Suggestions Box

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Additional field in contact info (external services) on the user profile.

Short, concise description of the idea
Telegram has become a popular messaging platform. It would be nice to be able to post a Telegram account in a Live Journal profile.

Full description of the idea
In the "Contact Info" (external services) section of a Live Journal profile, there already exists a place to post account names for such platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Vkontakte, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Linkedin ID, Open ID, AOL IM, ICQ UIN, YahooI ID, Microsoft Account, XMPP, Google Talk, Skype and Last FM. I would like Telegram to be added to that field. Some of the services already listed are defunct and should be removed.

An ordered list of benefits

• This would allow more communication among Live Journal users.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• I honestly cannot think of any drawbacks to this suggestion.

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Program code formatting in posts

Short, concise description of the idea
Create LiveJournal text formatting tags for program codes in various programming languages.

Full description of the idea
Now, if I want to include a program code in my LiveJournal post, I include <pre><code>${PROGRAM_CODE}</code></pre>, for example:

int main(void) {
    return 0;
}

The program code is not syntax-highlighted. Using two tags instead of one isn't convenient.

There are program libraries for highlighting syntax.

An ordered list of benefits

• LiveJournal has the reputation of the intellectual blogosphere. It can lure programmer users with this feature.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• Requires changing the post editor.

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Pics Editor

Short, concise description of the idea
Edit your pictures

Full description of the idea
It would be nice that when creating user pics, we can adjust them: brightness, shadows, etc. in an editor (kind of like a Photoshop, but for LiveJournal)

An ordered list of benefits

• The main benefit would be brighter or darker pics
  

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• I can't think of any drawbacks

Title
Optional dark theme, according to OS/browser preferences (prefers-color-scheme)

Short, concise description of the idea
Many people read at low light conditions.

Full description of the idea
Please use this CSS media query https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme

An ordered list of benefits

• Easier to read
• Save battery
• Consistency with OS/browser settings

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• 10 lines of CSS will slow down your site!

Title
Add +1 icon to likes

Short, concise description of the idea
Expand "like" options by adding a +1 icon

Full description of the idea
Frequently, I find myself agreeing with a comment, but it's not exactly the same as liking it. Especially when the comment is actually describing something negative that I do not actually like, but do agree is happening.

An ordered list of benefits

• It will make the like icon (heart) less ambiguous.
  It will help make the distinction between liking a comment and agreeing with a comment more obvious

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• There is a minor problem in that this suggestion adds another icon for people to see and process, but since it's hidden until someone clicks the like link, it should not be a major cognitive load issue.

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Hide banned users activity

Short, concise description of the idea
Create an option to hide all postings and comments of the banned users from those who banned them

Full description of the idea
I think many users (including me of course) would like the annoying people whom we banned to disappear completely from our virtual world - i.e., not to see their postings and comments in ANY journal, and to see "This user is banned" instead. Just like disqus.com does, for example (it does not display even the names of the banned ones). This feature should be very easy to implement and can be regulated by a checkbox like "Hide banned users activity" in Settings.

An ordered list of benefits

• Will make LJ much more comfortable place where everyone can completely protect himself from annoying people and their texts. Those who still want to see what the people they have banned are writing will have that option, too, so everyone will benefit, except for those who like to annoy others.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• I don't see any.

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3rd Way verification

Short, concise description of the idea
If and when hacking makes authentication difficult/impossible, then physical verification of account at house address could be used in feasible rare cases. It has the added advantage of bridging online and physical reality, for those who opt for it.

Full description of the idea
This is a suggestion. Authentication in special / occasional cases can be enhanced by incorporating a 3rd way of physical verification at the home address one has provided (2nd-way verification being mobile phone).
For example, when there is a problem, you are providing your company address also as a point of contact. In rare cases, a person would take the effort to actually write a letter by post or in the rarest cases may even walk in to our office for clarification. The same could be done on the side of users too.
For example, a facility may be provided as an option for the first time activation of an account to be done by physical postage, if a user wants it for reliability, privacy or any other reason. This will involve considerable cost and is a slow process, but if internet becomes an unsafe place due to a lot of hacking, this added layer of authentication may help (assuming that post office personnel don't steal letters). Google did this with Google Ads, and so this is not new, although it may involve considerable effort in streamlining the business process.
It has the added advantage of bridging online and physical reality, for those who opt for it.

An ordered list of benefits

• transparency, integrity, security, privacy, legality

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• exposure, discordance, cost, slow down, more gateways for error

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Update the share to ok.ru link.

Short, concise description of the idea
The Classmates / одноклассники website ok.ru informed me that the share to OK process currently used by LJ is out-dated and slow and that a new method is available.

Full description of the idea
The LJ method of sharing to ok.ru is out-dated and slow. Please consider updating the share to method as outlined here... https://apiok.ru/ext/like

An ordered list of benefits

• The better the ability to share to other social platforms, the more viable LJ becomes.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• The LJ method of sharing to ok.ru is out-dated and slow.
• Rather than removing the share to Ook.ru option, as LJ did with my.mail.ru at the end of 2017, why not update it?

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Search my own private journal

Short, concise description of the idea
I want to be able to search my own private or locked journal entries, going back 9 years. I would be willing to pay.

Full description of the idea
Currently, in order to make my own journal searchable by myself, I have to make it publicly searchable. I use it as an actual journal, not a blog. It is entirely private and personal, and I do not want it to show up on anybody else's search unless I have given them access to the specific post already.

I do not want my private journal published, I just want to be able to make full use of it myself. At present I have a free account, but I would definitely be willing to pay if this function were available. Please?

An ordered list of benefits

• It would allow me to look back at how my thinking has evolved in time.
• It would allow me to look back at events that did not seem important enough at the time to put in "memories", but in retrospect are significant.
• I cannot reduce my whole inner life to tags ... I need to be able to search.
• I can't remember how long I've lived in this house, let alone what year a specific conversation took place, or how a particular shift in thinking happened.
• The journal is good for working through things by putting thoughts in writing, but it would be much, much more useful as a therapeutic tool if I could go back and see patterns in time.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• I don't know what your coding constraints are. I can't think of any drawbacks functionally.

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Showing actual posts in the privacy tool

Short, concise description of the idea
Show the posts which will be processed by this tool

Full description of the idea
You've got a nice tool which allows to mass edit privacy settings of posts: https://www.livejournal.com/editprivacy.bml

I would like you to make it possible to see all the affected entries which this tool operates on as a list of ["Post Title" linked to an actual post] which are being affected.

An ordered list of benefits

• Without knowing and checking the affected posts I cannot use this tool.

An ordered list of problems/issues involved

• Right now it only shows some number, like "NN posts will be affected".