mijan
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I'm not buying it. Not again.

I'm sure you've all seen this post on [info]lj_biz.
Here's my response to it:

*sniffs the Official-looking Statement-thingy* 
I don't think I smell manure.

*pokes it with my foot*
It seems real. 

But... Mr. Livejournal Person, YOU guys have already HAD two strikes against the "foot-in-mouth" meter.  I don't know if we can trust you anymore.  Really.  I want to.  I'm a kind, caring person who likes to trust.  But... after someone has pulled a chair out from underneath you twice, you don't want to sit in their chair again.

I believe in protecting children.  Child pornography is hideous and malicious and evil and should be stopped and prosecuted.  But... I was part of a community accused of engaging in child pornography.  I was essentially labelled a "pedophile", when NOTHING could be further from the truth.  It was insulting, to say the least.  And then, I saw friends who are just as much NOT pedophiles as me having their figurative chairs pulled out from under them.  We've added injury to insult.

So, thank you for apologizing for insulting your guests and customers, and for dropping them on their butts for the second time this year, but sadly, I believe this is too little, too late.  Your priorities are with your sponsors, not with your customers.  Calm rationality and reason seem beyond your grasp until after you've kicked up a maelstrom.  You jump into battle with guns blazing, when sending a diplomatic "please don't do that again" letter would have stopped the "unsavory" activity much more cleanly.  Clear ToU's would have done the same.  And your employee's comment about anorexia?  I'm sorry, but I've never seen such dangerous ignorance in my life... outside of the current American presidential administration, of course.

I have a paid account.  It will last a while longer.  When it runs out, however, it will become an unpaid account again. I'm just a few dollars in a very large bucket, but perhaps the intent behind my decision will add weight to an already large chorus of reason.

Current Mood: awake
Moving-in Day.

Aaah, setting up a new journal. Gotta love it. Here are the basics, while I'm setting up:

1. This journal will mostly NOT be friends-only.  Naturally, there will be friends-locked posts, but unless you know me well, or want to be friends, you probably won't care much about them anyway.   If you're here for fic and art and the occasional fandom commentary, don't worry, you'll see it. But please, still comment and say hi! I want to know who's here anyway.

2. If you want to be friended, just let me know!  Right now, I'm really trying to rebuild my f-list.  Don't hide from me!

3. I'll be messing with setups and colour schemes for a while, but I want it to feel like my Hobbit Hole back on LJ.  I hope it'll be recognizable.

4. Tune in to Emma's meta-chat tonight.  I'll be there.  :)

Okay, back to messing with colours and themes.  Gah, I'm really not very good with this sort of stuff.  I need icons, and a mood theme, and... and...
More coffee?

Current Mood: exhausted
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