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LJ Responds
May. 31st, 2007 06:54 amThis was on LJ's main page when I got up this morning:
( Well we really screwed this one up… )...Or just go read it there yourself.
This topic has been an interesting one for me - I find myself in a bit of a personal battle. I strongly support free speech and am anti-censorship. On the other hand, I feel no compassion for the groups that violated LJ's posting policies. Why? Because LJ is mediated, and that mediator set down rules, and it's our obligation to follow those rules (there are few enough!) or take our ball and play elsewhere - and there are elsewheres that don't have those rules. That said, the fact that they were indiscriminate, took down innocent communities in the process, and didn't bother to contact the owners is infuriating. I'm glad that they are taking steps to rectify the situation. I don't blame them for trying to enforce their rules...but the manner in which they enforced them...oy.
( Well we really screwed this one up… )...Or just go read it there yourself.
This topic has been an interesting one for me - I find myself in a bit of a personal battle. I strongly support free speech and am anti-censorship. On the other hand, I feel no compassion for the groups that violated LJ's posting policies. Why? Because LJ is mediated, and that mediator set down rules, and it's our obligation to follow those rules (there are few enough!) or take our ball and play elsewhere - and there are elsewheres that don't have those rules. That said, the fact that they were indiscriminate, took down innocent communities in the process, and didn't bother to contact the owners is infuriating. I'm glad that they are taking steps to rectify the situation. I don't blame them for trying to enforce their rules...but the manner in which they enforced them...oy.
