InsaneJournal

I am, for the most part, staying out of the wank, though I'm following it kind of casually- if stuff shows up on my flist, I'll read it, but I'm not getting involved, other than to set up multiple journals just in case. But I do have this to say about 18+ rules:

Y'all, it's really easy to lie on the internet. Really. Easy. I've been claiming I'm of age to those little "Click if you're eighteen or older, otherwise go back!" buttons since I was fourteen. Making a community or archive 18+ restricted does not actually restrict anyone under the age of eighteen from coming in, because all they have to do is lie. What are the mods going to do, look up our birth certificates? All age restriction does is create plausible deniability, so that when someone comes along, upset that their precious innocent kiddies have been despoiled by our turrible turrible porn, all we have to do is point to the age restriction and say, "They're the ones who lied." Which doesn't solve all problems, and ff.net eventually gave into the pressure despite this, but it does help.

I'm just sayin'.