adult content flagging comes to LiveJournal: the POLL

[metaphorge]

(This poll relates directly to this previous entry.)
[Poll #1075683]
This is, of course, accepting that we have no idea as of yet how LJ-Abuse will handle such reports, nor how having your content or your entire journal flagged as "adult" will affect access to it by other LiveJournal users and the general public....

Comments

[t3knomanser.livejournal.com]

It depends a lot on implementation, but as a general idea, it's bad.

The issue, of course, is that individuals or groups of LJ users can become self-proclaimed censorship squads, marking anything they dislike as "adult". Can it be done without gameable vulnerabilities? Possibly.

I think the only way to work is to give journal owners the option of marking their own journals as "adult". Doing so redirects logged in visitors to a "splash" page that requires clicking "yes" on a "Hey, are you suuuuure?"

Complaints to LJ abuse can result in LJ admins marking a journal as adult, and there has to be a well-defined appeals process. A journal owner can contest such a decision and the system should be weighted so that they'll generally win unless the content is obviously adult (hardcore porn).

That said, I think the whole thing is unnecessary. But it's their servers, as others have said.

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

The issue, of course, is that individuals or groups of LJ users can become self-proclaimed censorship squads, marking anything they dislike as "adult". Nail on the head. This, combined with Six Apart's previous ham-handedness with Slashgate, does not fill me with warm feelings.

[t3knomanser.livejournal.com]

No, no it doesn't.

And might I add- I was one of the suckers. During the Six-Apart takeover, they offered another round of permanent accounts. I said, "What the hey. It's LJ- things never change around here. I'll jump on that!"

I am now, slightly, regretting that decision. If nothing else, it removes my "vote with your wallet" rights- I've already given them my money. I'll never give them another dime, and that's how both parties planned it.

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

Ditto.