I'm not terrified that I'll lose my journal - I'm not at all at risk
See, I thought the same thing. I'm a domestic violence advocate, and I've worked with organizations to provide a safe place for abuse survivors to talk, and I've posted about this in my journal over and over. But when I joined the abuse survivor communities, their interests were listed, and LJ includes a link allowing me to modify my interests to include those of the group, so I did so to make it clear that I am a safe person to talk to about these issues. the problem is, when I did that, I added the word "rape" to my interests. I thought nothing of this. I didn't have "commiting rape" as an interest, I wasn't promoting any kind of illegal activity, and for years my profile was safe. then suddenly yesterday it was deleted with no fair warning whatsoever, and five years of work building community was suddenly gone. And for what? LJ has ignored my emails and appeals, and I'm furious that they even include an option for clicking a link and adding words to your interests with no warning whatsoever that these words could cause your journal to be deleted. That's irresponsible and a waste of the money I spent on my personal account. And yes, I'm pissed. I never would have dreamt that I wasn't safe. Little did I know.
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I'm not terrified that I'll lose my journal - I'm not at all at risk
See, I thought the same thing. I'm a domestic violence advocate, and I've worked with organizations to provide a safe place for abuse survivors to talk, and I've posted about this in my journal over and over. But when I joined the abuse survivor communities, their interests were listed, and LJ includes a link allowing me to modify my interests to include those of the group, so I did so to make it clear that I am a safe person to talk to about these issues. the problem is, when I did that, I added the word "rape" to my interests. I thought nothing of this. I didn't have "commiting rape" as an interest, I wasn't promoting any kind of illegal activity, and for years my profile was safe. then suddenly yesterday it was deleted with no fair warning whatsoever, and five years of work building community was suddenly gone. And for what? LJ has ignored my emails and appeals, and I'm furious that they even include an option for clicking a link and adding words to your interests with no warning whatsoever that these words could cause your journal to be deleted. That's irresponsible and a waste of the money I spent on my personal account. And yes, I'm pissed. I never would have dreamt that I wasn't safe. Little did I know.