We must hang together, or we shall surely hang separately

[gridlore]

Seen in many places, started by filkertom

"The recent unpleasantness on LJ has spawned a new community, fandom_counts, intended to show Six Apart (LJ's owners) exactly how pervasive fandom is, how many fans (in the fannish sense of the word) there are here. It's not intended to be a posting community; just... if you read fanfic, or write it, or support the concept of it, then go here and join. And then post something about it yourself, to tell your FList."

I don't like fanfic. I find most of the overtly sexual stuff sets off my squick alarms at levels not seen in years. I find casual descriptions of non-consensual sex insulting, knowing too many survivors. However, I find mindless censorship even worse. Six Apart has caved in to a woman who is, at best, batshit insane. Six Apart needs to restore all the deleted journals and communities, issue a massive apology to all users, and then learn that any whackjob can claim to be an organization with LEO connections

Comments

[pompe.livejournal.com]

Very much agreed. I don't care for fanfic at all, it just feels sad to me. But censorship is generally both silly and sad, and self-censorship is no exception. Wasn't there some ridiculous boob controversy a year back or two?

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Sadly, many of your compatriots reserve the word "censorship" for suppression by the government. If it's not the government, it's not censorship.

What's "LEO", BTW?