Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in The Six Apart Cornfield's LiveJournal:

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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
10:22 am [kijikun]	Happy Holidays! Enjoy this festive coupon! Oh lj why did you think this would go over well compared to previous year holiday promotions? ETA: The 'fun' continues over in news. (Also lj continues to backpedal as Lois Lane is still dead.) Would you like some paid time for buying a friend paid time? Dreamwidth has you covered. (35 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
10:01 pm [anarchicq]	Livejournal-gender-reassignment-gate So, LJ is making it mandatory to choose either Male or Female when signing up for a new account. Oh, and choosing Unspecified? HAH! That's silly! (Full disclosure: I made a little comment in Synecdochic's dreamwidth post before I thought to post here.) Edit: Marta replies to RM's post here. (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 15th, 2009
7:07 pm [darksumomo]	LJ Advisory Board Elections, Take Two! Crossposted to clairvoyantwank . Not content with the wankstorm that was last year's LJ Advisory Board election, the results of which were recapped in sisterelwood 's post here on 6a_cornfield , LJ and SUP have decided to repeat the procedure this year. It took all of seven minutes before the mocking began. So, up for a month of LJ-related wank that will make 6a_cornfield worth reading? Current Mood: *sporfle!* (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
6:50 pm [anarchicq]	Not to cause mass panic but I have to ask.... I don't mean to rouse people into a tizzy but I thought I'd inquire... I've heard mumblings on my LJ friends list of malware (Specifically vundo) infecting people via LJ's ads. Is this really happening? I have adblock so I think I'm good but still... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
12:55 pm [anarchicq]	Updates to LJ's privacy policy- brought to you by INKSOME Note: This post is actually written by Mysticshell on the journaling site Inksome (Formerly known as Scribblit.), under Friends lock. I asked if I could copy/paste it here and she gave me permission. ( Mysticshell rants ) (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 18th, 2008
7:35 pm [cmdr_zoom]	The return of free* accounts! (*some restrictions on "free" may apply) I heard about this a couple of days ago, but didn't really feel up to the task of writing the report on it. Fortunately, some anonymouse on wank_report did most of the work for me: "Basic Account creation to be restored on LiveJournal! Except that it isn't. It's the usual SUP double-speak. What LJ are actually proposing is to impose ads on basic accounts. It's one of a range of revenue-raising options being aired for "discussion." An air of vague acceptance prevails as the options are examined. Then SUP's one functioning brain-cell, Marta, confirms, on questioning, that the ads will be applied not only to newly created Basics, but to the currently grandfathered existing accounts, too. The mood darkens as the realisation sinks in." So they're eliminating the completely ad-free option entirely. Your only choice now will be either Paid or a couple of levels of "sponsored". As a long-time freeloader Basic user, I'm not happy about this either; however, I'm pretty much resigned to it happening, no matter how many cat macros and threats of departure are posted in protest. And I'm running Firefox with Adblocker, so I won't see any change... Annoying to see the continuing bait-and-switch tactics, though. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 30th, 2008
12:27 pm [sisterelwood]	LJ Election Results Cross-posted from fandom_lounge No big surprise that legomymalfoy won. There are some rumblings in the comments along with NSFW icons. http://community.livejournal.com/lj_election_en/25718.html It seems that schmuckythecat is determined to be in on any comment that supports legomymalfoy or makes a disparaging remark against jameth. Could provide some entertain over the next few days to be sure. Post your thoughts on yaoi LJ and the election here. Current Mood: Caffeinated Current Music: "Brotherhood of Man" as performed by the cast of the Drew Carey Show (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 28th, 2008
12:19 am [bemysty]	This time on LJ can do nuthin' no right: Here's how it works: Users will be offered paid accounts that are supported by sponsors. Users will be able to choose accounts from a range of brands supporting this program. Should the sponsor stop supporting this arrangement, the account will revert back to its previous type. The accounts will have a specially designed journal style with modest branding from the sponsor; these will be designed by our creative department and approved by the sponsors. There will also be a banner in the profile page. The owners of paid/sponsored accounts will not see advertisements in other people's journals, while existing paid users will not see banners in a sponsored users' profiles. The branded styles will respect ?style=mine, which will allow paid users to avoid seeing branded styles if they wish to do so. ETA on request - post continues thusly: This new feature will soon be available for testing by Russian-speaking users. They will test the functionality of new accounts and provide us with feedback. Based on this feedback and agreements with global advertisers, we may eventually extend this new functionality to LJ users around the world. Popcorn - hot. Booze - cooled. Countdown to wank commencing now. 3... 2... 1... Current Mood: Navel-Gazing (60 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
7:18 pm [j_crew_guy]	100 days since SUP bought LJ. Though I think there's been LJ wank since then... LJ seems to feel it's worth celebrating that 100 days have passed since SUP bought LJ and does a news post about it. So far, there are... Comments about getting rid of the Harry Potter pedos. And at least two threads talking about how LJ has now removed the ability to create a new basic account. It's plus/sponsored or paid for new accounts from now on! Edit: More information on no more basic accounts here. Edit the second: Brad, the creator of LJ and member of the "advisory board" speaks out about the end of basic accounts. Edit the third: Jason Shellen, VP of Product Development for LJ speaks out. Edit the fourth: It's now on fandom_wank. Check it out. (29 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
10:45 pm [anarchicq]	Naughty words are NAUGHTY! I found this through Innocence_Jihad The I_J post is Flocked, but Hakeber posts a related post in her personal LJ for all to see. Apparently certan words and terms are now unsearchable. Words like "Genocide" and "Skinhead". Isn't that interesting? (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
6:29 pm [jrs1980]	So it begins. The rumors were true. All public LJ posts now have a flag on the entry. When you click on it, you get this: Flag Content To report anything outside of these categories, please use the Abuse reporting system. What is nature of this content? Explicit Adult Content Offensive Content Hate Speech Illegal Activity Nude Images of Minors Return to Entry The choices are radio buttons, not ticky-boxes. I cannot see how this could possibly be abused. Edit: lj_biz post, December News post. (32 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
7:38 pm [j_crew_guy]	Can SixApart even fart without causing wank at this point? LJ announces that paid members can edit comments now. (As long as no one has replied to the comment yet.) There's a bunch of other stuff mentioned, including the ability to private message other LJ users, but the focus is on comment editing. Early on, we already have demands that LJ/6A get rid of Snap.com and answers about the "adult content flag". And on the second page we have people wanting to know why it's only paid members who get to edit their comments. Amusingly, there are even predictions of wank on the first page. (18 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 24th, 2007
1:05 pm [j_crew_guy]	LJ/6Apart continues to FAIL. Film at eleven. LJ is apparently screening/deleting comments on the most recent news post and banning people from commenting, too. And LJ's new partnership with Snap.com will automatically add pop-up images and spyware to new users' journals. (It's an opt-in thing for old accounts, which is nice. But still.) (31 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
4:54 pm [beaglemum]	Scene: 6A demonstrates sucktastic communication skilz, Take 473. 6A_Cornfield won the coin toss over clairvoyant_wank. First post, yadda yadda yadda. Sorry. Will bake and distribute cookies in exchange for lube use. Seems Barak has either had his ass kicked out or is moving on by choice. He's being replaced by Chris Alden, former GM of the TypePad division; this is announced, vewwy vewwy briefly, in lj_biz, *not* in News. (It's not even an announcement, it's a link to a release at the 6A Press Center. When comments start appearing on the biz post (and how did anyone at LJ think they *wouldn't*?), they are retroactively screened and then disabled outright. Bad move. Retroactive wanky disabling is apparently worse than Proactive wanky disabling. The Legion of the Outraged do the natch thing, and start posting at the previous biz post. Page 29 includes a cap of the disabled/bahleeted comments in the latest biz post; Page 30 includes user tuilinnarn comparing the LJ team's regular self-inflicted drama to PMS. Most of the other posts take pot shots at Barak and at LJ's lousy communication, are outraged comments that LJ obviously doesn't appreciate users' input or opinions (ya think?), or include demands that LJ get back to the policy clarifications promised over a month ago. Alas, not much funny yet, but I have hopes -- though I sense that the Legion is largely demoralized as there aren't even cat macros. (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
12:07 pm [j_crew_guy]	SixApart responds to the Better Business Bureau complaints Read about it here. The short and skinny version? Banned users = pedophiles, now in writing from Chris Vail, who represented himself as General Counsel for Six Apart. Not just fan artists, not only fanfic writers, not even limited to fandom, really. (24 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 20th, 2007
11:13 pm [j_crew_guy]	Anil Dash still doesn't know when to shut up. He pops up in the comments of an Innocence_Jihad post, attempting to refute the idea of big old corporate scheming using Occam's Razor. He's giving his opinion as a 6Apart team member, not official LJ policy, it's extremely tl;dr and he still comes off as an asshole overall. (29 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
7:25 pm [j_crew_guy]	LJ news post: Zero to wank in less than forty comments krissy shares the exciting news of new V-gifts available on LJ, including free Diet Pepsi MAX V-gifts. (There's also a gratuitous plug for the Diet Pepsi MAX journal themes and mood theme thrown in.) lezlishae is the first to be upset by this turn of events, but definitely not the last. Edit: rho wins a shiny copy of the internets with this. (56 Comments |Comment on this)
11:39 am [anarchicq]	More deletion happytime fun! Vikingcarrot on LJ has received strike one, despite an age disclaimer on the image and cluegirl got her first strike for an image she'd already deleted. EDIT Nov 15: Spambots have found this post. Since this post is many months old, I have decided to disable comments. Sorry for any trouble. Current Mood: Fixin' for a fight Current Music: The Trucks - Old Bikes
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
12:54 pm [demonessjo]	LJ backs down! (Kinda... sorta...) Thanks to the anonymousie in the last post for the link. Elaboration gets her journal back!  And Livejournal apologizes. http://elaboration.livejournal.com/443228.html No funny yet.  Just comments filled with congratulations and Y HALO THARs.  But the letter from the staff could be seen as having some wank inciting qualities (they restored her account because they gave her no warning and still consider the drawing in question to be child porn). In addition (tell me mods if you want this in a different post):  LJ clarifies their clarification of their clarifications again in lj_biz to placate the masses on their "Process Change for Non-Photographic Images." Which includes a tasty new "two-strike" policy.  Plenty of tl;drs and sparkly text in the comments for all. Does this mean it will end soon? Plz? No? Damn. Current Mood: Candy-Coated (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
6:15 pm [shakeandbake]	see, it's okay--she knows an attorney personally! Over on innocence_jihad, bad_wolf_bitch decided it would be an awesome idea to send a letter to California's Attorney General's office complaining of fandom's shoddy treatment at the hands of Six Apart/LJ. The first few responses to her post are congratulatory. But then come the naysayers. Several naysayers, in fact. Meanwhile, bad_wolf_bitch is confident that she's doing the right thing and refuses to compromise her principles. Or something. After all, what do you expect her to do? Try another journaling service instead of LJ? What are you, nuts? It's the feel-good thread of the year! Ha, ha, ha! ...ha...ha? ... :( Edit: Thanks to a kindly mouse in the comments, we have sockpuppet sightings! Edit #2: She's locked the post in her personal journal with the sockpuppets. Can't think why. Also, now there's a post about this on Fandom Wank if you want to follow the party over there. Edit #3: Someone took screencaps of the now-locked post. (181 Comments |Comment on this)