One more reason to dislike LJ...

[calime]

I heart the effort people are making in providing information about fandom-friendly candidates for the Advisory Board elections. But. I CANNOT PUT THAT INFORMATION INTO ANY USE. BECAUSE THE FREAKING LJ AUTOMATICALLY PUTS ME INTO THE *CYRILLIC SEGMENT*, which has SEPARATE VOTING, with candidates I know nothing of.
I AM NOT RUSSIAN. Not by nationality nor by country nor by culture. I deeply resent being FORCEDLY included in *Cyrillic segment* and frankly, it makes me also deeply uncomfortable that a Russian-money-owned company automatically slaps Russian-language service etc onto the user accounts that originate from countries that were formerly OCCUPIED by USSR, countries, towards which Russia still keeps having territorial ambitions. THAT is the last and strongest reason to keep away from LJ for me.
*xposted to LJ because it concerns LJ*

Comments

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Callie

So sorry you are having a hard time with LJ. Your rational is completely justified and you should not be forced into a "Russian" bucket.

Obviously there is nothing I can offer as a suggestion to correct the issue (since I am an totally inept at this computer stuff) but I hope some of the corrections that others have offered work out.

Take care. Hope everything else in your life (vet practice, family, etc) are going well.

Roberta

[calime]

Thanks, I sent off the request for opting out and hope it works.
Life is generally going well (and busyly) for me, bar some unfortunate bits, but I hope even these resolve.
Hope you're doing fine and enjoying your new job!

*hugs*

Cali