Shout out to Big Brother

[flemmings]

I come home to find every entry at saiyuki has been replaced by a "you are about to view material which may not be suitable for minors" message asking people to verify their ages. Click on the Yes I am over 14 link and you get a 404 not found. 'Or you can update your user information' to give your birth year, something even mangaka don't do.

So, for the record, I was born in 1980. Which, for certain values of 'born', is quite true.

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[ayonoi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, LJ has decided for "voluntary" and not so voluntary censorship: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/243697.html I can already hear the abuse when it comes to personal drama. SIGH. Regardless, I really don't like that little orange flag in all posts in my flist.

I can access Saiyuki alright, I guess I passed the test.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

The possibilities for abuse are endless. Endless. What in god's name was lj thinking of?

I didn't pass the test until I gave a birth year. Which is fine, no one expects you to be truthful online, but it bugs me that they require a piece of information that isn't one I want to put online.

[doire]

I think their heart may be in the right place, but not their head.

I was particularly taken by a staff response, which I've mislaid, in lj biz, which explained that you needed to send proof of age to be able to see adult flagged posts if your journal had been mistakenly tagged as belonging to to a minor, but not if you created a new journal.

In another thread commenters explained how it was possible to lie about your age.

2 + 2 = ?

Happily evading questions about age and gender on-line since 1986.

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

More settings help here (http://killabeez.livejournal.com/255162.html?style=mine) courtesy my flist.

/running thru

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! I like this! It gives me yet another way to restrict access to what I post.

1980, too! That was such a lovely year. Thank you.