fool me twice

So, Livejournal is fucking us over again. 

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, which is probably most of you since they're doing their best to cover this up, there's information on what's happening from bookshop  here and a commentary from copperbadge  here. 

Basically, Livejournal (whether under its own motivation or requested by Warner Brothers) decided to remove some art posted at pornish_pixies  which contained "minors in explicit sexual situations." So far, this has resulted in the permanent suspension of two fanartists; ponderosa121 and elaboration. LJ's new policy, by the way, is to show suspended livejournals as merely bolded like this. We make the strikethrough our rallying cry and they take it away. Fuckers. 

elaboration's journal of erotic fanart, by the way, was completely f-locked. Two of her other journals, which contained no fanart, were also deleted. Both users have been prohibited from creating any more journals. There was no warning, and there is no way to appeal Livejournal's decision. In my opinion, this is an incredibly underhanded way of enforcing their (recently changed) interpretation of the TOS. The policy has never been as clear as it should be, and this sudden and harsh enforcement is rather alarming. Not to mention that the prohibition against suspended users creating other accounts makes it difficult for them to spread the word of what went down.

Same stuff from last time applies, guys. Join fandom_counts , let other people know what's happening, and don't let this go down without a fight. Leave comments at dw_news  or lj_biz . Use your voice.


ETA: If you want tips on how to back up your own journal, information on possible migrations, and links to all the information that's been dug up so far, there is a true masterlist created by elke_tanzer  here.