on LJ's great apology

[rm]

Maybe I'll be feeling more charitible later. Or when we get pornish_pixies back (note: the reason I cite this community isn't "oh you took away my porn" -- I never even read the community. But LJ in its apology seems to be trying to make itself the arbiter of what is art and what sort of dark art has the right attitudinal perspective. This scares the crap out of me. The restoration of something like pornish_pixies will speak to LJ deciding not to play that game.)

http://news.livejournal.com/99159.html?thread=48986711#t48986711

http://news.livejournal.com/99159.html?thread=49067863#t49067863

http://news.livejournal.com/99159.html?thread=49085783#t49085783

Comments

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm adopting a wait & see policy myself.

The thought of digging up my roots is bothersome to me; I've been on LJ almost five and a half years (yikes!). I really value LJ as a community, and I know that it is unlikely that I would ever be threatened by this stuff. At the same time, I am absolutely appalled by 6A/LJ's behavior. I don't know how I can continue to participate without passively condoing this crap.

[phaenix-ash.livejournal.com]

it's back.

[rm.livejournal.com]

And I'm starting to feel better about this. But they still need to:

a) make things right with users who have been branded pedophiles across the Internet
b) retract their statements about being evaluators of what is art and academic study
c) restore lolita07
d) answer my questions about where gay users stand in light of the continued phrasing about banning journals that encourage illegal sexual activity.

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I'm going to be very surprised if they ever address the issue of us queers. I really would be. And, I really hope that I am surprised; this is something I would like to be wrong about.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I have posted repeated comments and sent repeated emails about this. I've really gotten it into my head to be tenacious and annoying on this one, and it's something I'm very good at. We will see.