my recession stressed 2 cents (made public by request)

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I have a lot of friends doing the 'LJ Strike' now, and while I will respect their wishes and not comment/view their journals, I have some thoughts/concerns to untangle

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Essentially they always say, "The community maintainer can ban them but we don't see any breaking of the TOS" and that is a complete cop-out. What it says is, "You can ban bigots from your community but they're still welcome on LJ."
My LJ is obviously mostly FO, and I mod one of the most heavily moderated and still flame-rific communities and I understand the frustration.

The problem is LJ has never promoted itself as an activist, progressive, or even liberal based business. At first it was more of an open source blog option, and now it is more of a business model. And so while I definitely wish they did not allow hate speach, that they didn't allow trolling, etc... they are still keeping with a business model that encompasses a wide range of users. I know that I forget how wide of a range LJ has until I look through all of the folks who apply for F, and still that is a hella small sample of individuals. In being all things to all people (for profit - but originally from a 'look at this cool thing all folks can use' standpoint) it is obviously going to fall short in a lot of ways.