Oh, for Heaven's Sake...

[liz_marcs]

Dear 6A/LJ,

When I said I wanted clarification of your policies, this was not what I meant.

I meant clarification, not "the ToS hasn't really changed" followed by a bunch of vague statements that still doesn't actually say anything and still doesn't clarify what is and is not acceptable on LJ.

In case you're wondering, the issue is all about how you are interpreting the ToS. Since we can't read minds, we need you to tell us point blank. Which you're not.

And no, we're not whining. This is what happens when your user base has stopped trusting you. We're looking for loopholes where you could conceivably screw us over. This is about protecting ourselves, which obviously clashes with your need to protect your interests.

Really, the comments to the post say it better than I can at this point.

Look, answers in blunt English would be good here. Even if they're answers I don't like, something more than these vague statements and transparency that's about as transparent as mud is not an answer.

*throws up hands*

So much for that clarification...

Comments

[alicettlg.livejournal.com]

Yeah but Ben and Mena Trott who started and continue to run 6A (she's president, iirc and Ben works in development I think) also have zero clue about their MT user base - they NEVER have. They hired Barak, they like Barak, he is just like them, absolutely clueless. If you read Mena's personal blog or maybe it was in Mena's corner at 6A (or both, I remember something about their trip to Japan to open MT something there), there's entries by her talking about hiring Barak, this was back around 2004 or 2005 iirc, around when they moved MT to pay licenses and I was more involved there with beta testing for v3.* so I followed her posts for a while.

6A has not changed, this is how they've been all along, it's just that now they're meddling in LJ instead of letting the LJ staff who DO understand the culture be in charge. They bought a good investment but they're quickly trashing it by sticking their fingers in it.

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

I've never followed the 6A history, but just in the last couple days of reading Barak's posts it is clear he's clueless. I read them and think the logical thing would be to vet (sp?) this by a lawyer in advance, but either he's not having them vetted, or working with the world's worst lawyer. Ever.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Gah. 6A's history is not one that inspires confidence. *phooey*

It just blows my mind that a company that owns so many blogging properties seems to be run on a wing and a prayer.

I also can't imagine that they don't have lawyers specializing in these issues on retainer. For heaven's sake, every single publishing company that I worked for, no matter how small, had lawyers specializing in publishing issues on retainer, and some of them were a damn sight smaller than 6A.