Hmmm... neither of the options for replacing LJ icons is working for me. (Of course, I use an S1 style, not S2...) But the other page you link to, about replacing all icons with a placeholder image, actually seems to relate to replacing inline images (e.g., pics that people have embedded in an entry, like my few ferret pics) with a placeholder, not LJ icons. I really appreciate the time you've taken to share all this with us. Really I had no idea the lengths to which some people would go to be griefers and vandals.

It's going to be a long week, isn't it?