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[unixronin]

Don't like 6Apart's new censorship system?  Think it's another ill-conceived attempt by 6Apart to jump the shark?

Flag it as offensive.  (I did.)  It's not our jobs to be the surrogate parents of every teenager with a LiveJournal account.

Hey, 6Apart?¹  Get a life and a clue.

[1]  ObBitminesMeme:  YOU SUCK!

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[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i was under the impression that LJ had a lower age limit to allow journal use at all. many sites require this in their legal. now, enforcing it harder. still. did that change? are they now opening up LJ to happy fun time so people can have journals for their monkeys and cats and fish and children and wildebeasts and fruitbats? great.

my journal is what it is. i paid for it. they host it. the content is mine. it's locked too to prevent any random person from trolling, copying, stealing, stalking, or being offended. i don't need their new toy.

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[anda.livejournal.com]

Then don't use it. I don't plan to.

I do have some small amount of text which contains adult content (not even "explicit adult content", but the lower "topics which may be inappropriate for those under 14" level). It's locked up like mad, more than 'friends', less than 'private'.

Just because you don't need it doesn't mean that they don't.

Don't mistake me though - I'm -not- saying that this is the greatest thing since ethernet. It ain't.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

their lawyers need it. that's pretty clear.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Far too much, these days, is ultimately all about the lawyers.

"Hey! This wood chipper doesn't have a warning against sticking your foot in it while it's running, but when I did that, it chewed my FOOT off!"
"Uh .... NO SHIT, SHERLOCK? What'd you go and do a stupid thing like that for anyway?"
"Well, it didn't say I shouldn't...."