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November News
Whether you're ready or not, November is upon us. That means holidays, parties, and all the fun (and stress) that go with them. We thought we'd get a jump start on the season of giving with some great new stuff on LJ.


We Heard Your Pleas: Comment Editing Is Here!
Ever left a comment and immediately wanted to alter it? Previously, whether it was an embarrassing typo or an incorrect link, once you hit "post comment," your only choice was to either delete it, or leave it for the world to see. Until now.

Paid Members now have the ability to edit comments! Just click on the "edit" button in your comment to make changes. Of course, to be fair to others, only comments that have not yet been replied to may be edited.



Need to Talk in Private?
Private messaging has arrived. You can now communicate with another LJ user directly by sending him/her a private message. Just go to your Message Center, click the "New Message" button and fill out the form. Easy enough, right? Find out about all the ways you communicate with LJ users, as well as relevant privacy settings, in the FAQs.



Notify Facebook Friends about Your Recent LJ Posts
Make sure your friends never miss another one of your moments of genius. Facebook recently announced a new way for you to share the actions you've taken on other sites with your friends on Facebook and we are now offering that functionality on LiveJournal.

Facebook Beacon makes it simple to insert actions into your Facebook Mini-Feed and News Feed from LiveJournal and, in turn, share them with your friends on Facebook. This is an opt-in feature -- you'll be able to control whether or not you want to send your entries to Facebook, and of course we'll only do this when you're creating public entries. If you'd like to opt-in, you may do so within your journal on the Viewing Options page (Additional privacy settings > Facebook).

Get all the details about including LJ notifications on Facebook in this LiveJournal FAQ.


Post On-the-Go with LJ Mobile
LiveJournal Mobile is a free application (developed in-house by the Six Apart mobile team) for your Windows Mobile or Palm device that makes it easy for you to post photos and text to your LJ. Learn ALL the ways to go mobile with LiveJournal so you can post whenever you want, from wherever you want.



"Where's Frank?" Contest Finalists!
Thank you to everyone who entered the "Where's Frank?" Photo Contest. It was  tough work, but we managed to narrow down the entries to five finalists. It's now up to you, the LJ community, to vote for your favorites and determine which entry will win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com and which two entries will win $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com. The voting ends Friday, November 16, 007, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Which Frank is your favorite?


What's in a Name?

Juliet may have thought a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but look at what happened to her. Which is why we're having a SALE on rename tokens now through December 31st. For a limited time, you can purchase rename tokens in the Gift Shop for only $12 (marked down from $15).

Whatever your account level, this is your chance to rename your journal or community without losing any information. Your account status, profile, entries, and all other account-related information will remain the same, while all existing comments in other journals and entries will display your new username. Check out all the newly available usernames on the purged accounts page.

Comment with "I Want A Rename!" and let us know why you need one. We'll be giving out a few rename tokens to those of you with the most compelling cases.




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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-11-08 01:18 am UTC (link)
1. Thank you for comment editing!

2. GET RID OF SNAP!!

3. Publicly explain the new "adult content flag" feature, and how it relates to Abuse Reports and what consequences it will have.

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[info]missinfinity
2007-11-08 01:19 am UTC (link)
IAWTC.

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[info]cacahuate
2007-11-08 01:20 am UTC (link)
Snap: NO KIDDING.

Adult content flag: Oh god, what did I miss?

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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-11-08 01:24 am UTC (link)
http://community.livejournal.com/the_lj_herald/63920.html
http://community.livejournal.com/the_lj_herald/65557.html

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(no subject) - [info]cacahuate, 2007-11-08 01:32 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]a_blue_moon_cat, 2007-11-08 04:27 am UTC (Expand)

[info]jessicamariek
2007-11-08 01:20 am UTC (link)
Agreed on #3. This isn't going to go away, I think.

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[info]girlfight
2007-11-08 01:24 am UTC (link)
I'm sure they'll explain it once it's ready for use.

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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-11-08 01:25 am UTC (link)
You mean they'll explain it using vague and condescending terms?

Yeah, sounds about right.

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(no subject) - [info]girlfight, 2007-11-08 02:14 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]xenosphobatic, 2007-11-08 03:04 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]batman, 2007-11-08 04:09 am UTC (Expand)

[info]butterboy
2007-11-08 02:23 am UTC (link)
I'm surprised so many people here are still complaining about Snap.

It's really easy to disable--just click on the gear in the corner.

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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-11-08 02:25 am UTC (link)
I don't want to download a cookie from a site I don't trust. Livejournal should give me the option to disable it some other way.

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(no subject) - [info]neurotica0, 2007-11-08 03:25 am UTC (Expand)

[info]baggers
2007-11-08 02:49 am UTC (link)
i've disabled it 3 times now, and yet it is back on again.

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(no subject) - [info]neurotica0, 2007-11-08 03:26 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]baggers, 2007-11-08 03:55 am UTC (Expand)

[info]scryren
2007-11-08 03:25 am UTC (link)
Not trying to be an ass, but how hard is it to let us check a box in viewing options that shuts it off for all of the site? I shouldn't have to disable it via cookies everyday when I'm on campus, or ask the lab admins to install ABP and filter out Snap (so no one visiting any site can use it).

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(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-08 03:57 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]thevelvetsun, 2007-11-08 08:57 am UTC (Expand)

[info]elfwreck
2007-11-08 03:07 pm UTC (link)
It's easy to disable--if you keep cookies forever, and only use one computer, which you control the settings on.

If you log in from the library, you have to disable it separately every time.

Site features should be tied to your user account, not some third-party cookie. When you log into LiveJournal, your settings should be the same, no matter where you log in from.

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[info]eevee
2007-11-08 04:58 pm UTC (link)
LJ could give automated punches in the face on every pageview and people would still say "what's the big deal? you can disable them so easily!"

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[info]ebeda
2007-11-08 02:51 am UTC (link)
Agreed on all counts.

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[info]perfectisfake
2007-11-08 06:33 am UTC (link)
Snap is awesome, and you have the ability to turn it off.

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[info]the_shy_wolf
2007-11-08 09:29 am UTC (link)
But it keeps coming back on for me.

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(no subject) - [info]mrs_batman, 2007-11-08 04:17 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]gemfyre
2007-11-08 11:53 pm UTC (link)
What is this "snap" you all speak of?

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(no subject) - [info]perfectisfake, 2007-11-09 02:08 am UTC (Expand)

[info]thefamiliar
2007-11-09 04:21 pm UTC (link)
So, since you're one of the three, what do you like about it?

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(no subject) - [info]perfectisfake, 2007-11-09 10:37 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]georgiarepublic, 2007-11-10 08:25 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]umei
2007-11-08 07:15 am UTC (link)
IAWTC.

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[info]flexor
2007-11-08 08:50 am UTC (link)
Ad 1: Well never again let it be said that LJ doesn't listen to their users. Eventually.

Ad 2: Following "comment" on-site, I've actually gone so far as to filter snap.com at the web proxy level, so nobody on the inside of my proxy will be disturbed by it. Same goes for intellitext, doubleclick and other ad farms and personal information snorters. And there was much rejoicing.

Ad 3: On the one hand, I can see how this is a way of warning the rest of the world that this here post discusses subjects of a nature best not viewed by the unspoilt cherubs aged 18 or less.

But in my other persona as a suspicious bastard, it looks like a great big signpost saying "Here is stuff that you may want to read, be offended by and then request a ban on the user".

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(no subject) - [info]thevelvetsun, 2007-11-08 08:56 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]urgent_alchemy, 2007-11-08 01:43 pm UTC (Expand)

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[info]elfwreck
2007-11-08 03:11 pm UTC (link)
about that "adult content" flag--is it currently active?

I use Dystopia as a layout, so I don't see any of the new features & buttons that go on dropdown menus. Is it current, or will it eventually be added as a button along with the Reply, Memories, Track etc. buttons?

(I wonder what it'll look like? I suppose a little "18+" stamp would be too obvious.)

I've opened a support request about what "adult content" means. It's been entirely ignored. Apparently, they're not answering questions about this yet.

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(no subject) - [info]thevelvetsun, 2007-11-08 06:06 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]elfwreck, 2007-11-08 09:22 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]thevelvetsun, 2007-11-08 11:39 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]skreyola, 2007-11-09 04:23 am UTC (Expand)

[info]reignwaterburns
2007-11-10 12:14 pm UTC (link)
i love snap... i wish it were streamlined for LJ like it is for three other blog sites

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[info]happyville
2007-11-11 04:08 am UTC (link)
...I clearly spend too much time on lj when I thought snap was related to mozilla firefox, not lj :/

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[info]txteva
2007-11-12 12:13 pm UTC (link)
whats snap?

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