Censorgate - random link collections

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And yeah, editing 'red flag' interests might be a wise thing. Have done so with mine, and ronlucius. Though I can't bring myself to flock - yet. We'll see by tomorrow night whether the banning continues.

If this had come out of nowhere, I'd not blame LJ all that much - they're slaves to pressure like most companies, and caving in to advertisers/pressure groups is much easier than considering their users. What pisses me off to no end, however, is that we see happen *exactly* what the so-called "hoax" warned about, and what the LJ people ridiculed as impossible. I'd forgive them for succumbing to outside pressure. I do *not* forgive them for lying. Not again. Fazit: Paranoia pays off!

I'm also quite certain that after this, I don't *need* a paid account, and an unpaid one will do me perfectly fine in the future - unless it runs afoul of the censors and complainers, that is. Or until we see those communities and LJs reinstated with apologies.

I'll spam you with links and stuff of protests being organised instead of raging, which I'd really *want* to (not 'cause I want my pornish_pixies fics/comments back so much but because this lost us so many good *stories*, and that's unforgivable). *And*, even worse, it'll intimidate people and promote self-censorship and fear, none of which I want to see in my fandom!

Also, following what a lot of you all have already done: http://kennahijja.greatestjournal.com/. Am still slowly and randomly friending people. Though I'd rather see this fought through on LJ.

A brilliant site with all infos (including a list of deleted communities and fellow-fandomers) is here.

Also, fandom_wank is reporting something useful for a change.

Join fandom_counts, a comm to add up fandomers (of any and all fandoms) on LJ to show the huge role fandom plays (and pays!) for LJ - no need to friend, just join and be counted. Do pimp that one too, please?

If you have a paid account, you can voice your displeasure at news.

More useful links about who to complain to here: reasoned_speech.

There's a petition here (a bit woodily worded, but what the heck).

And... a sliver of fun in dark times.

Pissed off as I am, I'm also proud as heck of the way fandom is reacting to this. From taking up the fight to up to responding in smutfic :). In this spirit, I'm off to work on my daily_deviant fic. *ponders how to sneak in a bit of Weasleycest just because*