The fact that they have stated that there are no set rules, no set standards for their decisions is really distrubing. The fact that a small number of LJ/6A employees get to decide what is acceptable and not acceptable, to me, is not acceptable. Who are they to decide what is acceptable to the community at large? Who are they to determine if something has merit? Personally, I don't think a whole hell of a lot of art/movies/music/etc. has merit - but that doesn't mean all of that stuff shouldn't be allowed to be seen by others.

Speaking of the new "Report Abuse" button ... what would happen if we all decided to report stuff we didn't like? What would happen if we spammed the abuse mailbox with just a crap load of stuff - they'd have to sort throught it ALL to find the few things that THEY might actually find objectionable.