Whitechapel - Livejournal Is Broken Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:11:40 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2001#Comment_2001 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2001#Comment_2001 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:34:10 -0800 warrenellis
fucked ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2013#Comment_2013 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2013#Comment_2013 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:47:46 -0800 hemlock_martini Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2068#Comment_2068 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2068#Comment_2068 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:05:55 -0800 IsenMike
And of course all this BS after I buy a permanent account.... *grumble* ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2074#Comment_2074 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2074#Comment_2074 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:19:47 -0800 Alexis Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2082#Comment_2082 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2082#Comment_2082 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:31:09 -0800 turing
I mean, obviously it's not going to stop any kid anywhere from looking at adult material, but complaining about that is missing the point. It's not really supposed to prevent access, it's supposed to shift blame. If they have the warning and age-click, then they can say "Well, we didn't host adult content for kids, your kid lied about his age to get in. He's the one who broke the rules." Which could just work. But then, IANAL, which is why I'm curious if this has ever been legally tested. Is it enough to have a rule without effective enforcement? It's not as if there's anything they really can do to check people's ages, and I honestly don't blame them for being worried about being sued by some irate parent. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2094#Comment_2094 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2094#Comment_2094 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:48:45 -0800 munin218
i havent checked my lj yet......

this will drive me nuts...... ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2177#Comment_2177 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2177#Comment_2177 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:18:25 -0800 Kinesys Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2180#Comment_2180 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2180#Comment_2180 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:20:02 -0800 budgie Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2184#Comment_2184 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2184#Comment_2184 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:24:16 -0800 warrenellis
ANYTHING I WANT TO READ, apparently. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2226#Comment_2226 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2226#Comment_2226 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:33:54 -0800 Doc Ocassi
turing
Does anyone know of any cases where a "Click here to confirm you're 18 and totally not just lying" age-verification system has gotten to court? I'm really curious how well that sort of thing holds up.


I had an experience with something like this where my younger brother, he is 16, complained that there was some type of virus on his computer. The problem was, whenever the machine was on there was an IE window that stayed on top and restarted when closed, that was demanding a payment of ~£30, this was from some porn website where when you login you say you are over 18 the site downloads, what is essentially a trojan, onto the computer, and you must pay before they will remove it. Now this was done by one of my brothers friends, and I know this because my brother is registered blind and he uses a voice synth to use his computer. When I phoned up the company they just demanded payment, yea right! I then phoned up trading standards and apparently what they are doing is legal, they have a right to demand payment from the owner of the computer to remove this piece of malware that could have been installed by anyone, essentially it is the computers owner who owes the company money. When I explained the full situation to the girl at TS she told me I could probably get the trojan removed and the payment waived if I explained the situation to the company!! I assume that if this is essentially entering into some type of contract that an under-ager could be charged with fraud if he fills in the details incorrectly. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2237#Comment_2237 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2237#Comment_2237 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:54:42 -0800 dswood
I'm lazy - the less clicks it takes to get me to my monkeychow-brand-brainfood, the better. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2241#Comment_2241 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2241#Comment_2241 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:01:07 -0800 lamuella Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2282#Comment_2282 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2282#Comment_2282 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:42:27 -0800 BrianKellett I assume that if this is essentially entering into some type of contract that an under-ager could be charged with fraud if he fills in the details incorrectly.

*Are* you able to enter into a contract if you are underage?

(Alternative answer - get the kid who signed up for it to give you £30 or you'll tell his mum, even better, ask for £60 for 'expenses'). ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2283#Comment_2283 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2283#Comment_2283 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:45:33 -0800 retromancy LJ tagging thread
- I just had to click a button saying I was eighteen to read a perfectly safe item about clothing - WTF!

EDIT:
Yep LJ's system is effective too - apparently I get this default because i hadn't given them my birthdate so i just put in a false birthdate to see if it could pick it up and it didn't - can't imagine kids would think of that as well. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2285#Comment_2285 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2285#Comment_2285 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:48:41 -0800 turing NoScript running. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2290#Comment_2290 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2290#Comment_2290 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:03:50 -0800 Cat Vincent
"As a default setting, they have EVERY SINGLE JOURNAL set to filter out the "adult content" setting! So if your friends try to do the right thing and mark their porny LJ's appropriately, you CAN'T SEE THEM until you change your viewing settings. Which is kind of hard to figure out how to, even if you know you have to in the first place.

Go to your User Options page, and click on Journal - settings. The Viewing Options page will appear, and all the way at the bottom is a section called "AdultContent Options". Your "Safe Search Options" has been set to "use moderate filtering - filters explicit and adult content".

So if someone on your F-list has recently dropped off the map and you have no idea why, try going here and changing your settings. Otherwise, if their LJ is set to "adult" you won't be able to see any of their public entries on your friends page."

This is, to put it mildly, not widely mentioned by 6A posts on the subject... after doing this (and making sure my full date of birth year is in my user details) all my pr0n and other growed-up stuff is running fine. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2300#Comment_2300 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2300#Comment_2300 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:35:54 -0800 jcfiala Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2303#Comment_2303 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2303#Comment_2303 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:47:53 -0800 warrenellis
Yeah, I did.

It reset itself to Moderate and Collapse Adult Content 24 hrs later. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2309#Comment_2309 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2309#Comment_2309 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:03:53 -0800 Alexa_D It reset itself to Moderate and Collapse Adult Content 24 hrs later.

Well if that's not the biggest load of bullshit to come out of this whole clusterfuck. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2313#Comment_2313 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2313#Comment_2313 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:10:43 -0800 retromancy People Article on Teen Sucide
Hmm. someone suggested this is a half-arsed internet policing reaction to this article.
(read the bit down the bottom of the article)

Anyone remember the journal deletion outcry?
Live Journal deletion ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2314#Comment_2314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2314#Comment_2314 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:14:50 -0800 lamuella It reset itself to Moderate and Collapse Adult Content 24 hrs later.

this happens every fucking time LJ make a change to anything.

I wanted to keep using Xcolibur and had to change it 4 times.
I wanted to turn off snap.com and had to change it 3 times. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2327#Comment_2327 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2327#Comment_2327 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:48:14 -0800 IsenMike Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2331#Comment_2331 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2331#Comment_2331 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:56:20 -0800 lamuella
Livejournal decided it would be a great idea to switch this on on everyone's journal whether they wanted it or not. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2338#Comment_2338 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2338#Comment_2338 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:02:48 -0800 wyrdling Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2344#Comment_2344 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2344#Comment_2344 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:10:10 -0800 wyrdling apparently 1896 is old enough for them.
(which just goes to show how this is all legal toilet paper anyway.) ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2426#Comment_2426 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2426#Comment_2426 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:21:31 -0800 IsenMike Livejournal decided it would be a great idea to switch this on on everyone's journal whether they wanted it or not.

Huh. I haven't noticed it. Maybe because I've got AdBlock running? *shrug* ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2499#Comment_2499 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2499#Comment_2499 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:47:13 -0800 lamuella Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2501#Comment_2501 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2501#Comment_2501 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:57:07 -0800 tmofee Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2522#Comment_2522 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2522#Comment_2522 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:04:25 -0800 Alexa_D apparently 1896 is old enough for them.
(which just goes to show how this is all legal toilet paper anyway.)

Hey, eleventy-one year olds are perfectly on Livejournal. They wouldn't want to be accused of discriminating against hobbits. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2617#Comment_2617 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2617#Comment_2617 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:07:00 -0800 Willow Bl00 Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2711#Comment_2711 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2711#Comment_2711 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:37:07 -0800 Cat Vincent
I'm also running Adblock and having no troubles from the 6A retrofit. A pattern emerges?

Alternative technique suggested by LJ user marchenland:

"1. Edit your profile: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/profile/?style=mine
2. Set your birth year to something more than 18 years ago
Note: If you're not comfortable with people seeing your age, set Show Your Birthday to Nobody.
3. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.
4. Edit your Viewing Options: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/?style=mine
5. Scroll down to the Adult Content section.
6. Set your Adult Content level for your journal.
Note: Most adults' LJs contain Adult Concepts (taxes, death, etc.) but I don't think LJ is talking about those things. Use your discretion.
7. Set Viewing Adult Content to Do Not Collapse.
8. Set Safe Search Filtering to Do Not Filter My Results.
9. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.
10. All done. Never think of it again."

Best of luck, all. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2747#Comment_2747 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2747#Comment_2747 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:28:53 -0800 oldhat Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2751#Comment_2751 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2751#Comment_2751 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:32:10 -0800 John Smith Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2760#Comment_2760 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2760#Comment_2760 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:46:08 -0800 benpeek Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2805#Comment_2805 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2805#Comment_2805 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:49:30 -0800 Cat Vincent Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2809#Comment_2809 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2809#Comment_2809 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:58:21 -0800 obliterati
I want to post nothing but biblical sex scenes until they fix this. ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2830#Comment_2830 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2830#Comment_2830 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:33:17 -0800 warrenellis Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2831#Comment_2831 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2831#Comment_2831 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:36:18 -0800 Cat Vincent Thread - plus usual appearance of the drama-llama - begins here:
http://news.livejournal.com/104520.html?#cutid1 ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2835#Comment_2835 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2835#Comment_2835 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:40:28 -0800 Cat Vincent http://www.sup.com/en/company.html

Russia is a big blogging country - and LiveJournal is now the Russian synonym for blog. But they've had their ups and downs, especially with right-wing nationalist groups posting beheading videos they made... ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2841#Comment_2841 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2841#Comment_2841 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:02:50 -0800 obliterati
But hey! Wow! Yes! It's all very different now then eh? ]]> Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2843#Comment_2843 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2843#Comment_2843 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:08:40 -0800 warrenellis Livejournal Is Broken http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2844#Comment_2844 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=78&Focus=2844#Comment_2844 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:09:21 -0800 erudite_ogre
Thanks for the info on InsaneJournal. Maybe it is time to get committed. . . . This latest stupidity has me ready to move on, but I don't want to abandon friends on LJ. Even the ones who seem nonplussed by this ridiculous new electronic barrier.

And to Mr. Ellis:

Thanks for provoking my curiosity by showing "scans_daily" on that LJ shot. I decided to check it out based on the post about Captain Carrot, and now I'm wasting even more of my time online laughing at the adventures of a bare-bottomed Tarot and wondering how I missed all that innuendo in the Justice League. . . . I just can't look away. . . . ]]>