I think the thing people were most upset about is the lack of communication between the LJ staff and the rest of LJ. It took them about forty-eight hours to even give a statement to us, and everyone would have been easily calmed at least somewhat by a "We're gathering information, and we will be posting soon" rather than talking to Cnet and people on another website first.
Anyways, as much as Warriors For Innocence would love to claim total responsibility for this, it wasn't their fault. They reported some users and threatened to warn LJ's advertisers what kind of content was posted. LJ freaked and just mass shut down things.
The problem a lot of us have with WFI, other than their terribly sketchy interests, is that they didn't seem legal at all and absolutely refused to give us details that most groups in their position would. Also, they are not a non-profit.
But the biggest problem? There was enough warning and enough time for the real pedophiles to go underground again. That is what people are pissed about. I'm sure you know
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Yes it was inconvenient for those people who had their journals suspended (not deleted!) wrongfully - but it's just a journal.
The truth is that the bigger picture provided some justification. And if it makes everyone sit down and examine what they write and how it can be viewed from an 'outside fandom' POV - well that's a good thing too.
I don't entirely disagree with you. I do agree that children should be protected from pedophiles and I do appreciate groups that do a good job in helping with that. I just don't like the way WoI handled it
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Anyways, as much as Warriors For Innocence would love to claim total responsibility for this, it wasn't their fault. They reported some users and threatened to warn LJ's advertisers what kind of content was posted. LJ freaked and just mass shut down things.
The problem a lot of us have with WFI, other than their terribly sketchy interests, is that they didn't seem legal at all and absolutely refused to give us details that most groups in their position would. Also, they are not a non-profit.
But the biggest problem? There was enough warning and enough time for the real pedophiles to go underground again. That is what people are pissed about. I'm sure you know ( ... )
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Yes it was inconvenient for those people who had their journals suspended (not deleted!) wrongfully - but it's just a journal.
The truth is that the bigger picture provided some justification. And if it makes everyone sit down and examine what they write and how it can be viewed from an 'outside fandom' POV - well that's a good thing too.
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