[mod post] Regarding the recent journal suspensions

[yuidirnt]

ETA: It seems like this post made its way far outside the Arashi/JE fandom. If you decide to comment on here, please be mindful of where you are

Comments

[eyeslikefirefly]

Do you know if they are able to target accounts that are posting links in locked posts?

[yuidirnt]

At the moment, evidence suggests it doesn't matter if the links are in public or locked posts. But there's no way to be 100% sure, as LJ doesn't usually let users know about development updates, and we can only try to figure things out ourselves. If true, this means that this new method they're using analyzes locked posts as well, which is extremely worrying by itself.

[topum]

What evidence is that? Can you link to where this info is from, please? I would like to know more. Would suck to get deleted.

[yuidirnt]

I sent you a PM about it.

[tintintinner]

i didn't know about this... so that means a lot of communities are in the brink of suspension?? oh no.. this is bad for everyone. even for LJ coz they will lose subscribers

[yuidirnt]

LMAO

[winkychan]

The irony is killing me XD

[yuidirnt]

If only anybody on the LJ staff kept an eye on these things and cared about user feedback :P

[krzhope]

this is sad. i've been in the arashi fandom for almost 10 years and livejournal has always been the 'home' of international fans like me. :( i am currently importing my files to DW. thank you so much for sharing the importer tool. that saved me a lot of trouble in googling how. :)

[mojojowan]

I can totally relate to you, dear. Ever since I started on this fandom, LJ has been my fandom home, too. That's why it is hard for me to see what's happening. T.T

[pandaren]

What kind of links are these accounts getting suspended for? Are they just links out to web sites and such? :\ This is kinda scary, to be honest, I post links everywhere :|

[yuidirnt]

Yes, from current evidence, it's simply links to any site outside of LJ.

[pandaren]

Sigh, this is so messed up :( Well, thank you so much for this post, I'm not a member, but a friend linked this post from one of her entries. This is honestly scary for me because I have my entire life on here.. AND paid time!