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zinnithOk, about this new adult content flagging thing?
I might be old-fashioned and traditional, but isn't it the parents who should have the responsibility for making sure their poor wee innocent kids don't read 'inapropriate' material. There are all kinds of surf filters you can install if you want to keep your offspring ignorant of the facts of life. And, let me be honest, if I was a parent I'd much rather my kid read fandom porn than watched the traditional kind.
Also - what is 'inapropriate'? What happens if somone comes across my writing and goes: "Gaaah, fags, fags, a journal full of fags! Won't someone please think of the children?" I am certainly not going to adjust my settings so that a large part of fandom won't be able to read my stories.
And what about the writers who are under the age of 18? Do they get to view their own journals? Are you going to censor what young people write as well as what they read? Sorry to make you disappointed, but the imagination of a person under 18 does not consist of fluffy sheep, wild flowers and little ducklings.
And last - what are you doing to make sure that a person who says s/he is 18 really is 18? Are we going to have to verify our age from now on? Send you a copy of our birth certificates? If so, who's going to open all those thousands and thousands of letters?
In short, dear LJ-staff, the idea gets you this:
*waiting for this entry to be flagged for use of the word 'porn'*
I might be old-fashioned and traditional, but isn't it the parents who should have the responsibility for making sure their poor wee innocent kids don't read 'inapropriate' material. There are all kinds of surf filters you can install if you want to keep your offspring ignorant of the facts of life. And, let me be honest, if I was a parent I'd much rather my kid read fandom porn than watched the traditional kind.
Also - what is 'inapropriate'? What happens if somone comes across my writing and goes: "Gaaah, fags, fags, a journal full of fags! Won't someone please think of the children?" I am certainly not going to adjust my settings so that a large part of fandom won't be able to read my stories.
And what about the writers who are under the age of 18? Do they get to view their own journals? Are you going to censor what young people write as well as what they read? Sorry to make you disappointed, but the imagination of a person under 18 does not consist of fluffy sheep, wild flowers and little ducklings.
And last - what are you doing to make sure that a person who says s/he is 18 really is 18? Are we going to have to verify our age from now on? Send you a copy of our birth certificates? If so, who's going to open all those thousands and thousands of letters?
In short, dear LJ-staff, the idea gets you this:
*waiting for this entry to be flagged for use of the word 'porn'*
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Date: 2007-11-30 07:12 pm (UTC)This new policy seems very arbitrary to me and I have a feeling it'll do more bad than good. I mean, who's to decide what's appropriate or not? Should a fifteen year old be kept out of sex health comms? Should a smart kid who wants to discuss violence in video games be hindered from doing that? (I know, I know, there are all kinds of kids and they all have different maturity levels. But in the end, I still feel it's up to the parents to decide what material is appropriate for their kids to view, it's
This new policy seems very arbitrary to me and I have a feeling it'll do more bad than good. I mean, who's to decide what's appropriate or not? Should a fifteen year old be kept out of sex health comms? Should a smart kid who wants to discuss violence in video games be hindered from doing that? (I know, I know, there are all kinds of kids and they all have different maturity levels. But in the end, I still feel it's up to the parents to decide what material is appropriate for their kids to view, it's <i<not</i> up to LJ.)
I think what I object the most to is the idea of letting people flag content that's not their own, because it puts the poster at the mercy of the personal preferences of the reader. The flagging system is far too easy to use and therefore abuse. It leaves the field open for people to flag entries out of spite or to flag entries because they don't agree with the posters' opinion. Instead of flame-wars, there will be flag-wars. You only have to click a button to flag an entry an inappropriate. When you have to sit down and write an actual e-mail reporting abuse, it's much more likely that the report is serious. As it is now, I have a feeling the abuse prevention team is going to be flooded with flags. I don't think the LJ-crew has been thinking this whole thing through properly...
And now I'll shut up and go back to trying to get Ronon and Radek away from the Wraith and into the sack...
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Date: 2007-11-30 07:51 pm (UTC)On a completely different note, my dentist appointment involved drilling, injections, a cavity, and a bill for 140 euro.... ick!
Finally, hope Ronon and Radek have fun!
cep xxx
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Date: 2007-11-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-01 08:05 am (UTC)Also, I apologise for clogging up your Inbox... but I've thought of a somewhat better ending for s_s that I'm going to try to get on paper today - so feel free to delete the earlier two versions ('cause, seriously the endings is so crap it's unbelieveable!) cepxxx