[info]madlodger_007 in [info]07refugees

LJ Automatically Removes Videos Marked "Explicit Adult Content"

I am not sure if this issue was discussed here before, you are welcome to delete this post if it was.

I am on IJ now (going permanent soon)  but keep a basic LJ account to keep in touch with friends. Today I decided to post imbedded video in one of my entries. That video was a joke and had some naked Barbie Dolls having sex as explicit content *cough, cough*. OK, I know that I am immature! 

My journal is set to Adult Concepts because, frankly, I don't see why anyone under 14 would want to read my entries nor would I want them to. But I digress. I posted that "Barbie Porn" video in a f-locked post. And then I decided to use "Explicit Adult Content" setting for the first time. Just being a responsible adult and censoring my own entry.

LJ automatically removed a video in the entry marked "Explicit Adult Content"!!!
All I had left on my Recent Entries page was written staff.
So, I deleted the entry altogether.

Perhaps everybody already knows about this, but to me it was a total shock. My entry was never public, going from "private" to "friendslocked". But video content got removed as soon as marked "Explicit". And it's quite possible that the fact of auto-removal of "adult" video from my journal is tallied somewhere in my account stats. 

The very first use of Explicit self-censoring was a huge disappointment and I am not inclined to repeat this experience.
I used to think that it was a useful tool, a convenience, but the way it's implemented - no.

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Posted on Dec. 29th, 2007 at 09:48 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]wyldraven

Both problems are likely to occur here as well, once the new code which supports embedding is released. Any site using LJ's open source can expect to have these issues, unless they test very thoroughly, and actually know to look for and fix these issues.

I reported the f-list issue to LJ support, and got told "You already know the fix" and that I should just put the videos behind a cut. I finally made IJ my primary journal site when I considered the probability that Russian ownership would improve things like support, etc.
Posted on Dec. 30th, 2007 04:46 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]madlodger

Thank you so much, wyldraven! Now I know why! *hugs*
One can only wonder why LJ put all those man hours to create so hated flagging, instead of fixing this pretty important problem.
Posted on Dec. 30th, 2007 06:39 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply