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

[riverlight]

Thanks for the note. I've protested.

(Also, love the icon!)

[dira]

I was torn between that icon and this one, but I was feeling more fight-y than facepalm-y. :)

[hermitsoul]

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

[riverlight]

Yes, I like the fight sentiment, myself. :)

::hugs::

[minoanmiss]

Beta code, they say:
http://jenny-evergreen.livejournal.com/1119725.html

[dira]

Yeah, I'm seeing that. And I guess a decent chunk of users rising up and saying OH HELL NO counts as a bug found in beta, right? *g*

[turlough]

I guess a decent chunk of users rising up and saying OH HELL NO counts as a bug found in beta, right?

That was my thought too.

[dira]

Now we just hope that they actually fix said bug, rather than just insisting to users that they shouldn't be worried about it, and we'll be all set. As much as we ever are... *g*