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I'm not going to say anything about "Strikethrough Two: Electric Boldaloo" (sadly, not my name, it's from Fandom Wank, credit where credit is due). I'm not... I'm not... *grits teeth* Yeah, who am I kidding?
I've read up on it. I've seen the pictures in question. I've read the entries that say people shouldn't be outraged, it's not LJ's fault (though, if I may say something to this - even if it were not LJ's fault, you can still be upset about the way they handled it. I may *deserve* a speeding ticket, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to complain if the cop giving it to me is a complete ass about it!). I've read pages of cat macros. I've read the e-mails from LJ to the people who were deleted, and responses from LJ to people who questioned the deletion. I've wasted most of an evening, yes, and that irritates me as well.
So LJ is now judging things on 'artistic merit' and finding them 'obscene' and deleting not only the account that posted them, but any account with the same e-mail address (including, according to reports, a transfered account that still had the e-mail address 'attached' to it). They've changed the standard for a deleted account (when you type it) from the icon and name struck through to no icon and a bold name. So were I to be deleted for... uh, objectionable rubber duck pics?... and you typed in <lj user=smeddley> you'd see: smeddley when you posted. And they are quite silent in the face of the numerous comments (and cat macros). They STILL have not addressed any of the concerns voiced in the last 'clarifications' go-round. Many of which were some very good points, if you wade through the butt-kissing 'thanks!' posts and the cat macros to find them. Also, they've begun screening comments on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
news posts, most notably the ones that are listing advertisers for people to contact. I think that speaks VOLUMES right there.
Let me say this for the record. As a private company, LJ has EVERY RIGHT to delete whatever they want for whatever reason (or no reason at all). As consumers, the only things we can do are 1) complain and 2) withhold our custom.
Please, though, ease up on the cat macros. Yes, you're showing persistence in posting, but at least make them posts with points (there are more than enough things to be concerned about, and when it doubt, repeat a question!).
And lastly, people are a little upset with the 'report abuse' link that shows up on every post. Perhaps making it a bit to easy for people with hair-trigger 'I'm offended' buttons (like the people who are upset when it's assumed a 'person' with a vagina is a 'woman' - yeah, it's the who transgendered thing, I know, but biologically speaking, if you have a vagina you are female.) to get click-happy... If I weren't so lazy (and y'all know I am) I'd create multiple dummy accounts linked to multiple dummy e-mail addresses and (from the library, not to sully my IP address) seek out the most non-offensive posts I can find and *click*click*click* away. But that would be petty and juvenile (and ultimately only really bother the Abuse Team, and they are volunteers) so the only thing I can do is think really, really hard about giving LJ any more money.
I've read up on it. I've seen the pictures in question. I've read the entries that say people shouldn't be outraged, it's not LJ's fault (though, if I may say something to this - even if it were not LJ's fault, you can still be upset about the way they handled it. I may *deserve* a speeding ticket, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to complain if the cop giving it to me is a complete ass about it!). I've read pages of cat macros. I've read the e-mails from LJ to the people who were deleted, and responses from LJ to people who questioned the deletion. I've wasted most of an evening, yes, and that irritates me as well.
So LJ is now judging things on 'artistic merit' and finding them 'obscene' and deleting not only the account that posted them, but any account with the same e-mail address (including, according to reports, a transfered account that still had the e-mail address 'attached' to it). They've changed the standard for a deleted account (when you type it) from the icon and name struck through to no icon and a bold name. So were I to be deleted for... uh, objectionable rubber duck pics?... and you typed in <lj user=smeddley> you'd see: smeddley when you posted. And they are quite silent in the face of the numerous comments (and cat macros). They STILL have not addressed any of the concerns voiced in the last 'clarifications' go-round. Many of which were some very good points, if you wade through the butt-kissing 'thanks!' posts and the cat macros to find them. Also, they've begun screening comments on the
news posts, most notably the ones that are listing advertisers for people to contact. I think that speaks VOLUMES right there. Let me say this for the record. As a private company, LJ has EVERY RIGHT to delete whatever they want for whatever reason (or no reason at all). As consumers, the only things we can do are 1) complain and 2) withhold our custom.
Please, though, ease up on the cat macros. Yes, you're showing persistence in posting, but at least make them posts with points (there are more than enough things to be concerned about, and when it doubt, repeat a question!).
And lastly, people are a little upset with the 'report abuse' link that shows up on every post. Perhaps making it a bit to easy for people with hair-trigger 'I'm offended' buttons (like the people who are upset when it's assumed a 'person' with a vagina is a 'woman' - yeah, it's the who transgendered thing, I know, but biologically speaking, if you have a vagina you are female.) to get click-happy... If I weren't so lazy (and y'all know I am) I'd create multiple dummy accounts linked to multiple dummy e-mail addresses and (from the library, not to sully my IP address) seek out the most non-offensive posts I can find and *click*click*click* away. But that would be petty and juvenile (and ultimately only really bother the Abuse Team, and they are volunteers) so the only thing I can do is think really, really hard about giving LJ any more money.