I may just be moseying along

[squidminion]

Well, it seems that LiveJournal has Fallen into evil. For those who haven't been following the controversy, they've basically decided to clean house of the filthy and freaky. In practical terms, this means something of a pogrom against the fandom communities they used to assiduously court back in the days when they needed more membership. They're

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[anonymous]

Most damningly, they openly promised that written fiction was always acceptable (certainly a position the courts have generally taken). They ran the big permanent account sale. Then, after extracting as much money as they could, they started banning people and shutting down the various art and writing communities.

Back up a bit from that last sentence. Have they really gone that far? Do you have a link?

To my knowledge, the latest round has only banned visual material for obscenity. The written word is much more protected in America. I'm sure there's a way to define words as "obscene", but have you read LiveJournal's policy "clarifications"? They're trying very hard to imply that this is about child pornography. And images are more vulnerable to that label in American courts.

I know of art-and-writing communities that are locking theirownselves down (and moving art offsite), but I don't know of any that have been completely banned. Not since LiveJournal's failed Memorial Day housecleaning, but all the fiction communities and individual fiction journals got reinstated that time.

- M.

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[squidminion]

Well, bear in mind that I'm getting most of my information and hysteria from you. Odds are I don't know anything you don't.

I'll clarify the post, though.

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[anonymous]

That's confusing. Why not mark the edit? You've done it before.

And also, do you really want to join the list of asshats who falsely accuse me of hysteria?

- M.

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[squidminion]

Original text restored and corrections factored out into their own paragraph.

Sorry about the hysteria crack.

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[anonymous]

okay

- M.