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[theljstaff]

Concerns regarding Adult Content programWe wanted to address some concerns about the program put in place last month regarding adult content. This system came about due to a variety of legal, community, and industry standards. There are no punitive measures for deciding not to participate, and is designed so that logged-in users over the age of

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[marta]

At this time we don't have a set standard for "multiple" because a) depending on different factors it may fluctuate and b) we don't want to encourage people to encourage a certain number of users to also flag something.

[7rin]

Ooooh... your user pic's no longer bald! Happy unbaldness. ;)

[rileysaplank]

On point B wouldn't a quick rise in flagging that stops on or just over the "magic figure" help indicate that people are abusing the system though?

[schnee]

We will continue to review the blocked terms and update or remove them as necessary; however, we will not be posting updates when we do so.

We are reviewing the system for a different solution to the problem, but will likely not announce or comment on any changes

Why not?

[vakkotaur]

This must be some new definition of "transparency."

[spectralbovine]

Yeah, that's a weird stance to take on an issue this contentious. People will just assume the worst, and it's entirely possible they're fixing stuff and improving the system. Why not say so?

Re: "We're sorry we can't share more information"

[trobadora]

I'd like to know too.

Question.

[kali921]

I have a question that has been repeatedly ignored by LJ support, so I'm going to post it here in hopes that perhaps it will be addressed.

Is there any way that Six Apart/SUP would consider lifting the new tag limit for LJ communities and individual users? It's particularly difficult as a customer when you're given functionality only to have LJ take it away.

Aside from the question of the new policy being extremely dubious customer service, tags serve a vital function for large LJ communities; they allow users to sort and find content that they need. This is particularly important for comms devoted to academic discussions, scholarship, current affairs, news, etc. There's also the question of RPGs, where a comm can max out the one thousand tag limit within a month.

When will the tag limit be lifted? Who should users contact if we want to express our concerns over this loss of functionality?

Edit: I'd like to echo the concern about your post stating that you won't be posting updates on the search term blockage. Is that really

Re: Question.

[dreadpiratekurt]

I second this concern. I belong to many communities that tagging has become incredible important for finding content: recipe comms, rpgs, and others. Limiting tags *needs* to be lifted.

Re: Question.

[rebelsheart]

See this thread in suggestions

Re: Question.

[kali921]

Yes, you keep posting that link to people that have brought up the tag question, and to be honest? I've read it, and it doesn't change my opinion on the taking away of tag functionality.

[pyrop]

It is absolutely unacceptable that you have decided not to update us on changes or replacement of the interest filtering system.

[nomadmatan]

IAWTC

[asavitzk]

I don't understand why you are blocking search terms in the first place. Are you moving the servers to China or something?

This flys in the face of any claims of transparancy you could make now.

[lnb1956]

Not to CHINA to RUSSIA! Another great democracy.

[biscayne]

I agree with this comment, it's ridiculous. I don't understand why LJ was sold to a Russian company anyway.

[therevsoup]

Yeah. I was kinda under the assumption that 6A was doing quite well with LJ.

They definitely have a far more dedicated subscriber base here than they do on Vox.