important~

[hosh]

If anyone ever sees a "stealing icons" journal, please notify me immediately. I do not allow my icons to be used without credit, on or off LiveJournal. I have spent too much time the past three years on icons for them to be just saved and given no credit.

If I should find that my icons are floating around stealing comms, I will lock this comm to members only. As such, I have modified my rules to state so. I would like to avoid this, so I ask for your cooperation.

Comments

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

Hey! Sorry for just butting in here but I'm the one who told helike about this and just wanted to tell you that I filed a complaint to the Abuse team about 1_steal_icons. I somehow doubt it's really going to help but I at least had to try something. And I know how you feel my journal was added there too.

[hosh]

Thank you for passing along the message ♥ That was very sweet of you ^^

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

No problem!^^ They really piss me off, they do not only promote not crediting but also hotlinking. Let's hope LJ Abuse actually does something about this.

[hosh]

It's a little doubtful, but if they use up all my bandwidth, then... no icons XD

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

Hi, it's me again. I just got the answer from the Abuse team and it honestly makes me doubt they even read what I wrote.

Dear LiveJournal user industrialgirl1,

It is not a violation of the Terms of Service for another user to add you to their Friends list, because it does not grant them any special access to your journal. It only allows the user to read your public entries on their Friends page, instead of going directly to your journal. While you cannot remove yourself from the user's Friends list, you can hide their usernames from your Friend-of list. Instructions on how to do this are available at http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=185

Regards,
Theresa
LiveJournal Abuse Prevention Team

It doesn't look like they'll do anything any time in the future. ~.~

(Sorry to bother you again.^^)

[hosh]

And they no longer care about hotlinking. Like we can consult with Photobucket about that.

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

I know, it really sucks. There's really no way to prevent hotlinking now.

The text they answered me with seems like something they already had pre-written and use for every complaint that has something to do with adding friends.

[hosh]

LiveJournal has a lot of pre-written forms that they use.

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

Kind of defeats the purpose of the Abuse team. I wish there was an option to remove one's journal from other's friends list, it would end this whole problem without any unnecessary wank.

[hosh]

I'm just banning XD Screw wank.

[industrialgirl1.livejournal.com]

I already did.XD But you know LJ, wank is like the oil that keeps it moving...