Paranoia
I'm writing this because of the perfectly reasonable paranoia growing out of 6A/LJ's handling (mainly mis-) of recent events.
With certain communities seemingly being targeted, there's a fear that a troll is to blame. And maybe everyone on the flist should be vetted.
The problem is for people like me who are lurkers. How to we prove ourselves honorable? We have no actions (or interactions, in this case) by which to prove ourselves.
So, who am I?
I'm a lurker, have been for years. I found fanfiction because of a reference in 2003 (I looked it up; Google is the researcher's friend.). Well read, highly educated people were raving about a Neville Longbottom/Draco Malfoy novel-length fic (Lust Over Pendle). I read; I loved; I followed the link to her lj.
I followed other links; I found great fics; I found dreck; I lurked.
I finally decided to create a journal, but didn't have a use for it beyond giving feedback. From my POV, I've got a pretty happy life, which translates to really boring for other people to read about.
I've become slightly more active in making comments after the first LJ screw up this summer. That's also when I started joining communities and friending (I hate that usage) people.
I know that makes me look even more suspicious. The truth of the matter is LJ's actions then, and their more recent ones as well, were the final straw for me.
I like fandom. I like slash. I like porn. I like a lot of the more 'extreme' kinks.
And I don't care if anyone else has a problem with that.
With certain communities seemingly being targeted, there's a fear that a troll is to blame. And maybe everyone on the flist should be vetted.
The problem is for people like me who are lurkers. How to we prove ourselves honorable? We have no actions (or interactions, in this case) by which to prove ourselves.
So, who am I?
I'm a lurker, have been for years. I found fanfiction because of a reference in 2003 (I looked it up; Google is the researcher's friend.). Well read, highly educated people were raving about a Neville Longbottom/Draco Malfoy novel-length fic (Lust Over Pendle). I read; I loved; I followed the link to her lj.
I followed other links; I found great fics; I found dreck; I lurked.
I finally decided to create a journal, but didn't have a use for it beyond giving feedback. From my POV, I've got a pretty happy life, which translates to really boring for other people to read about.
I've become slightly more active in making comments after the first LJ screw up this summer. That's also when I started joining communities and friending (I hate that usage) people.
I know that makes me look even more suspicious. The truth of the matter is LJ's actions then, and their more recent ones as well, were the final straw for me.
I like fandom. I like slash. I like porn. I like a lot of the more 'extreme' kinks.
And I don't care if anyone else has a problem with that.