Actually it seems to be a little more sinister. What has transpired here is that Livejournal's owners, Six Apart, have shown they care more about advertisers then users.
Some right-wing whacko was threatning to, and apparently did, raise a fuss with the advertisers regarding pedophilia and other malcontent on Livejournal. As a result Six Apart did a knee jerk reaction, resulting in what you see now.
It is amusing to note by the way that previously one could just post a huge picture of a cock on their journal and a complaint to abuse would result in a "we're sorry you are disturbed by this material, but we have to protect free speech, etc, etc" which shows how 6A basically did a back flip in its enforcement of its policy.
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Date: 2007-05-31 08:02 pm (UTC)Some right-wing whacko was threatning to, and apparently did, raise a fuss with the advertisers regarding pedophilia and other malcontent on Livejournal. As a result Six Apart did a knee jerk reaction, resulting in what you see now.
It is amusing to note by the way that previously one could just post a huge picture of a cock on their journal and a complaint to abuse would result in a "we're sorry you are disturbed by this material, but we have to protect free speech, etc, etc" which shows how 6A basically did a back flip in its enforcement of its policy.