ADMIN: recent livejournal happenings

[carlyinrome.livejournal.com]

I do not encourage off-topic posts in this community; in fact, it's against the rules. However, I believe this issue affects all of us; we're all fandom, right? So perk up your ears, kids.

I'm sure you all know about Livejournal's recent mass deletings. If not, here's the nutshell: a vigilante group contacted SixApart and told them they would contact all their advertisers and say very bad things unless all the child molestors were cleansed from the site. The result: 500+ journals were permanentally suspended, including literary discussions, fanfiction comms, and rape/incest survivor journals. Getting rid of pedophiles is commendable, but they're using a cannon to hunt pigeons.

If you're upset about this, I urge you to join fandom_counts. I urge you to contact SixApart. Their fax number is (415) 344-0829. I urge you to contact their CEO, who is quoted in the article I provided above. His name is Barak Berkowitz, and his email address is barak@typepad.com

Please mention that -- if, in fact, you do -- you pay for the privilege of keeping a blog at Livejournal, of belonging to this community. Tell him how you feel, and why.

Have a nice day, Pope Fans.