LiveJournal’s Boob War
From Valleywag comes a back-and-forth between LiveJournal staffers and a group of breastfeeding enthusiasts (who refer to themselves as Boob Nazis) over the appropriateness of breastfeeding shots on LiveJournal:
We have recently been made aware that your default userpic is inappropriate….We must request that you discontinue using it as your default by no later than 00:01 (midnight) EST 23 May 2006. If at that time, you have not made the change requested, your journal will be suspended.
The Boob Nazi’s response:
In what way do you classify a photograph of an infant nursing, the single most natural act between a mother and child, as graphically sexual or violent in nature — or indeed, as sexual at all? Breastfeeding is not a sexual act. It is not a violent act. This icon in no way violates your state Terms of Service.
And then, LiveJournal’s “we don’t respond to threats” retort:
Finally, please be aware that write-in campaigns are never effective in swaying the opinion of the Abuse Team or LiveJournal administrators, or in focusing attention on a particular issue.
Are we the only ones that find LiveJournal’s efforts to shun the power of consumer involvement just a tad ironic? At least they could have encouraged the protesters to speak freely on their blogs, as opposed to using the hands-over-the-ears “LA LA LA we can’t hear you” approach.
“Boob Nazi” breastfeeders battle LiveJournal abuse team [Valleywag]
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on May 22, 2006 at 6:18 pm LJAB wrote:
Are we the only ones that find LiveJournal’s efforts to shun the power of consumer involvement just a tad ironic?
No, not at all! LiveJournal users have been becoming increasingly unhappy with the way the abuse team operates, and it looks as if this case might finally get enough complaints to Six Apart’s ears for them to notice it. Let’s hope they decide to take some action instead of joining in the “la la la”.
on May 22, 2006 at 10:01 pm Kat wrote:
So no matter how many LJ users are concerned about a particular issue, LiveJournal will not be swayed? That sounds like a recipe for poor customer service if ever there was one! This isn’t the first time there’s been a lot of negative attention on the abuse team on LiveJournal, but this time I think Six Apart would be wise to listen and start addressing some of the concerns their customers share with them.
on May 23, 2006 at 4:09 am Kate wrote:
First, LJ refuses to admit they have a security problem, then they unveil new security measures that only partially address the hacking issues users have been complaining about.
Now, they fail to recognise a censorship problem. I wonder what new move they’ll announce next.
on May 23, 2006 at 2:51 pm Christine wrote:
And the hackers said they were doing it to protest actions by LJ Abuse. Full circle.