Trouble in the word mines (Nano)

[stryck]

For many on the internet, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is an annual tradition full of people tracking word counts and complaining about writer's block to their friends. Some time back, an organization took the name and founded a website to provide trophies and writing resources and forums to make the complaining easier

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[fervid_dryfire]

I remember in LJ's genesis, we (users) didn't have anything like that on our radar...and I don't think LJ (proto-) staff and developers had really thought about it either. For YEARS.

The first time I remember any mention of categorizing LJ material as "18+ content" was sometime around 2014 or 15 (maybe?), well after a number of my friends had left LJ and the site's core/public functions and purpose had generally become irrelevant to me. I definitely wasn't thinking much farther than the end of my own nose, but you're definitely right: predators are *desperate* to get into any and every possible venue that gives them even the slightest opportunity to get access to children.

Your thoughts came strongly to light, for me, just a few days ago when the wife started doing the American Heritage Girls introductory course for "abuse detection, response, and reporting," which was a pretty extensive course that took her nearly all evening to complete. If only all groups and organizations could be so diligent.

[cat_sanctuary]

It's a shame when people let abuse take away the use of good things and ideas, but it's understandable.

When I started doing massage, I got lots of annoying calls from men. "You could advertise 'For Women Only'." That turned out to be the current code for lesbians. Oh well, over time the annoying men got tired of being hung up on...