[ SECRET POST #219 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #219 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 103 secrets from Secret Submission Post #032.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Monday, August 12th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

Same here.

Honestly, the arguments about freedom of speech and censorship are somewhat beside the point. The sad fact of the matter is that Six Apart are running a business here and have a perfect right to decide what they do and don't want to allow people to host on their servers. That's all it comes down to.

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. It's not a matter of censorship, it's common sense. People get in trouble for porn depicting minors. Why is this all of a sudden shocking?

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really have anything constructive to add, just: Amen.

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

Look, it's got nothing to do with what I want. Personally, I don't approve of censorship. But the fact of the matter is that Six Apart are running a business and when push comes to shove, they have to think of the bottom line. It's far safer to piss off a group of people who will only go and find somewhere else to post than it is to alienate another core section of their userbase - minors and the parents of minors. Like it or not, there are children on Livejournal, and it's far better from a business perspective to piss off a few fans doing things that most people outside fandom would find rather dubious anyway then be seen as a safe haven for CHILD MOLESTORS. That's not being judgmental, that's not being a stupid fuck - it's just the way the world works. Sorry.

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

Ultimate super absolute agreement.

What, have LJers never used teh internets before? I thought everyone was used to The Unwashed Masses freaking out over any miniscule sliver of a hint that there's TEH SMEX. And making your point on LJ of all place isn't going to change this general opinion... it just makes fandom look like a bunch of naive folks.

OH MY GOD

[(Anonymous)]

You people are rational and intelligent and it is amazing

Every time I see a "LJ Strikethrough '07" icon/post/what have you I want to kick someone in the throat.

It is a pity we're too ashamed to use our real names.

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't like shota myself but why was this whole issue surprising? Oh come on are you blind? How many years have they allowed this sort of stuff but are only doing something about it now because the crazy anti-pedo armies have sent out their minions to search and destroy? And the first two sent to the slaughter are harmless fanartists? Why is it surprising lol...

Re: 7.

[(Anonymous)]

You mean LJ doesn't have to support fandom's child-abuse kink if they don't want to? T_T

duh

[(Anonymous)]

Don't you know LJ is actually made for fandom and that if they do anything fandom doesn't like it's because they're a bunch of mean evil corporate hypocrites? It's not like they have a business to run or anything.