I'm sure it's possible to warn people in advance, or to only delete the offending post, or to set up a review process so that people understand what they supposedly did wrong (and can clear their names if they're being deleted because of a misunderstanding), or to post clear rules in advance...
What they did was delete entire journals. And not just the journal that posted the offensive thing, but every journal that user created (cooking journals, personal journals, etc).
From what I understand, the users who were deleted hadn't posted images of sex with minors. One was the Weasley twins as adults (I haven't seen it) and one was Snape/Harry in which Harry is an adult (it could be ambiguous as to whether or not he's over 18, but he's not childlike). Besides, it's art based on fiction; no one real is being hurt or exploited.
This isn't my area of fandom. I'm not into fanart or HP. But there's plenty of multifannish people, and I don't want my community to be a place where any of my friends could randomly disappear. And it's a thin line; none of my close friends draw HP fanart, but some have written Angel/Connor or teenage Remus/Sirius. And since LJ has consistently refused to make clear statements about what is and isn't allowed (and they change their minds--and terms--on a regular basis), the fact is that it could be any of us, at any time, randomly and arbitrarily.
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What they did was delete entire journals. And not just the journal that posted the offensive thing, but every journal that user created (cooking journals, personal journals, etc).
From what I understand, the users who were deleted hadn't posted images of sex with minors. One was the Weasley twins as adults (I haven't seen it) and one was Snape/Harry in which Harry is an adult (it could be ambiguous as to whether or not he's over 18, but he's not childlike). Besides, it's art based on fiction; no one real is being hurt or exploited.
This isn't my area of fandom. I'm not into fanart or HP. But there's plenty of multifannish people, and I don't want my community to be a place where any of my friends could randomly disappear. And it's a thin line; none of my close friends draw HP fanart, but some have written Angel/Connor or teenage Remus/Sirius. And since LJ has consistently refused to make clear statements about what is and isn't allowed (and they change their minds--and terms--on a regular basis), the fact is that it could be any of us, at any time, randomly and arbitrarily.