

ETA: This code change has been rolled back and will not take effect.

Comments

[hermitsoul]

And my first cynical thought was, hmm, bet this has to do with ad targeting. *sigh* Thanks for the heads up.