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medium-length introduction
Hello. I am Vincent. I was one of the hundreds of webloggers on Live Journal of which Six Apart, capitulating to the whim of an anti-erotica vigilanté gang, "permanently suspended". (It sent me two E-Mail messages, five minutes apart, telling me this. It never E-Mailed me that I was reinstated.)
My terminated LJ was my “hidden” journal. I was astute in keeping it separate from my acknowledged LJ.
I have no intention to ever make another entry on LJ. Six Apart probably has all its internet surveillance technology, maybe even including a keystroke logger, awaiting my next logon. (I shall leave it up as a “ruined monument”, similar to a bombed-out monastery; since vigilanté gangs frequently claim a ‘religious’ foundation.) The “bean counters” of Six Apart have only one definition of "free speech": That which will not scare away the investors and advertisers who want to profit off the exertions of its members.
I went to Greatest Journal; but then it directed one of my friends there to remove some verbiage from his User Info page. Now, I am here on Insane Journal. I am clicking on links of other IJ'ers who have the same Interests as I.
One of my Interests is "role playing". But this is actually in the meta depth. I do not play RPG on-line or in the real world. But on the World-Wide Web, I am hiding my real name & location behind this personae. If, at some future point, I actually meet any of you in the real world, then you might learn the actual person behind this mask. But I would have to trust that you wouldn't "out" me here.
I apologize if this reply seems to be “boilerplate”. But the people I am friending deserve more than a one-liner reading, "Hi. Add me, please?". I invite you to read my User Info page(s) (both on here, and on LJ as smooot4) to see if I am o.k. with you.
One warning upfront: Here on IJ, I have friended littlegirllover, who seemed to become the crucible of the entire strikethrough attack. That may be ‘pushing the envelope’ a little too far for you. (It may be ‘pushing the envelope’ a little too far for littlegirllover.) It does not mean I am uninterested in reading your scribblings.
Thank you.
And as far as I'm concerned, you can friend whomever you want. I happen to be one of the people who agree that LGL's journal was wrongfully suspended.
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Yeah, I think 6A is in for money too.
My journal is still there but I back it up all the time. I am only there for a couple communities and a few friends who haven't gotten here. And when I do finally get kicked out of there, I'm going to make myself a huge banner for my uh other LJ account and also for all the other blogs I maintain all over the place.
At first I was just going to double post between LJ and IJ but I am finding that IJ has its own personality and am yielding to it. Happily. I have found much welcoming here and am even learning how to do support requests. [Well I haven't actually written one yet that was accurate enough to be accepted but I keep following along and keep learning].
The thing about advocating for freedom of speech in any arena is that some people are going to speak about things I may not be interested in myself. That is the risk.
The alternative-- to set up judges and censors about what is socially acceptable to talk about and what isn't-- is far worse. Especially on the internet where people can use their back button if they do not wish to be subjected to my [or anyone else's] ramblings.
I was interested in the idea that your hidden lj was suspended. Was it private writings or primarily friends only?
And yeah, I quite think that they are fully capable of monitoring/spying on anyone they choose.
Be that as it may, please tell LGL that spike said hi. I do still have one letter he wrote for safekeeping in case it ever got baleted. No one has a right to tell ya who you can friend and quite frankly, I don't know if I would have mentioned that. Cuz folks can check all that on their own by reading your [or anyone's] profile page to see who is friends if they are using who your friends are as part of a yes or no decision. I have found LGL to be a true gentlemen in the midst of the turmoil over at lj, turmoil which likely is continuing even now. Our friends are our friends.
I gave lj books a bit of money as now it works with both lj and here at insane journal.
You can read my public writings here [anyone can] and friend me if you wish [anyone can]and I will friend you [anybody] back.
spike
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Hi Ovary my friend.