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[beandelphiki]

Last night, I signed on to lj briefly and noticed I had been serial-added by fags_go_to_hell. Amused, I checked it out...I had to laugh. The most recent post in this journal was a photograph of a young man lounging shirtless on a bed (the poster claimed it was a photo of himself), and the badly misspelled text beneath warned "fags" not to jack off to the picture, or there would be violent consequences.

Tell me that the person behind this journal wasn't aware of the humor. I doubt it. But that's all beside the point.

This morning I sign on, and the journal is gone. Suspended. Within hours. Interesting.

How long did it take for nigger_central to get suspended? Days? Weeks? I don't know, but I've read various comments from people who indicate it took a while. What's up with that?

Is lj just wiser to the serial-adding problem than it was a few weeks ago, and faster on the draw because of the drama it's created? Or what? Someone in gaystr8alliance commented that fags_go_to_hell was suspended because the journal was full of "hate speech."

Is a username that has the n-word in it not hate speech?

I. You agree to NOT use the Service to:

1. Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that is in LiveJournal.com's opinion to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive to another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information with out the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

...

11. "Stalk" or otherwise harass another person or company;



Didn't nigger_central violate those sections of the TOS? So why did so many people claim it was not a "big deal" and just a stupid joke?

Why does it seem from where I'm standing that serial-adders like this were just dismissed as unimportant for weeks, until such large numbers of people complained that it had to be addressed? Why wasn't it deleted the moment someone realized there was a TOS violation involved?

I don't want to say that the Abuse team is not doing what they can to keep lj an enjoyable service. I don't think they would want to alienate people from livejournal!

But it bothers me that these things seemed to take forever to be considered a PROBLEM.

Anyway, I hope the hasty disappearance of fags_go_to_hell means that ALL of these serial-adders who are reported will disappear with the same speed.

Comments

[raeofhope27.livejournal.com]

i had a similar run in with a serial adder callled i_like_rape but I think he was suspended or deleted. I was really appalled that someone with that name would add me because I am a rape victim. I think it was intentional.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Yes, I heard about that one. That particular user WAS adding users who are in communities dealing with abuse/rape. I'm glad whoever it was got suspended.

[brookygal.livejournal.com]

hey dan I think i had taken you off my friendslist but now i'm adding you back...i hope you want to add me back cause i like reading your journal....and such...i just was having arough time for awhile and i dunno i took a couple people off who i thought wer etoo close to johnny or what not....

Brooklynne ~*~

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I'm not terribly close to Johnny. I like him, but we are not close.

I would prefer not to choose "sides" in this sort of thing. I think you both are beautiful people, and I'm sorry things have been such a mess between you.