my recession stressed 2 cents (made public by request)

[crafting_change]

I have a lot of friends doing the 'LJ Strike' now, and while I will respect their wishes and not comment/view their journals, I have some thoughts/concerns to untangle

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[raanve]

I just had to say that you managed to express very clearly the jumble in my brain about why I've been sort of 'meh/whatever' about the whole "strike". And really, looking at past events that impacted and upset the user community (Strikethrough, I am looking at you!), this basic-free-account thing is, well, not that big a deal.

(I take more issue with SUP's means of communicating this change, but even then, it's like.. well... whatever.)

[crafting_change]

what was the strikethrough thing?

[raanve]

This CNet article explains some of it. Basically, an activist group called "Warriors for Innocence" [with possible Dominionist ties] started complaining to LJ about content on some user journals & communities -- ranging from fanfic comms to furry comms to anything-else-that-seemed-potentially-related-to-sex-with-minors or depictions thereof. And LJ just deleted the comms and accounts without warning/discussion. LJ later reinstated most (if not all) of the deleted accounts... but it was pretty remarkable how a small group got LJ to suspend/delete many accounts on little to no legal basis.

[crafting_change]

I remember when that happened a while ago... has anything happened since then (the current strike seems quite a big time gap between that happening.