The great LJ strikeout

[innerslytherin]

Hmm.  I've read some posts, and I'm still amazed.  No offense to those of you who believed this would happen, but when I saw the rumours, I seriously thought There is no way this is going to happen.  And then it did.  I'm gobsmacked.

The thing is, I'm really sad about this because I LOVE LJ.  I don't like the way they've responded to this, but I'm still crossing my fingers that they'll do right by the people who were illegitimately affected, ie FANDOM.

I'm a permanent account holder, and the last time there was an LJ scare (the Vox controversy, I believe) it all blew over.  This is, to my mind, a bit more serious, because it involves CENSORSHIP, which to a writer and librarian is a dirty word.

I'm still hoping this will blow over with little in the way of wreckage.

But just in case, I've had http://innerslytherin.greatestjournal.com/ for ages now and never used it.  This seems like a good time to let y'all know where to find me, if it becomes necessary.


*sigh*


I'm going to go bury myself in my RPG LJ now and hope it doesn't get deleted because the character is a bisexual and that might offend someone.

Comments

[hercircumstance.livejournal.com]

I doubt they are really deleted. I suspect that LJ had a deadline of some sort and just pulled everything they could get their hands on to review later. Legit things will likely be up again. In the meantime it would probably be a good time for people not to freak out though. Watchdog groups can only go after what is actually illegal in this country (incest/pedo) not being gay or bi no matter what their moral outrage. That is exactly why you see the watchdogs having success with incest/pedo in this case. There might be some cases where other groups got hit because of a random interest connecting them back to that, but like I said, watchdogs don't have any legal grounds on other things they might not like. I still think it can all be traced back to what can legally be done and the rest was just swept up and will later be put back.

[innerslytherin]

Honestly, that's my gut feeling, as well. I do wish LJ had communicated with the people involved, though. From what I understand, there have been very few answers and there was no warning. *shrug* In any event, I'm not trying to be alarmist, but I am disappointed.