Editing LiveJournal (section)

===Mascot: Frank the Goat===
Frank the Goat is LiveJournal's [[mascot]]. During the early years of the site, Frank was treated like an actual living being by much of the LiveJournal userbase, and his brief "biography" as well as his "journal" reflect this.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livejournal.com/site/goat.bml |title=About: Frank the Goat |publisher=LiveJournal |access-date=2004-07-10 |archive-date=2013-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619105002/http://www.livejournal.com/site/goat.bml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://frank.livejournal.com/profile |title=User Profile: Frank the Goat |publisher=LiveJournal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203033440/http://frank.livejournal.com/profile |archive-date=2006-02-03 }}</ref>

Sometimes, callers to LiveJournal's Voice Post service are informed "Frank the Goat appreciates your call." This occurs randomly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.livejournal.com/75379.html?thread=10040435#t10040435 |title=Brad Fitzpatrick Comments on Voice Post Easter Egg |publisher=News.livejournal.com |access-date=2010-03-29 |archive-date=2011-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510082110/http://news.livejournal.com/75379.html?thread=10040435#t10040435 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A weekly comic about Frank, written and drawn by cartoonist [[Ryan Estrada]], was updated every Thursday on the "Frank: The Comic Strip" community on LiveJournal. As of July 2009 the community had roughly 8,000 members, and was watched by more than 7,000 LiveJournal users.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/frankthecomic/profile |title=Frank: The Comic Strip |author=Estrada, Ryan |work=Community Info |publisher=LiveJournal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619161445/http://community.livejournal.com/frankthecomic/profile |archive-date=2006-06-19 }}</ref>

Beginning at the end of January 2010, LiveJournal's weekly news posts included references to Frank's life,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.livejournal.com/121612.html |title=LiveJournal Major Notes: Speedier servers, Haiti gift drive, Blurberati |publisher=News.livejournal.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409232849/http://news.livejournal.com/121612.html |archive-date=2010-04-09 }}</ref> becoming works of short fiction at the end of February.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.livejournal.com/122786.html |title=LiveJournal Major Notes: Charitable vgifts, Balloon bouquet, Header contest |publisher=News.livejournal.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409232911/http://news.livejournal.com/122786.html |archive-date=2010-04-09 }}</ref> These pieces are often tied to weekly virtual gift promotions, where commenters that meet a certain criterion will receive a free v-gift sent by Frank.