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Mass Deletion Leads To LiveJournal Revolt

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-not-gonna-take-it dept.

Green Monkey writes "LiveJournal has been suspending accounts suspected of promoting incest — except that many of them were communities for survivors of abuse and people discussing Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Even after being informed of the problem, LiveJournal apparently refuses to reinstate the banned accounts. LiveJournal's official news blog has filled up with hundreds of complaints protesting the decision, so we could have another Digg-style user rebellion brewing." Update: 05/31 11:50 GMT by KD : strredwolf writes to let us know that in their offical blog LiveJournal admits to botching the suspension, saying "We made a mistake and now we are going to try to fix it."

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  1. Incest is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My sister is hot!

    1. Re:Incest is awesome! by Mr.+Shotgun · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but your mom could use a little work.

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    2. Re:Incest is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      MODERATORS :

      The parent is not offtopic, either in the thread nest or even in relation to the news article. Troll, overrated, funny or God help us Informative, yes. Offtopic? No. Incest is very much the topic at hand.

      And as I was an only child, I guess to have incest with a sibling, I have to go fuck myself :(

  2. Digg-style rebellion? by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 5, Funny

    LiveJournal's official news blog has filled up with hundreds of complaints protesting the decision, so we could have another Digg-style user rebellion brewing.

    Let's show solidarity with them:

    09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0

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    1. Re:Digg-style rebellion? by forkazoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      LiveJournal's official news blog has filled up with hundreds of complaints protesting the decision, so we could have another Digg-style user rebellion brewing.

      Let's show solidarity with them:

      09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0


      Dude, that's a disgusting way to show solidarity. 09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0 totally sleeps with 09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c1.
  3. Yeah, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    tight too.

    1. Re:Yeah, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      oops, wrong spot

  4. I don't see why LiveJournal is doing this. by Virak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, with so many people screaming "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!" all the time, you'd think they'd be happy to have someone finally actually listening and doing it. But no, they ban them all? None of this makes sense.

    1. Re:I don't see why LiveJournal is doing this. by Smight · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think they need to be more specific in the future.

      "Think of the children... not THAT way!?!"

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  5. This Thread... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This thread... is USELESS without pics!

  6. Re:Keep up the good work by kestasjk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if everyone who posts to livejournal will put incest advice in their posts as a form of rebellion, and I wonder if we'll put incest advice in our posts and signatures to show our support.

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  7. Re:Keep up the good work by someone1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is somehow fishy that there are MANY communities discussing Lolita.

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  8. Re:"Warriors for Innocence"? by ozbird · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... GoDaddy.

    OMG - incest!</satire>

  9. Re:Keep up the good work by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt it

  10. The Livejournal users are revolting! by Draconix · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You said it! They stink on ice!"

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  11. I'm not sure I follow by evanbd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could you perhaps provide us with a car analogy?

  12. Re:Incest? by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never ever a sig so appropriate!
    This phrase no verb.
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  13. Translation by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heck, all we wanted was doing our thing in peace. And we know the religious nutjobs ain't gonna get off our back, so we thought, heck, who's gonna get ruffled 'bout a few people who enjoy to shag their sis?

    And what happens? Some guys at /., digg and whatnot start a free speech campaign outta it.

    Lessee... religious nutjobs vs. geeks... The latter have more LJs here and they also got the better hackers, we better back-pedal.

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  14. Re:Keep up the good work by Baddas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, maybe when YOU talk about Fear and Loathing, you're not advocating drug use, but when I do it, I sure as hell am.

  15. Re:Keep up the good work by D-Cypell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember folks.... genealogy is an easier hobby if the tree doesn't fork!

  16. Re:Keep up the good work by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean they're going to ban all of us from Kentucky?

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