I am just finishing my update to the Strikethrough2007 Post of DOOM. This is much more difficult to do from work, let me tell you.

This update contains links to LJ's apology, a breakdown of Alternatives to LJ, many more savvy and intelligent reactions, and fandom support, including polls posted at fandompays and malnpudl . Don't miss ironychan's amusing Firefly filk (posted by melayneseahawk)!

Also of interest is Perverted Justice's comments regarding LJ's actions. Peverted Justice lists LJ as "an aggressive Corporate Sex Offender," but even they think LJ's current actions are retarded. I have included their write-up in full for posterity and easy access:

"Today LiveJournal/SixApart deleted a ton of LJ's that violated their "terms of service." We went after LiveJournal/SixApart months ago, with a very specific list of pedophile blogs and communities. Not only were the staff at LiveJournal/SixApart beyond condescending and rude in their replies, they defended the advocacy of pedophilia and pedophile communities as being acceptable under their Terms of Service, something we contested in our original Writeup about them.

So today, LJ decides to finally do something about the pedophile communities that had sprung up on their service. However, rather than listening to us months ago, they decided to just wipe out whole fields of communities whether they were related to those who advocate child rape or not. We're not quite sure who is running the show over at LJ, but until they state without condition that actual pedophile activists and those promoting child rape are disallowed from their service, we will continue to list them as an aggressive Corporate Sex Offender. Not to mention the fact that despite their taking down of a multitude of random LiveJournal accounts, they still haven't taken down a variety of pedophile LJ's that we reported MONTHS ago. Yes, even after this latest takedown "effort" on their part.

Apparently LiveJournal can't tell the difference between what a pedophile community is and a Harry Potter fan-fiction community despite being told months ago which is what."

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If you would like a copy of the coded update, leave a comment with an email address and I'll get it to you. I still want to wait a day or two before returning bits of my journal to the public.

Also, I promise to resume my normal fannish content soon. Between work and this, I haven't had time to write down my recent fannish thoughts. :D