Account is back on

[jay]

No, I wasn't asserting any moral superiority... nor do I particularly have a side in the breastfeeding debate, we supplemented our three. And yes, given that I have a permanent account, Six Apart stood to lose nothing by my departure.

IMO, it was about them pre-censoring content on behalf of external conservative social or religious pressures... and greater participation equalled more counter-pressure, and it didn't cost me much, so why not... Anyway, I don't care what people use as their default icons, it should be their choice (not mine, Jerry Falwell's or their blog service's).

Comments

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

They've always enforced it. The caveat is that the icon in question has to be brought to LJ Abuse's attention before they do anything about it, because they don't randomly troll through journals looking for TOS violations.

This started because someone got nailed for a topless icon and decided to go over to boob_nazis and start turning in people there. Now that's one hell of a troll.

And you know I don't hate you. I sometimes get exasperated with things you say, or don't realize how I sound when replying, but if I hated you, or was really angry, I either wouldn't post it in LJ and take it to email or just not say anything.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if there were a "troll hall of fame" this episode might qualify that guy...

Sorry, but I don't buy selective, random past enforcement of (old FAQ) sexually-explicit default icons as "always enforced it" regarding all forms of nudity, including photos of Roman statues and Renaissance paintings. SA/LJ are way out on a limb, unreasonably far past cultural or community standards, and are IMO just digging themselves deeper.