*sigh*
You know what they say about the road to hell?
I watched the whole thing unfold yesterday at Fandom Wank and liz_marcs's LJ, but it wasn't until I was about to go to bed that it finally hit my flist. I've had some time to think about it and digest it, and now I think I'm ready to weigh in.
This whole WfI thing has been handled with ham-fisted clumsiness by LJ. Instantly permanently suspending journals with "questionable" interests listed, without warning, and without allowing the people involved to rectify the situation? NOT COOL.
Especially when innocent comms for survivors are caught in the crossfire. Because your account was reported to us, and because it contained illegal activities in your interests list, we must permanently suspend it. I call bullshit. Where are the permanent suspensions of the comms that list "smoking pot" (37 comms, 401 users) and "sniffing glue" (11 comms, 126 users), then?
Because LiveJournal's interests list serves as a search function, and because listing an interest enables other people also interested in a similar topic to gather and/or congregate, we have been advised that listing an interest in an illegal activity must be viewed as using LiveJournal to solicit that illegal activity...
And I call bullshit again. MUST BE VIEWED??? Who the hell "advised" them of that? Maybe they should invest in some real lawyers instead of interweb ones. Maybe they should LOOK at the actual comms and users in question and see if they're actually soliciting illegal activity, or merely trying to come to terms with the illegal activity that was perpetrated upon them.
LJ and WfI would have been better served by going to law enforcement, behind the scenes, with their concerns. The public witch hunt hasn't served ANY cause well, and has only served to warn actual pedophiles to bury themselves deeper.
Well done, old chaps.
Standard Disclaimer: Icon reflects general disgust with the situation and is not directed at any particular person. I really need a better "general disgust" icon...
I watched the whole thing unfold yesterday at Fandom Wank and liz_marcs's LJ, but it wasn't until I was about to go to bed that it finally hit my flist. I've had some time to think about it and digest it, and now I think I'm ready to weigh in.
This whole WfI thing has been handled with ham-fisted clumsiness by LJ. Instantly permanently suspending journals with "questionable" interests listed, without warning, and without allowing the people involved to rectify the situation? NOT COOL.
Especially when innocent comms for survivors are caught in the crossfire. Because your account was reported to us, and because it contained illegal activities in your interests list, we must permanently suspend it. I call bullshit. Where are the permanent suspensions of the comms that list "smoking pot" (37 comms, 401 users) and "sniffing glue" (11 comms, 126 users), then?
Because LiveJournal's interests list serves as a search function, and because listing an interest enables other people also interested in a similar topic to gather and/or congregate, we have been advised that listing an interest in an illegal activity must be viewed as using LiveJournal to solicit that illegal activity...
And I call bullshit again. MUST BE VIEWED??? Who the hell "advised" them of that? Maybe they should invest in some real lawyers instead of interweb ones. Maybe they should LOOK at the actual comms and users in question and see if they're actually soliciting illegal activity, or merely trying to come to terms with the illegal activity that was perpetrated upon them.
LJ and WfI would have been better served by going to law enforcement, behind the scenes, with their concerns. The public witch hunt hasn't served ANY cause well, and has only served to warn actual pedophiles to bury themselves deeper.
Well done, old chaps.
Standard Disclaimer: Icon reflects general disgust with the situation and is not directed at any particular person. I really need a better "general disgust" icon...