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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]daydee
2007-11-08 01:21 am UTC (link)
WHY OH WHY ONLY PAID MEMBERS!!!!!!

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[info]crazykimmy
2007-11-08 01:23 am UTC (link)
To encourage you to get a paid account.

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[info]daydee
2007-11-08 01:25 am UTC (link)
Yay... except I'm one of those people who really hates features that are highly useful being locked... don't have the money, unemployed because of disability, just want to edit the dumb sometimes!

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[info]crazykimmy
2007-11-08 01:26 am UTC (link)
I completely understand that.

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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-11-08 01:34 am UTC (link)
On the other hand, if they put too many features into unpaid accounts, then there is no incentive to get a paid account. It's good for them from a business perspective.

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(no subject) - [info]dawn_again, 2007-11-08 01:36 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]cadmus, 2007-11-08 02:24 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]saralogan
2007-11-08 03:58 am UTC (link)
You can start your own journaling service and give it all the features you want.

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(no subject) - [info]thewhiteowl, 2007-11-08 08:41 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-08 09:32 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]candent, 2007-11-09 06:02 pm UTC (Expand)
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(no subject) - [info]thewhiteowl, 2007-11-10 12:28 pm UTC (Expand)
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(no subject) - [info]thewhiteowl, 2007-11-10 03:02 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-10 04:04 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]thewhiteowl, 2007-11-10 06:58 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-10 07:14 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]thewhiteowl, 2007-11-10 07:32 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-10 07:34 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]candent
2007-11-09 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Oh you must hate people like me who have permanent accounts then.

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[info]snatchbeast
2007-11-09 06:40 pm UTC (link)
free users can always delete and repost...

Edited at 2007-11-09 06:40 pm UTC

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[info]___tornprincess
2007-11-12 01:40 pm UTC (link)
It's really not that much of a big deal. Really!

LJ need to make money somehow, they aren't a charity ;] People have jobs working for them, you know!

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[info]emtqueen85
2007-11-08 02:23 am UTC (link)
I would get a paid account if there were more than three incentives for me to plunk down $30/year. As it is, it would only be the edit comment function, more layout options, and extra icon space. Not yet worth it to me, plus I'm somewhat in the same boat that [info]daydee is.

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[info]flexor
2007-11-08 09:03 am UTC (link)
Well yeah. Can't say I blame them either. I will therefore have to spell-check my posts before hitting "Submit". We freeloaders are generally clued-up enough to avoid speling mistkaes anyway.

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[info]syntheticjesso
2007-11-08 01:26 am UTC (link)
They usually do this, and then once it's thoroughly tested they'll open it up to everyone. They've done it in the past, anyways.

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[info]madsquirrel
2007-11-08 01:27 am UTC (link)
But this is NuLiveJournal where you can get pepsi sponsored themes and other advertising related crap.

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[info]daydee
2007-11-08 01:28 am UTC (link)
The one thing that concerns me is they usuall announce they are doing that. Here there is no mention of it at all.

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[info]syntheticjesso
2007-11-08 01:35 am UTC (link)
True, I hadn't considered that. Maybe hopefully, though? *crosses fingers*

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[info]anda
2007-11-08 02:28 am UTC (link)
Just for a change, they thought they'd offer a useful feature to paid members first? Gotta say, it's nice to have something for -us- instead of just thrown out for everyone.

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[info]wellsjc
2007-11-08 03:15 am UTC (link)
Because they're a bunch of cocksuckers...

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[info]saralogan
2007-11-08 03:59 am UTC (link)
Don't hate on cock suckers. Someone's got to do it.

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[info]henrylyne
2007-11-08 05:53 am UTC (link)
hahaha
FTW!

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[info]jazalove
2007-11-08 05:54 am UTC (link)
AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

*edits comment in spite, because I like LOL'ing at the unpaid users*

Edit 2: I mean, I LOVE THE UNPAID USERS!

Edited at 2007-11-08 05:55 am UTC

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(no subject) - [info]saralogan, 2007-11-08 06:03 am UTC (Expand)

[info]thisdaydreamer
2007-11-08 07:09 am UTC (link)
Your user info says you have a paid account.

Edited at 2007-11-08 07:09 am UTC

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[info]daydee
2007-11-08 07:19 am UTC (link)
Someone annonomously bought me two months today!

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[info]thisdaydreamer
2007-11-08 07:22 am UTC (link)
Cool!

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(no subject) - [info]tarathene, 2007-11-09 11:37 am UTC (Expand)

[info]jackdavfan692
2007-11-08 07:17 am UTC (link)
My thoughts exactly, daydee B|! That seems awfully unfair for those of us who can only afford basic or plus accounts B[. Inability to send (and I'm guessing, receive) v-gifts, I don't mind. Not being able to use certain themes bothers me a bit more, but still not too much, but this, this is just inexcusable B/! Looking at this page, I'm glad to see so many others feel the same way. Maybe there will be enough complaints that the staff will extend that capability to all users B|.

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[info]ice_dragon00
2007-11-11 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Because they need a way to get people to pay again after driving so many off with Snap.com.

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