Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some frequently asked questions, and answers, too! Oh boy. Try to read this before you ask a new question. If you know something we should add to this, let us know.

About LiveJournal

• Who runs this?
• What is it?
• How to help
• It's free?

Creating a Journal

• Can I change my username later?
• Getting Started

Your Account

• What's a paid account? How do I get one?
• You Username / Password
• How can I change my password?
• How can I change the email address that LiveJournal uses?
• How do I get validated? It says I'm currently not validated!
• Why are there errors when I try to validate?
• E-mail settings
• Directory Listing
• Interests

Customizing

• User Pics
• How do I add pictures to my journal entries?
• How do I change the font in my journal?
• How do I change the number of journal entries that are shown?
• I no longer want a user picture on my journal, can I delete my pic(s)?
• Current music
• Friends List
• Journal Settings
• Custom Mood Themes
• Can I have more than one user picture?
• What is the memory feature and how do I use it?
• How do I add a mood icon to my posts?
• How do I modify the look of my journal?
• Why can't I use JavaScript in my styles?

Editing & Deleting

• Can I edit/delete a comment I posted or that was posted in my journal?
• Why are my posts showing an incorrect date/time?
• Why does my journal (or friends view) suddenly require me to scroll?
• Can I edit an old entry I wrote?
• Can I delete an old entry I wrote?
• Can I delete my entire journal?

Security/Privacy Features

• Can I prevent anonymous people from commenting in my journal?
• Can I prevent all people from commenting in my journal?
• Can I ban specific users from posting in my journal?
• Can I do anything to stop my journal from ending up on search engines?
• Reporting Abusive Users
• If someone lists me as a friend will they see my friends only entries?
• Who can read my journal entries? How can I make things public, private, and protected?
• My friends only posts are listed as public memories, who will see them?

Client - Windows

• Windows
• How's the music auto-detection work?

Topic Directory

• How does the "Browse By Topic" feature work?
• I don't want to be in topic directory, so could you remove my entry from the listing?
• Will people actually use this?
• Can I be an administrator?

Other

• Can I download my entire journal?
• How can I buy a paid account for somebody else?
• Do you delete old journal entries?
• What is the auto add friends link on the bio pages?
• What's the "Don't auto-format" option do?
• Communities
• How do shared journals work?
• What are the different account types?
• How does the text messaging feature work?

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