LJ wank, wait? No! reasonable? Surely you jest!

[salinea]

LJ has done some changes of policies. And they're all for the better! Incredible isn't?

In particular :

* Our Adult Content policy has been changed to emphasize that content which is flagged as containing explicit adult content does not mean it is in violation of our Terms of Service, and will not result in other actions being taken against users who post it. The process for reporting adult content has also changed so that the system only handles reports of adult content; reports of violations of our policies should be reported as outlined here.

We have also stated within the policy that non-graphic, non-sexualized nudity is not considered explicit adult content. This includes things such as an image of a mother breastfeeding their child, or a non-sexualized work of art such as the Statue of David. We have also extended this to our policy on default userpics; non-graphic, non-sexualized nudity is no longer considered a violation of our default userpic policy.


* Our policy on Non-Photographic Images of Minors is being removed. What this means is that we will no longer be requiring the removal of this content, or suspending people who have posted it. We feel that with the introduction of the adult content flagging system, we do not need to take any further action on this type of material.

In celebration, I've reinstated my paid account, let LJ know as a customer I'm happy with the change ^_^ That means icons! Lots of icons! Damnit, I'd missed my icons ♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[redcandle17.livejournal.com]

It's been nearly a year since Strikethrough, right? They certainly took their time working out their policy. Still, good news for LJ fandom. :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

they did! However, they did change management in between XD

ETA: I can edit comments now, yay!

[lilibel.livejournal.com]

Whaouh!
That's improvement.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

innit!!

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

I'm trying not to get too excited about this, since I'm worried that people who disagree with the policy changes (or with the LJ election results, sigh) will try to find some way to abuse the flagging system in retaliation. And who knows when LJ itself will decide to be stupid again?

But for the moment--yes, squee!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm trying not to get too excited either (I've only paid for 6 months though, if they revert to type...)

Very, very squee

[winter]

On the other hand, flagging has now been modified (also noted in those policy changes) and the worst that can happen is that your entry won't be visible to minors. I mean, I tremble :P

[apapazukamori.livejournal.com]

I'm v. v. happy about the new changes. :D

And if you want wank, it's in the post re: the new advisory board member. *roll eyes*

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

lol, yes, I saw that. Very *roll eyes* indeed.

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Yay! (and yay for more icons, too :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

... a great many of which are going to be yours XD

[alighiera.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Who'd have thought?

*off to add paid time and write a happy customer note*

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

you can send happy customer note?

[catrionamacnair.livejournal.com]

LJ shows common sense! Incredible!

I can see how a lot of people will be wary of all of this regardless, but at least LJ is TRYING to be helpful rather than a pain in the arse.

On behalf of fandom - thank you, lj.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I don't know if their intentions are pure, but as long as their actions make me happier, I'm happy to thank them too!

[darksumomo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good news--all of it! I'm especially pleased to see the return of your many icons, including some new ones, like this:



That's an interesting use of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ~_^

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

lol

iconsbycurtana is my current favourite icon maker. She has other Rocky themed one, I advice you to browse her lj ^^

[bitterfic.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking that it's been about a year since the strikethrough (it was over Memorial Day Weekend, which we just celebrated again here in the United States). I do think fandom on LJ has cooled down since then, it's hard to tell because with my love of obscure fandoms, minor characters, rare pairings, dark fic and incest I've never really been a part of the mainstream.

You were very principled to hold out so long to renew your paid account. I folded in February and renewed when faced with the loss of all my pretty icons.

[bitterfic.livejournal.com]

I almost forgot, have you seen this?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16092

Dark Horse is coming out the a BtVS tarot deck. I might be interesting to see how it corresponds to yours.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

lol, I'm trying to remember when I stopped paying for them... I don't think it was as long as year, I couldn't have stood so long! I was on the point of breaking anyway even without that ^^ pretty icons are important.

It does feel that even big fandoms are somewhat less huge on LJ. Or maybe just HP.

[werthead.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I may have to consider getting that paid account now. I like my current avs but they're getting a bit stale. I want new ones, but not to retire my old ones. Looks like LJ will be getting some of my green then!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

having lots of icons is jsut so much FUN! ^^

[solesakuma]

Yay, I guess. XP
*has flashbacks to the 'SOVIET RUSSIA IS INVADING LJ' thing* ¡JA!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

hahahaha. One point for the soviets :p

[rebbe]

Th-that is beautiful. I think I just started crying while reading that post, so thank you so much for sharing

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

^_^

[elihice.livejournal.com]

Well, wow. Now, if they only gave more icon space, the info posts would fill with &hearts

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

lol yes. It's not christmas yet.

[modillian.livejournal.com]

Hmm. And the thing is, now that I've finally gotten to the point of not needing more than six icons, I am tempted to acquire more! But I'm still pretty happy with my six so I probably won't revert. Funny, that.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Heh. If you're happy with that, more power to you! me I'm hopelessly addicted