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.]
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Date: 2009-12-15 07:44 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, my gender is "undecided" and now will probably stay that way. XD
I am cold, but mostly happy at the moment, and happier for having heard from you. *hugs*
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Date: 2009-12-15 09:29 pm (UTC)I got the canned response a short bit ago, as expected. Whatever; so long as the binary code never makes it live :)
It's been chilly and rainy here for the past few days (though of course this is only relative; it's hardly what you would call cold where you live!) but I've managed to stay of good cheer anyway. I love the holiday season, which for me starts in late October and goes more or less through early March for various reasons.
I hope your holidays are shaping up to be fun and warm and happy, and that the new year treats you even better. Drop me an e-mail some time and we can chat about more specifics, if you like. I always love to hear from you.
Maybe someday we can meet; I'd still like to, even if just at a con.
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote