LJ once again commits a FAIL
Dec. 15th, 2009 06:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoGender will now be a required selection on the profile, and the only options will be "male" and "female".
See discussion here. Even if you personally don't care about this issue, I urge you to express solidarity with those who do care. Go to your Edit Profile page and change your gender to "Unspecified". You will only be able to do this now, before they push the code change. Then go to LJ Feedback and register a POLITE objection to the policy. Remember that the people who read feedback are NOT the people who make these stupid decisions.
The only reason I can imagine for this sudden change is a desire to target users with "gender specific" advertising. Regardless of gender, this is likely to be no more acceptable than pouring a stream of raw sewage on your head.
[EDIT: LJ has declared that this was all an error and will not be pushed to production. While I believe that they will not push it to production, possibly as a result of the furor it caused, I still consider it proof of poor management and/or bad policy on their part. See discussions below if you are interested. This wasn't a "false alarm" by any means, and I thank those who responded quickly.]
See discussion here. Even if you personally don't care about this issue, I urge you to express solidarity with those who do care. Go to your Edit Profile page and change your gender to "Unspecified". You will only be able to do this now, before they push the code change. Then go to LJ Feedback and register a POLITE objection to the policy. Remember that the people who read feedback are NOT the people who make these stupid decisions.
The only reason I can imagine for this sudden change is a desire to target users with "gender specific" advertising. Regardless of gender, this is likely to be no more acceptable than pouring a stream of raw sewage on your head.
[EDIT: LJ has declared that this was all an error and will not be pushed to production. While I believe that they will not push it to production, possibly as a result of the furor it caused, I still consider it proof of poor management and/or bad policy on their part. See discussions below if you are interested. This wasn't a "false alarm" by any means, and I thank those who responded quickly.]
