I think it's fairly clear from the follow-up post that she's talking about what the censors might not like:
"BUT, there's a brand new sport of deep diving into your past that makes the Red Scare of the 50's look like a walk in the park."
Now, I think JR herself means that time ten years ago when a poster might have misread the line between "take a stand but don't be an ass-hat". But that reference to McCarthyism isn't in there by accident. And even in the original post, she makes a distinction between what she used to do, which was pretty much the standard screening for unprofessional behavior, and what she's doing now, which is screening for anything that might get author+agent into "hot water".
The fact that the agent herself can't define specifically what she's looking for, because what might get you into hot water changes daily and depends entirely on what the person attacking you thinks they can get mileage out of, IMNSHO only demonstrates exactly how ridiculous the situation has gotten.
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Date: 2020-Oct-14, Wednesday 05:12 pm (UTC)"BUT, there's a brand new sport of deep diving into your past that makes the Red Scare of the 50's look like a walk in the park."
Now, I think JR herself means that time ten years ago when a poster might have misread the line between "take a stand but don't be an ass-hat". But that reference to McCarthyism isn't in there by accident. And even in the original post, she makes a distinction between what she used to do, which was pretty much the standard screening for unprofessional behavior, and what she's doing now, which is screening for anything that might get author+agent into "hot water".
The fact that the agent herself can't define specifically what she's looking for, because what might get you into hot water changes daily and depends entirely on what the person attacking you thinks they can get mileage out of, IMNSHO only demonstrates exactly how ridiculous the situation has gotten.