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Oh, for Heaven's Sake...
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...
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...
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What I'm saying is that it's impossible for most international users to know the legal intricacies of foreign countries, much less the laws that govern specific cities/counties/etc. of the specific locale in question. Under most circumstances, it's not really an issue, but in the case of this situation, wherein LJ/SA is being absolutely circumspect about their definitions of things like "acceptable content" and leaning on the word "illegal" like it's a crutch, then I think all of us - locals and international users alike - are quite right to try to force some specifics out of them.
We need to know what standards are truly going to be applied. Merely saying they won't tolerate "illegal" stuff isn't good enough, because there's been no definition of how they will determine what content is going to be considered "illegal." Just looking through the comments to this post will demonstrate that there are multiple interpretations possible. We need a reasonable idea of how LJ/SA will be interpreting that. They surely do know how they intend to deal with this stuff; they simply don't want to let themselves be nailed down.
I don't for an instant think it's incumbent upon me to learn the detailed ins and outs of every location of every server I might ever use on the internet. I don't even think that's possible, especially since I don't always have the slightest clue where the server is. It just makes sense that the service provider would provide clear and usable guidelines to users so they would know whether or not to bother using the service.