Suggestion Area
Welcome!
User suggestions are an important part of LiveJournal. If you have something that you think would be a cool idea, you can follow these procedures to bring it to the attention of the people who run the site.
There are a few things to keep in mind:
- Many suggestions have already been proposed and discussed, but simply not implemented yet. Be sure that you're not submitting a duplicate.
- Flaming will not be tolerated. Everyone has different ideas about how LiveJournal should work; remember that promoting your opinion is all right, but flaming someone else's opinion is not.
- Be as thorough as possible with your suggestion. A suggestion that contains detailed implementation notes is more likely to be accepted than one that doesn't. You don't need to know how to program; just try to think about what else your idea would affect, and bring up any problems you can see with it.
- Be sure to read the FAQs first, to see if your idea already exists, or if an existing aspect of the site can be used to do what you want.
- If you want to ask a question about how LiveJournal works, aren't certain if something exists or not, or are having a problem, don't submit a suggestion. Ask Support instead.
How do I make a suggestion?
- Check prior suggestions
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First, read over past suggestions to make sure that something similar hasn't already been brought up. If it has, you can read the comments on the entry. Sometimes, things might look as though they've been ignored, but they might be in development. Sometimes, ideas are rejected or delayed due to other concerns.
- Couldn't find your idea? Share it with us!
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The template must be used for all suggestions. Be sure to fill out all areas of the template, and make sure your suggestion is correct and complete before you post it. Also, the suggestion generator does not add in line breaks, so you can use the <br> tag to produce whitespace. This makes your suggestion easier to read.
- Submit It!
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You can add the community to your Friends list here. Once a suggestion is posted, people will discuss it. If we think it's a good idea, it will be added to the list of developer projects, and will be worked on as time permits. Not all suggestions can be implemented immediately, so please be patient with the process.
Other Information
Feel that you can contribute to the implementation of your suggestions? Feel free to 'watch' or join the communities below:
- LiveJournal Developer's Forum -- talking about technical things.
- LiveJournal Business Forum -- talking about general LiveJournal business opportunities and related areas.
- LiveJournal User Documentation Forum -- discussing and editing most forms of end user documentation.
- LiveJournal Art Forum -- discussing and sharing icons, mood themes, color themes and userpics.
Please remember that the people who implement LiveJournal changes and additions are fellow users like yourself. These things can take time and the more you can help with implementing, the more that can be achieved.
