Finally!

[elisi]

... We never intended this policy to cause the removal of journals that were have perfectly valid discussions about literature, law or culture. We never intended the policies to take down journals or communities clearly opposed to illegal activities but clearly we did. We love our members of fandom and respect their role in our community. We made a mistake and now we are going to try to fix it.

That is it. We have always been strong supporters of free speech and at the same time we believe deeply that children deserve special protections as well as the victims of violence and hate. We tried to implement a policy that walk that line and we did it poorly, we are all sorry. One could say that no matter what we did we would either be accused of opposing free speech or endangering children but I am sure we should and could have done this much better. I hope you can forgive us and we can regain your trust.

And they *will* look into all the suspended journals and re-instate as applicable. It's not perfect, but it might just be acceptable.

And now I can finally get on with my day!

ETA: st_salieri has an exellent post addressing the main problems.

ETA2: You know, I'm surprised at how badly LJ has handled this. But I'm not actually surprised at what happened. I'm sure many of you remember that incident involving the FBI? We're being watched, it's that simple. Sad, but true.

Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I'll be damned. A day late and a dollar short, but a good sign nonetheless.

Though it's interesting that he defends the Warriors For White Supr... sorry, Innocence: "The source of this complaint was not the source of the problem we created."

18 pages of comments. Think he remembered to turn off the notify function? :-)

[elisi]

I'll be damned. A day late and a dollar short, but a good sign nonetheless.
There are still problems, but yes, this is a good sign.

Though it's interesting that he defends the Warriors For White Supr... sorry, Innocence
I guess he realised that anything else would make him look like a complete asshat?

18 pages of comments. Think he remembered to turn off the notify function? :-)
Oh now that took me back! Don't suppose you remember this? (Which incidentally proves that we *are* being watched, have been for years and maybe we've just lulled ourselves into a false sense of security?)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Don't suppose you remember this?

Ho. Lee. Crap. Better not say more than that; my government has been known to turn people over to unidentified CIA agents without question...

[elisi]

Ho. Lee. Crap.
Indeed. There are things worse than witch hunts...

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Well, there's also the part where he says "even morons can be right about some things."

Indicating he's aware of the asshattery involved!

By the time I saw it ~ the comment limit had been reached! (5003 comments.)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

True, though that comment was added later. But it's nice to see nonetheless. Especially considering that the WFI have now apparently started going after individual fanfic discussion comms.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm surprised at how badly LJ has handled this

Sadly I'm not :~(

[elisi]

I blame 6A! Mostly. *throws hands up in frustration*