Well now this is more like it

[agt_spooky]

Here's the latest post from LJ news:

As promised below we have reviewed the journals that have been suspended and are now in the midst of unsuspended about half of them.
The class of suspensions that are being reversed are;
1. All Fandom journals
2. All fiction journals
3. All journals who that had problems in their profile only

Are large number of journals that are clear violations of our policies will remain suspended.

I will write a post in more detail soon but I wanted to get this up now as promised.
We are truly sorry for the mess, we have more work yet to do.

It's about damn time they said this, so that we in fandom can start breathing easier again and start unlocking posts. Like my own fic!

But shame on LJ for having deleted these journals in the first place before even investigating the content.

Comments

[purelyironic.livejournal.com]

At the moment I'm just relieved that they are admitting their mistakes and trying to fix it. I'm still angry, but I feel a bit more hopeful for fandom on Livejournal.

[dairwendan.livejournal.com]

Ah ha! I wonder if it's from all the complaints or if a bunch of people started deleting their own accounts and they realized they were about the be left a virtual ghost town?

Idiots. Do they honestly think that the REAL sick monster predators put "incest" and "rape" and "underage sex" in their interests? Don't be stupid! They list interests that are going to attract their prey! Get a grip LJ, live in the real world! If it was that simple don't you think the police would have been trolling LJ way before you ever caught on?

Way to screw your subscribers, take six seconds and think next time.

[m-lasha.livejournal.com]

I am still not renewing my paid account. And Six Apart has not reinstated the Lolita discussion Spanish-speaking community - as of 5 minutes ago (when I checked). I call that censorship. While the fandom accounts are being unsuspended, many other accounts are not.

For me the apology is too little too late. I have posted my protests on news, page 12. *g*

[taynney.livejournal.com]

you know what, I agree with you that it is time they appologise to the fandom/fiction writers, but they did get a lot of REAL pedophile and incest and rapist communities and journals, along with rape support networks and survivors of incest rape and things like that. They'll put things back to normal, and reinstate a lot of the good communities and fandom communities. But I think it was worth finding all of them first then looking at the ones they got and seeing which ones are good, which ones are bad. I mean, I really understand what they are dealing with, and it's a LOT easier to find things with a common denominatior (incest, rape, pedophilia) and then checking them. They have over 3 million accounts (or had anyway) and to check each one as they go through the first time would have been hectic because "Have we checked this one?" "I don't know. Suspend it because I think it was the one with the kissing cousins" it's just them taking responsibility for what is posted on their server, and I commend them for it. And I believe it was suspension of an account, and not deletion. Just to point that out.

[khek.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are getting back to normal, because it was a weird few days.

I understand that people are angry, and I also think that LJ were a little quick on the trigger, but honestly? I'm not sure what else they could have done. Yes, they could have reviewed all the journals with the specific keywords in the interests, but that would have taken time, and to the general public--it would have made LJ like they didn't care about catching pedophiles. Offend 98% of the world who reads the news, or offend several thousand paying customers? I'm not sure I wouldn't have made the same decision in their place.

As for their apology...they've admitted they were wrong. It's a very hard thing to do. It may not have been worded quite as apologetically as some people would have liked, but other than throwing themselves on the floor and licking peoples' feet, I'm not sure that they could have satisfied everyone.

I'm just glad it's looking like all the fandom stuff is being reinstated. And honestly? Maybe we, as a community, should think twice about having specific trigger phrases out there for the (deliberately) misunderstanding non-fannish hate-mongers to find.