Kittykat (teh_kittykat) wrote in srz_bznz, @ 2007-08-07 22:41:00 |
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Entry tags: | six apart |
Co-author credit goes to lostangelssong who helped me go through the comment threads. :D
Lj_biz has been updated with the long-awaited clarification of their bannination policy. Only, it's basically a reiteration of what they'd said before.
Naturally, the users rabble respond. Like.. a lot. Like.. this barely scratches the surface, man.
Highlights:
++ In case anyone missed it (in which case, I want to know what rock you live under so I can book a vacation there!), rm sums up why the grown-ups are leaving too in a convenient list format.
++ thevelvetsun starts a thread asking why some Terms of Service are more equal than others-- "You're saying that LJ supports girls helping girls harm themselves? You're honestly saying they endorse the pro-ana lifestyle? Do you work for LJ? Are you speaking officially? Is this something we can take to the bank? Harry Potter can't go homo when he hits 18, but LJ thinks girls should be skinny by any means necessary?" --averysmallthing
++ imaginarycircus finds out why this regurgitation took six days and offers a rather nice coping strategy to boot!
++ developer has definitely got the right idea about the free speech issue. Because hate groups > porn, man. Porn kills.
++ It's almost like they're asking for the cat macros. And speak of the devil... Though hey, they made it to page three of the comments!
++ xaoswolf invokes that goddamn "First they came for..." thing. Good thing underwear fetishists are the arbiters of normal. For a moment I was getting worried.
++ valiskeogh realizes Coke is great.
++ World domination is right out. Also, beware the icon police.
Aaaaaand a lot of the posts in the comments continue along the same vein, repeatedly asking for the promised clarifications that weren't given, etc. etc. I'll continue coverage of this breaking wanksplosion, but I gotta sleep sometime. The feeling that it's a really bad fanfiction is getting to me. Next we'll have LJ staffers committing internet suicide and complaining that no one understands them... oh wait.
So what has LJ managed to learn from all this? Sockpuppet accounts are nice when addressing the rabble.
Edit the First: Braver souls than I have been collecting the comments made by official LJ staffers. The failboat looks like it's sailing straight and true-- the journal's owner had to keep freezing comments when an LJ staffer showed up and kept commenting despite a request to GTFO. (Worded politely, too.)
Edit the Second: Dark_Christian, who covered the WFI mess, reveals that LJ also approves of communities that are pro religiously motivated child abuse. The communities have been reported to LJ Abuse, as per this thread in the main event. Hat tip to emilie_burns.