I get your point, although I must say that forums, boards, and the likes, are not democratic and have never been, and ever will be. They are a dictatorship in she sense that it's run solely by the creator. You either appreciate that or you don't.
I thought LJ explained pretty well about their rules. After their huge blunder, of course. For example that the things in the bio thread were meant to be things you liked, supported, etc, and not just subjects you were interested in discussing (so that a term like child abuse could be misunderstood as though you supported it, and not just that it was a subject you felt strongly about and would debate any time). But, I did read their news blogs and they described up and down what had caused them to overreact, and they apologized a lot too.
Like I said, as far as I know, the people in the House fandom who was affected, have gotten their accounts back, and I haven't heard of anyone leaving (I might be wrong, I don't know everyone, I've just not seen any public talk of it).
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Date: 2007-08-13 05:14 am (UTC)I thought LJ explained pretty well about their rules. After their huge blunder, of course. For example that the things in the bio thread were meant to be things you liked, supported, etc, and not just subjects you were interested in discussing (so that a term like child abuse could be misunderstood as though you supported it, and not just that it was a subject you felt strongly about and would debate any time). But, I did read their news blogs and they described up and down what had caused them to overreact, and they apologized a lot too.
Like I said, as far as I know, the people in the House fandom who was affected, have gotten their accounts back, and I haven't heard of anyone leaving (I might be wrong, I don't know everyone, I've just not seen any public talk of it).