rodneyscat

'The thing' I think I understand is:

LJ has quite suddenly started suspending a large number journals based on certain interests on their user-page. I don't think anyone knows for certain what brought this on, most probably they got scared for legal actions after a group knocked on their door saying they thought LJ should be more active in trying to purge possibly illegal activities on LJ.

The disturbing thing is that they suspended journals purely based on those interests, regardless of why the interest was mentioned. Acts like pedophilia and rape are wrong, that's clear. Mentioning the word or even being interested in the subject however isn't.

And I get that people get angry when their journal, or other people's journals get suspended for reasons they couldn't foresee. They spend money on, and/or put a lot of work into something that's been taken away from them for no good reason. This is enough to get upset, but on top of this people get the feeling their journals could be next if LJ feels the urge.

It's like getting slapped by your mom when she overhears you talking about what you would do if you had a lot of money, saying: 'I bet you wanted to steal that money!' It's bad enough to be wrongly accused and punished, but now you also don't know what will set her off next time.

The thing I don't get is:

How is