RE: Suspension for Interests...

I'm reserving judgment until I hear from LJ. I have a couple of personal hypotheses about why they deleted a bunch of obviously "not inciting pedophilia" sites along with some comms that sound rather squicky to the uninformed outsider. Personally, I think they're making a point to some folks about "Being Careful What You Wish For" and about LJ not being willing to judge or censor based on content -- but I'd like to hear something from LJ and SOON. I'm a little more laid back than I should be but I'd rather wait for LJ's official statement AND for synecdochic's post explaining what has happened.

In the meantime, I'd like to note that I have a Greatest Journal account creatively named http://hsapiens.greatestjournal.com -- LJ isn't the only game in town. I'm willing to wait for an explanation that I will consider. And I'm willing to go elsewhere if I don't like it.

For now, I've deleted all my interests. Not because I'm worried about being deleted. I don't find friends that way since LJ changed the way it displays the results for a search on interests. If listing something as an interest is the same as legally promoting it, well, I need to think about what I want to *promote* before I relist my interests. I would hate to be held legally liable for for promoting the use of my favorite camera by someone who thinks it's really a faulty, piece of shit lemon that should be pulled from the market and never used by those under 8 without appropriate adult supervision that I failed to mention prominently in a disclaimer.

Also? If this is how right wing vigilantes are searching for targets, I'm all about denying them their easiest access routes. Because I am, at my core, stubborn and petty.