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Sun, Dec. 2nd, 2007, 12:31 pm

inalasahl: Saturday, December 1, 2007

• azurejay: those left in the water were kicked off our pantlegs and we headed for home. - I dislike the us-and-themming of these statements--by saying "our" and meaning "women," non-women are excluded and turned into the enemy, regardless of their real and actual participation in/contribution to the community, creativity, and sexuality of fand -
  
  (tags: gender fandom sexuality)


• madsciencechick: Thoughts from under the flag of the Jolly Rodgering - Fandom was unlikely to be completely happy with any changes LJ made to their (nonexistent) system for restricting adult content to adult users, but LJ needed to make changes. They needed to. -
  
  (tags: LJ flagging age)


• chopchica: I've been seeing a whole bunch of indivi - I flagged/will flag entries on my own journal (or the entire journal) -
  
  (tags: poll flagging)


• shyder: The New Flagging Rules - The ones who are affected by this, mainly, are minors in fandom who want to have access to all levels of posts, yes? Very simple solution: Lie. -
  
  (tags: lj tags)


• meinterrupted: OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!! - I've compiled a list of common complaints, and their answers. (Just a note, I am not on the abuse team, and I am not employed by LJ/SA. I'm just a user.) -
  
  (tags: lj tags)


• caras_galadhon: Before the Sky Falls-- - I figure it's important to get the following practical information out there to fandom before the sky falls in on us all. This is what I've gleaned from my (admittedly hasty) perusal of the announcement and the comment threads, -
  
  (tags: LJ flagging)


• screwthedaisies: Regarding the terms "bandom" and "bandslash".... - When you branch out away from a single band, you start to need a more encompassing word. "Bandom" isn't just more encompassing - it's all encompassing! It's awesome that way. -
  
  (tags: bandom)



• thingswithwings: oh jeebus. - I hate that internet policing always comes down to the policing of sexuality, and to the limitations placed on children's sexuality. -
  
  (tags: age flagging LJ)


• anatsuno: blah blah concepts what - Risk-free blogging or living ain't real, dudes, it ain't even po-ssi-buhl. Yes, you gotta take a stand someday. LJ/6A did, and the one they picked for staking is a stinky, stinky hypocritical stand. -
  
  (tags: LJ flagging)


• alixtii: I am not now, nor have ever been, a moral relativist. - private entities whose sole function is to provide people with a platform for otherwise undifferentiated communication and still engage in the curtailment of free speech within their area of control may still be engaged in a moral evil. -
  
  (tags: LJ flagging)

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