Here's what I said in someone else's journal about the hoopla:
My issue with it mainly is that they're being arbitrary about it and backpedaling. I am not in the "OMG LJ is banning all nursing pics! Discrimination!!111!!!" camp. But it seems weird to me that the TOS started off saying "graphically sexual or violent" default userpics were not allowed, then changed it to "nudity or graphic violence", and then clarified it further by saying that nursing pics *are* allowed as default icons, as long as no nipple or areola is showing in the picture.
Which, okay, but there are some women who just have bigger areolas than others. Are they supposed to not post a default nursing icon because of it? And also, LJ Abuse isn't going to go hunting for these icons, so the only way they hear about it is if someone reports them. Which means all kinds of opportunity for personal vendettas to come into play here. And I understand that they don't have the time to look at a million LJ icons to see if they all comply with the TOS. But it still seems arbitrary to me.
That said, a lot of the boob_nazis are so up in arms about it that they're threatening to leave LJ over it. I'm definitely not going to do that. I don't care *that* much. :)
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Date: 2006-05-22 12:32 pm (UTC)My issue with it mainly is that they're being arbitrary about it and backpedaling. I am not in the "OMG LJ is banning all nursing pics! Discrimination!!111!!!" camp. But it seems weird to me that the TOS started off saying "graphically sexual or violent" default userpics were not allowed, then changed it to "nudity or graphic violence", and then clarified it further by saying that nursing pics *are* allowed as default icons, as long as no nipple or areola is showing in the picture.
Which, okay, but there are some women who just have bigger areolas than others. Are they supposed to not post a default nursing icon because of it? And also, LJ Abuse isn't going to go hunting for these icons, so the only way they hear about it is if someone reports them. Which means all kinds of opportunity for personal vendettas to come into play here. And I understand that they don't have the time to look at a million LJ icons to see if they all comply with the TOS. But it still seems arbitrary to me.
That said, a lot of the boob_nazis are so up in arms about it that they're threatening to leave LJ over it. I'm definitely not going to do that. I don't care *that* much. :)