Corner of Bourbon & Division

There is NO escaping the Internet Drama.

I think what stung most was the implication that I don't care about what I'm doing, from someone from whom I never would have expected such an accusation.

Too bad. This too shall pass, and it's minor in the grand scheme of things. It just goes to show, again, that people we know IRL aren't immune to drama (I've been on both sides of the Drama fence, after all).

Everyone and their cousin has posted about this, and many of them more eloquently than I. I simply state for the record that Strikethrough 2007, as it's been dubbed, is yet another example of several things that have been wrong with LJ for many years:

1- Letting hysterical vigilantes dictate what is and isn't appropriate LiveJournal content. (I refer you back to the Great Breastfeeding Icon Debacle of 2006)

2- Overreacting to the aforementioned hysterical vigilantes' concerns by mass-deleting/banning journals and communities without so much as a case-by-case review process in place.

3- Failing to communicate a) to the people directly affected by the change in policy, and b) to the LiveJournal Community in general.

Doubtless this, too, will blow over, like every single other LiveJournal Drama that has occurred over the past few years. I, for one, don't plan on going anywhere. Still, I find it sad that the LiveJournal and Six Apart staff are consistently caving in to special-interests groups and others who have very specific and destructive agendas. I deplore the lack of basic customer service, which would dictate that they at the very least post an announcement detailing their actions and the reasoning behind them.

Their silence on this topic, and all others like it, speaks volumes.