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[nonethefewer]

You know, just the other day I was thinking about how complacent we get about the shit we go through to stay on LJ.  And then woo, shitstorm!

Short version: According to what I can find so far, there's this group, Warriors for Innocence, that's little more than a fundie vigilante group.  They've pressured the hell out of LJ/SA to kill journals/communities that have "really bad no-good awful" interests or content.  LJ/SA, true to form, has caved to their pressure, and then isn't speaking up about what the hell's going on.

* liz_marcs wrote an email (or some such) to a Warriors for Innocence person.  They respond.  Lots of good linkage there.

* Also, she collects a huge huge list of pertinent information.

* See, it's one part sheer outrage, and two parts blatant inconsistency.  Start reading the news post roundabout here for complaints about this.

* catrinella also lists a whole bunch of information.

I am not going to start with censorship stuff, because it's not a US-government-related issue.  Nor am I going to start getting too outraged until I hear more about this - there are too many rumours zipping about, and LJ/SA is doing the usual fuckass "Let's play mute until everybody's good and pissed!" thing.  However, my paid account is up in a week, and I will not be renewing, nor do I desire that anyone get me this as a gift.

I'm clearly still here, and it'd be a huge messy process to move from here to somewhere else.  I like the filtering system, if nothing else, and you know, everybody's here.  So I'm going to be patient and see how this whole thing plays out, as usual.  But I do not care to support a company that has a proven track record of never fucking talking to its users about what the living fuck is going on today.  Hooray, they're a company!  They can learn that the best way not to piss off its users is to talk to them!

Of course, where's the incentive in that?

Okay, it's still morning, shut up.