I'm not buying it. Not again.
Aug. 14th, 2007 12:14 amI'm sure you've all seen this post on ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lj_biz.
Here's my response to it:
*sniffs the Official-looking Statement-thingy*
I don't think I smell manure.
*pokes it with my foot*
It seems real.
But... Mr. Livejournal Person, YOU guys have already HAD two strikes against the "foot-in-mouth" meter. I don't know if we can trust you anymore. Really. I want to. I'm a kind, caring person who likes to trust. But... after someone has pulled a chair out from underneath you twice, you don't want to sit in their chair again.
I believe in protecting children. Child pornography is hideous and malicious and evil and should be stopped and prosecuted. But... I was part of a community accused of engaging in child pornography. I was essentially labelled a "pedophile", when NOTHING could be further from the truth. It was insulting, to say the least. And then, I saw friends who are just as much NOT pedophiles as me having their figurative chairs pulled out from under them. We've added injury to insult.
So, thank you for apologizing for insulting your guests and customers, and for dropping them on their butts for the second time this year, but sadly, I believe this is too little, too late. Your priorities are with your sponsors, not with your customers. Calm rationality and reason seem beyond your grasp until after you've kicked up a maelstrom. You jump into battle with guns blazing, when sending a diplomatic "please don't do that again" letter would have stopped the "unsavory" activity much more cleanly. Clear ToU's would have done the same. And your employee's comment about anorexia? I'm sorry, but I've never seen such dangerous ignorance in my life... outside of the current American presidential administration, of course.
I have a paid account. It will last a while longer. When it runs out, however, it will become an unpaid account again. I'm just a few dollars in a very large bucket, but perhaps the intent behind my decision will add weight to an already large chorus of reason.
lj_biz.Here's my response to it:
*sniffs the Official-looking Statement-thingy*
I don't think I smell manure.
*pokes it with my foot*
It seems real.
But... Mr. Livejournal Person, YOU guys have already HAD two strikes against the "foot-in-mouth" meter. I don't know if we can trust you anymore. Really. I want to. I'm a kind, caring person who likes to trust. But... after someone has pulled a chair out from underneath you twice, you don't want to sit in their chair again.
I believe in protecting children. Child pornography is hideous and malicious and evil and should be stopped and prosecuted. But... I was part of a community accused of engaging in child pornography. I was essentially labelled a "pedophile", when NOTHING could be further from the truth. It was insulting, to say the least. And then, I saw friends who are just as much NOT pedophiles as me having their figurative chairs pulled out from under them. We've added injury to insult.
So, thank you for apologizing for insulting your guests and customers, and for dropping them on their butts for the second time this year, but sadly, I believe this is too little, too late. Your priorities are with your sponsors, not with your customers. Calm rationality and reason seem beyond your grasp until after you've kicked up a maelstrom. You jump into battle with guns blazing, when sending a diplomatic "please don't do that again" letter would have stopped the "unsavory" activity much more cleanly. Clear ToU's would have done the same. And your employee's comment about anorexia? I'm sorry, but I've never seen such dangerous ignorance in my life... outside of the current American presidential administration, of course.
I have a paid account. It will last a while longer. When it runs out, however, it will become an unpaid account again. I'm just a few dollars in a very large bucket, but perhaps the intent behind my decision will add weight to an already large chorus of reason.
