Because I know you're all gagging to know what I think

[andrewducker]

[Poll #741763]

Comments

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Tell Me Everything! :-)

[nameandnature]

Is it contradictory to believe both that LJ Abuse are incompetant and the people complaining about it are crazy? The only reason people are so bitter about it is because the stakes are so low.

[andrewducker]

Not at all. I can't think of any reason why people on both sides of an argument can't both be acting insanely.

[thishardenedarm.livejournal.com]

theres an argument about nipples?

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

If you're lucky, you're not being ironic. ;-)

[andrewducker]

LiveJournal had a rule saying "no violent or sexual content in your default user-pic". You're allowed anything you like in most of your pics, but not in the default one because they appear in public places (like the school list. Someone fell foul of this with a picture containing breastfeeding.

The claim on one side is that not allowing pictures of breastfeeding demonises it and causes people to not breastfeed because it's seen as negative (or that the lack of any images of it at all cause people to feel it's wierd), and that it's a point of principle that breast-feeding is not sexual.

The claim on the other side is that female nipples should not be shown in public because they might cause offence, especially if seen by a child, and that LJ wants to be seen as a safe(ish) space, at least in the non-personal bits.

I've tried to keep the above as neutral as possible, as there are people on my friends list who are on both sides of the dispute.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

This makes a lot more sense now that I saw a link to what you're obliquely referring to.

[andrewducker]

It does amuse me (well, a little bit) that the people doing the boycott today think they're going to have an effect when the number of people that actually care about it is pretty damn small. There are 8 on my friends list, and I have a friends list that's got an above-average number of middle-aged women on it (at least I believe I do).

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Oooh... I wish those who responded "no" or with conditions could explain /why!/ But I doubt they'll see this...