LJ flags another comm as 'Explicit Adult Content'

[charmian]

LJ forces a comm to declare itself Explicit Adult Content, then after complaints from the comm owners, changes it to Adult Concepts.

http://ineptshieldmaid.dreamwidth.org/192601.html

While I don't really approve of LJ's policy, although I do acknowledge they are within their rights to have such a policy, I'm confused as to why anyone is surprised by this. This has been LJ's stated policy for a long time (possibly ever since the flag was introduced?), and just a while ago, the exact same thing happened to fanficrants.

And, although people are referencing the ToS, the FAQs clearly state that this is the policy:

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=281
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=196

Comments

[charmian]

Oh yeah. What is it with it being a surprise to people if there were FAQs made about it? Shouldn't they have announced these policy changes somewhere so that people could learn about them?

[azurelunatic]

I am, er.

In this case, the policy dates back to when the feature was introduced, as far as I know, and while I am not 100% positive, I have the inkling that it was in fact mentioned when the feature was rolled out, and ... this is not quite on the same level as "surprised water is wet; surprised fire is hot", and I had not thought that it was obscure enough to be "surprised that the user-head links to the profile".

[charmian]

I see a lot of people in discussions citing ToS and claiming that it says that LJ has an obligation to alert people to any changes LJ has made in the flagging. Perhaps what they should do is alter the ToS, then, to make it clearer.