We have an apology...

[lyore]

LJ issues a statement

Well, took 'em long enough, but looks like our journals are going back up. They better, or there'll be hell to pay.

At least they are admitting they made a mistake.

ETA: Reading through the comments to the post, I'm starting to feel sympathy and a tiny bit of admiration for barakb25. None of it excuses the complete lack of communication (not to mention the absolute fuck-up in the first place), but he sounds sincere, apologetic, and dignified in his statements. (Chris Williams, start taking notes - this is how you apologise!) Of course, I retain the right to withdraw this comment if the communities and journals don't get back up in the next couple of days :)

Comments

[ashavah]

Yeah, I'm feeling sorry for him too. Apparently several staff members were travelling yesterday, and people are launching into them for not responding quick enough. I'm sure they needed time to consult with their lawyers, with each other, and to read some of the zillions of complaints.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I still think they should have put out some sort of official word - but at the same time, I can see the point that saying something and then having to backtrack would have been even worse for everyone involved.

So I'll wait and see if things come back up, I guess.

[ashavah]

They are coming back up.

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Yay!

(And in an act of shameless self-promotion, I shall mention that I just wrote a long thinky Harry Potter post you might find interesting here (http://lyore.livejournal.com/53305.html))