While I think LJ is a little homophobic, just like everybody's a little homophobic (or racist or sexist), I think it's actually more interesting to look how fandom treats orientation and sexuality and why it's so intertwined in LJ interests.
I believe that businesses should balance profit with ethics.
And that's a great ideal. However, reality is that 99.99% of consumers don't give a shit. They just want their good and if it works, it works. You are in a great minority of those who care about the companies you are buying from.
I am very cynical when it comes to business, especially big business, in that I don't expect any of them to be ethical at all. I expect them to make as much money as possible and always cover their own asses. I work for a small branch of a Fortune 500 company (you probably own something they made) and I can tell you that they got there by cutting corners where ever they could and get away with it. At the end of the day, companies don't have souls or hearts; they aren't going to protect the consumer or respect equal rights. They're just going to make money.
I'm also cynical about fandom and how it's really only up-in-arms as it sees LJ doing something against it. If say, SUP didn't give domestic partner benefits (I have no idea if it does), I doubt there would be this same reaction.
BTW, they did take the search filter off so now you can once again search orientations, fandom terms, and whatever else they were filtering.
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on 2008-03-18 05:40 am (UTC)I believe that businesses should balance profit with ethics.
And that's a great ideal. However, reality is that 99.99% of consumers don't give a shit. They just want their good and if it works, it works. You are in a great minority of those who care about the companies you are buying from.
I am very cynical when it comes to business, especially big business, in that I don't expect any of them to be ethical at all. I expect them to make as much money as possible and always cover their own asses. I work for a small branch of a Fortune 500 company (you probably own something they made) and I can tell you that they got there by cutting corners where ever they could and get away with it. At the end of the day, companies don't have souls or hearts; they aren't going to protect the consumer or respect equal rights. They're just going to make money.
I'm also cynical about fandom and how it's really only up-in-arms as it sees LJ doing something against it. If say, SUP didn't give domestic partner benefits (I have no idea if it does), I doubt there would be this same reaction.
BTW, they did take the search filter off so now you can once again search orientations, fandom terms, and whatever else they were filtering.