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As of 2024, the community had 3,028 members and 24,309 journal entries. | As of 2024, the community had 3,028 members and 24,309 journal entries. | ||
== Removal of "Unspecified" Gender Option on Account Sign-up == | |||
In 2009, many users reacted negatively to an upcoming change to Livejournal's account creation process that would force new users to choose between "Male" or "Female", removing the "Unspecified" option. | |||
In response to a post on the queer̠rage community decrying Livejournal's decision, auburnamnesia remarked that "discriminating against a large portion of your userbase in order to get teh ad revenues is NOT good business practice".<ref>auburnamnesia. Comment on "oh, lj", queer̠rage Livejournal community. December 15th, 2009. https://queer-rage.livejournal.com/1404843.html?thread=16327851#t16327851 </ref> raenbow expressed a general opposition to limiting users to a ""drop down box' list of choices for gender" and asserted that "[n]ot everyone is male or female".<ref>raenbow. Comment on "oh, lj" on queer̠rage Livejournal community. https://queer-rage.livejournal.com/1404843.html?thread=16329387#t16329387 </ref> | |||
synecdochic posted a call to action on Dreamwidth, asking other disgruntled users to change their gender fields to "Unspecified" and to contact Livejournal to make their disapproval known.<ref>synecdochic. "wow. just .... wow." December 14 2009.https://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/366609.html</ref> | |||
In response to this community pushback, Livejournal staff clarified that they understood gender was not binary and announced that they had dropped their plans to change the sign-up process.<ref>LiveJournal Community Care Team. Quoted by montrealais. queer | |||
̠rage community. December 15th, 2009'''.''' https://queer-rage.livejournal.com/1404843.html?thread=16331691#t16331691</ref> | |||
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