Kind of just a thought. A rant, maybe a request.

I was chatting on the phone with a friend. She'd had her journal suspended too and she was incredibly ticked off, because they'd charged her credit card the day before it was suspended. She's not even involved in fandom, and we're pretty sure the only reason her journal was suspended, was because of the interest "rapes you in your sleep!!" which, is just an inside joke from a slumber party we'd had in high school. They won't refund her money. She's not interested in returning to livejournal. (If you can tell, we're both "early adopters" and we've been journaling together for years. She lost a lot.) And she brought up the point that if she had to deal with this "lasting scar" of losing her entire life -- livejournal should feel that too.

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet, I've read through some back posts and I fully support and encourage the account downgrades, but what about going beyond that. Stop purchasing your livejournal when it can be taken away so easily. Stop paying for services that should actually be free. (Uploading more than six icons, how does this cost me five bucks?) These people take our money, they're funded by us, it's users. It's our choice to stop feeding into them. This opinion was a little validated by the News post. Which seemed like a very verbose way of saying "well, we can't enforce what we're trying to do, which of course is to protect the children from you monsters!!! so we'll just. maybe ask you before suspending your account." WELL. They already judged our inside joke, your interests, and your writing. I don't condone pedophilia of any sort, I really don't. And I'm insulted that I, or any one I know's journal could be branded a haven to that sort of thought. But I'd rather find a new place to journal than be judged. Just don't pay them. Ever again. Even if some of the journals are returned, they can admit their mistake all they'd like. But they forgot the point that we're customers. They serve us. Demand refunds. Call your bank, tell them the situation and oddly they'll help you out. Because If they can't pay for their servers? They'll get the point. Maybe they'll even realize how horrible it is to charge so much when they give us so little, and take away even more.

This was pointed out to me. And I'm going to be all assuming and say, it proves my point. Things change so much when there's money involved.

INSTEAD, there's a little place called RAINN "Home The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice." I suggest you put your money there, instead of here.

Comments appreciated. Especially if they're to tell me you're joining in on the paid account boycott ;)