How Do You Know if You Have Been Rejected From a Livejournal Community
Facebook/Twitter Connect update, TxtLJ, Community rejection enhancement, Pingbacks
We've got important updates for you this week. As promised, we've fabricated significant changes to Facebook and Twitter Connect integration that respond to your privacy concerns. We're as well saying bye to an old friend (TxtLJ) and introducing a community moderation enhancement. There's a lot of ground to cover today, and so let's become started!
Facebook and Twitter Connect update
- We've disabled the ability to cantankerous-post comments on privacy-protected entries and screened comments for non-Cyrillic users. If you've opted into Cyrillic services, yous'll still be able to cross-mail service protected and screened comments. (If you recently opted into Cyrillic services to purchase custom userheads, you can opt out and retain your purchased userheads.)
- If you oasis't added your Twitter or Facebook information to your Account Settings, you volition non come across the cross-posting checkboxes when posting comments. You will still come across the checkboxes when posting an entry, but they will be disabled.
- You will no longer see cross-posting checkboxes when yous edit a annotate.
We've also enhanced the cross-posting characteristic so you can choose the paradigm that volition appear equally the thumbnail image on a cantankerous-posted Facebook update. To select an image, click the "Choose a picture show" link when you cross-mail your entry or your comment to Facebook. If you are cantankerous-posting an entry you are writing, you can select any epitome that appears within the entry or the userpic you lot've selected to apply. If you lot are cantankerous-posting a comment, y'all can simply select the userpic you've selected for the comment -- you cannot select images that announced in the entry itself.
Community rejection enhancement
If you're a community maintainer, you can now offer an explanation and/or further instructions whenever yous reject a user who requests to join your community (like to when yous refuse an entry submitted to a customs). Just blazon in your explanation in the text box before you lot hit the "Pass up" button.
Bye to TxtLJ
We've discontinued the TxTLJ feature, as the cost of maintaining the service was too loftier in relation to current usage. We know some of you relied upon this feature for posting, notifications, and more than, and then we've compiled a listing of ways y'all tin can achieve most of the same tasks without it:
- Post entries by text message: If you've been texting entries to LiveJournal through TxtLJ, you can however do so as long as you know the e-mail address of your telephone (which you can find past contacting your carrier's Help/Support organization). Once you know the accost, yous can list it as an approved sender for your account. Then, all you need to exercise is transport a text bulletin to "yourusername+{Pin}@post.livejournal.com"
and information technology will postal service as an entry to your journal! For full data on how to set approved senders and select a Pivot, delight meet this FAQ. - LiveJournal mobile version: You can access the LiveJournal mobile version--m.livejournal.com--to post, annotate, and catch up on your Friends page from whatsoever smart phone.
- Notification options: You can update your notification settings to receive notifications via email, IM, or your LiveJournal Inbox (accessible via m.livejournal.com).
- Get letters on the go: Your friends tin can transport you text messages right from your contour page. (Note: You lot must take a Paid, Plus, or Permanent account in guild to enable this feature so your friends can text you.)
- There's an app for us!: LiveJournal has official apps for Windows Mobile and iPhone. LiveJournal users have too created apps for diverse other mobile devices, including Android. Check your device's app store for details.
Did nosotros miss something? We hope you'll let usa know in comments.
Other important stuff to know
- We've fixed the issues that was impairing the proper function of Pingbacks. It should now be working equally intended. Click hither to update your Pingback settings. You can read more than nigh Pingbacks in this FAQ.
- The driblet-down tag menu has been fixed when you edit a periodical entry.
Be back before long
Thanks so much for joining us. We'll return adjacent week with the header blueprint winner and more fun and gifts with Frank.
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theljstaff
Notifications, Purged Accounts, Stats, TxtLJ, Gulf_Aid_Now
| In response to your requests, we wanted to take some fourth dimension to answer some of your outstanding questions. Buoyed by your encouragement last week, Meme convinced Frank to go white-water rafting down the Russian River for a while (more details beneath). Frank volition be stopping by the local watering hole to unwind and would dearest to hear all nigh your nigh memorable (i.e., dramatic) aquatic adventure, whether it was whooshing down a h2o slide, parasailing off a cliff, or falling in a mud puddle. Cry him a river, and he'll float you a gunkhole. | |
Important stuff to know
- Notifications: We've been working difficult to resolve notification issues. You may have already noticed an improvement in
news notifications. We're reducing announcement notifications by turning off notifications for inactive accounts. This will reduce server loads to ease congested queues. Nosotros know many of yous are notwithstanding experiencing delayed or missing notifications, so we want to assure yous that repairing our notification organization is a pinnacle priority. - Purging suspended accounts: Nosotros expect to beginning purging suspended accounts by August. The hold-upward is that we're still modifying and testing scripts to ensure that all posts--including comments and community entries--associated with suspended accounts are properly purged. For more technical details on how these purges volition work, please see this post. We'll let you know when these purged usernames become available.
- EDIT: Purging inactive accounts: 1 of the benefits of the work we've done to purge suspended accounts is that we will now be able to purge inactive journals and communities besides--something you've been requesting for years! A journal is defined as inactive if it has non been logged into for 24 consecutive months and has only one mail service (i.e., the welcome mail). A community is defined equally inactive if has non been updated for 24 consecutive months and has just one entry and no comments. In one case an business relationship is eligible to be purged for inactivity, the possessor will be sent an email to alert them of the inactive status. The possessor will then accept ii weeks to log into the periodical or post to their community to forestall information technology from being deleted. If the owner does not log in or post, the account will exist deleted and treated like any other deleted account (the possessor will have xxx days to log in and undelete the account to prevent it from being purged). Purging inactive accounts will take identify sometime subsequently we've begun purging suspended accounts, probably in belatedly Baronial. Once again, yous can read technical details about suspended and inactive account purges in this post. We'll be sure to let you know when these purged usernames become bachelor.
- TxtLJ update: We want to give you lot a heads up that we're researching other mobile messaging options that will allow us to extend this characteristic to our international users. If you're a paid or permanent user, you lot tin read more about information technology here.
Header design competition
Thanks to all of you for participating in the first round of polls. This week, we'd like to nowadays the finalists for your voting pleasance. We regret that a couple of entries got lost along the way. We hope you'll resubmit them for inclusion in our next header competition. We'll begin accepting entries next week. We promise you'll help us decide which header will grace the top of LiveJournal by casting your ballots hither. Polls close on Monday, July 19th, at 3PM, PDT.
Gulf_Aid_Now charitable vgift
| We're delighted to announce that  gulf_aid_now has already raised over $iii,000 to support clean-upwardly and wild animals protection in the wake of the oil disaster. They've created a charitable vgift, which will help fund environmental recovery efforts. Priced at $0.99, we'll donate all proceeds to the National Wild animals Foundation'southward Oil Spill Fund (we'll cover the processing fees). Nosotros want to thank you, again, for coming together to make a positive social bear on. | |
The adventures of Frank & Meme
For our featured photo, we'll catch you under the cut! ( Collapse )
Thanks again for joining us. We'll meet you lot next week!
- theljstaff
State of the Caprine animal 2009
Information technology'due south been a momentous 12 months hither at LiveJournal. We crossed a upper-case letter T at Ten years young. And, like most precocious pubescents, we celebrated turning double digits by publishing our kickoff book! Needless to say, nosotros've experienced some major changes, both within and out. Before we recap, we'd like to thanks for bearing with u.s. every bit nosotros've struggled through ungainly growth spurts, identity pangs, and, yeah, the occasional blemish. We hope you'll keep to stand by us: We're gaining wisdom with maturity.
Stuff yous liked
- Back in February, we placed a call for entries for our ten-year ceremony album in lj_turns10 . In Dec (less than a year later!), nosotros officially announced the publication of Alive Journal: The First Decade. Featuring an inspired collection of writing, photographs, and artwork from the pages of LiveJournal history, the book has been selected by Blurb.com as a acme staff selection! Nosotros are proud to have played host to so much talent over the years, and nosotros thank our contributors for sharing their boggling work.
- Nosotros all dearest quirky surprises, but not when it comes to managing our account settings. This twelvemonth we streamlined settings into one key business relationship management surface area. No more than sifting through FAQs to figure out how to control privacy settings, modify notifications, adjust mobile settings, or update contact information!
- Being users ourselves, we realize our ain mothers couldn't find us on LiveJournal based on our usernames and userpics alone (*heaves heavy sigh of relief*). But since there are times when we actually want to be constitute, we created a search tool--Detect Your Friends--to help locate people by email address (it's in the Friends driblet-down menu).
- Spam counter-attack: The war against vicious malware and spambots reigns eternal, simply nosotros've been making serious inroads to ensure your online security. Nosotros've established new protocols, such every bit requiring email accost validations. Nosotros've grown more savvy about ferreting out suspicious behavior. Nosotros've added features, like whitelisting, to assist you protect your communities. Our valiant (i.e., overworked) spam avengers (a/k/a the LiveJournal ops squad) are standing on red alert so you can slumber safely at night.
- After an intensive beta, we launched My Guests at the terminate of the year, which lets you encounter who's been hanging around your periodical. A number of you accept fifty-fifty discovered secret admirers (not all of whom are creepy)!
- Last, just by no ways least, we want to thank our volunteers for providing invaluable support and feedback. Their Herculean efforts enable the states to answer your questions more efficiently, identify spammers, reduce abuse, and deliver amend features (through tireless testing). On behalf of the staff and the larger LiveJournal community, we are truly grateful for their diligence, intelligence, loyalty, and passion.
You got your ready
- We recently debugged a number of the oustanding bug with the rich text editor so your entries look great regardless of whether you lot know html. You can read more well-nigh text editors here.
- In response to user need, we brought dorsum international voice posting. Please annotation that this withal needs more tweaking, and we are working on the one-infinitesimal cut-off event. For more than info on vocalisation posting, read here.
- At long terminal, we revived TxtLJ with Verizon. For more info on TxtLJ, check out the FAQ.
Paid features you enjoyed
- In December, we introduced My Stats, which provides detailed data on who's been viewing your entries as well every bit statistics on commenting, RSS requests, friending history, and more than. Despite a few early glitches, the response has been extremely favorable.
- This year, nosotros launched and improved Notes (i.east., the feature formerly known as Allonym), which lets y'all add individual comments on friends and commenters (it's in the Profile drop-downwards card). This way you lot won't exist caught red-faced when yous strain to remember details nigh that wonderful LiveJournal friend who sent you lot a birthday vGift. For more than info, read the FAQ.
- When we first announced View friends pages by appointment, we thought it would be a quiet, minor enhancement. The rave reaction floored usa, which made us all very happy. We gave it a fine tuning in February of 2009, then it's even better!
- How embarrassing! Information technology appears pingbacks have gone back to the shop for service. Nosotros'll keep you lot posted.
We didn't know just much y'all liked pingbacks until it went in for service. Information technology's back and, judging by your irritation when it wasn't available, this is skillful news. FYI, pingbacks send instant notifications (via screened comments) whenever someone links to one of your entries on LiveJournal. For more info, read this entry in paidmembers or check out the FAQ.
Mixed reviews
- The search is still on. Some of yous have reported getting more comprehensive results for keyword searches using the new Yandex search engine and like the ability to search within content categories (like entries or comments). Others have non been satisfied with the relevancy of search results. Please be patient. We're nonetheless tweaking this product.
- This past December, we wanted to endeavour out a new holiday promotion. Given the crap economy, we decided to offer our Paid/Permanent users a stack of $ten coupons to send to Bones/Plus users for paid account upgrades. Nosotros hoped you lot would like it. And some of you lot did, merely many were disappointed that we didn't offer Give More equally well. We want to thanks and then much for letting u.s. know. Your input volition help us plan amend in the future. Merely FYI, Paid/Permanent users can proceed to send out coupons through Jan 15th. Coupons can be redeemed through January 31, 2010.
- We were pretty excited about Your Journal Your Money, which allows Paid/Permanent users to earn extra cash by displaying Google ads to Basic/Plus and logged out users. A number of you tried information technology. Some of you really like information technology. Others, not and then much. (Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users who do not participate in this program will not view ads on journals. Participants volition encounter ads on their own periodical, merely won't see them on other journals unless they specifically opt in.) For additional details, visit here.
- We relaunched m.livejournal.com, our mobile app. While it offers a nicer UI and enhanced functionality, some of you lot call up we can do meliorate on load times. Like nearly of the states, information technology'due south a work in progress. You lot can customize your mobile settings hither. For more info, delight read the FAQ.
Missing Inaction
- We shudder to bring upwards the neon purple elephant squatting on our heads, but, yes, nosotros didn't requite you those a la card userpics. We've been making radical improvements to our backend in club to back up them. Only no excuses. We know yous want them. We cringe every fourth dimension you mention them. We're sorry we dropped the ball on this, and nosotros promise to do our best to go them to yous in 2010.
Stumbling points
- Dorsum in early August, nosotros experienced outages related to a series of DDoS attacks. Nosotros are proud to report that we were down a total of one hour over the course of a few days. We thank our heroic ops guys for getting us up sooner and more consistently than any of our less fortunate social networking friends. We repent for leaving you temporarily stranded.
- A couple of months back, we offered a gratis, unrestricted vGift, which induced a snowflake cookie avalanche. This resulted in backed up/delayed notifications, which, in turn, led u.s.a. to reboot systems, rendering scrapbooks unavailable. It took a while to shovel free. Apologies for the inconvenience. We learned a valuable lesson that should proceed the states cataclysm-gratuitous in the future (fingers crossed while knocking on wood).
- That darn Best Buy ad. First off, nosotros're deplorable virtually the audio machine-play (we got it turned off as quickly every bit possible). While it's truthful that we'll continue to bear witness this type of advertizement to accounts that normally encounter them (never to Paid/Permanent accounts), we'll make certain the sound defaults to off moving forward. We promise to do our very all-time to go along ads to a minimum on LiveJournal, while keeping a roof over Frank's head.
Full steam ahead!
As nosotros plunge headfirst into the next decade, we want to take a moment to wait back and thank all of our employees, both by and present, who take worked so hard to create our unique and magical universe. Nosotros couldn't take made information technology this far without you lot: Your contributions brighten our path everyday. We also want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of y'all. Whether you've been around for ten days or x years, your humor, intelligence, talent, and inventiveness are what makes this the near vibrant global customs on the Internet (the best place on the Spider web, in our humble opinion). Here's hoping that 2010 will be the greatest year yet! Nosotros cheers for joining us equally we embark upon some other glorious decade of LiveJournal history!
- theljstaff
May 22 News
Informational Board Elections
Today, May 22nd, marks the showtime of the Informational Board Election procedure. Polls will be open up through the 29th. Out of the following list, find the candidate you lot think is all-time-suited to provide the kind of input we at LiveJournal can employ to ameliorate the site:
vichan
twirlandswirl
tango
squeaky19
sollitaire
rm
randomposting
qfemale
primitivepeople
mrflagg
lostcosmonaut
lordandrei
lizyd
legomymalfoy
jmaynard
jj_maccrimmon
jette
jameth
imc
fuzzface00
deathboy
daniidebrabant
cambler
This is for you guys, so cast your vote! The polls are waiting at lj_election_en .
New V-Gifts
Summertime's finally here! The season brings warm weather, the spirit of apprecciation, and, naturally, a slew of new 5-gifts. If you're looking to celebrate a special friendship, the spirit of theatre or a loved one'due south graduation, we've got perfect ornaments for the occasion. Have a gander at these fine options and get your celebration on.
L to R: daisy, theatre masks, tiara, diploma, graduation cap
TxtLJ
You can use LiveJournal's TxtLJ service to receive text notifications and make posts to your journal with your mobile telephone. Give the states some feedback on the experience at lj_feedback . What would make TxtLJ more useful? How can we improve the service for yous guys?
LJ Dashboard
We've cooked up a new utility at LJ Labs, where nosotros're developing a whole host of LJ side projects.
Introducing LJ Dashboard, a portal to the nigh popular communities, journals and entries on LiveJournal. Now at that place'due south a mechanism to help y'all observe new content and keep track of what's happening out there. Login to the Dashboard using your Open ID, which is exampleusername.livejournal.com. Afterward yous're asked to grant identity validation to dashboard.livejournal.com, you lot'll be all gear up to poke effectually and play with some of the things we've come with.
Since nosotros're launching LJ Dashboard for the first time, we encourage yous to post some feedback at lj_labs .
We're currently running some firm ads on the Dashboard. Before long ads for external businesses will replace them. But correct now all users come across the house ads because, for the fourth dimension being, we don't have a mode of distinguishing between paid and unpaid users on the Dashboard. Have no fright: soon as we've got that worked out, paid users will exist spared. Thank you for your patience!
We're having a lot of fun with some nifty ideas right now then go along an eye out for new LJ Labs releases!
Source: https://news.livejournal.com/tag/txtlj
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