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[oulangi]

After reading nardasarmy’s excellent post on blogging safely, I started thinking about how this applies to fandom. I’m sure we’ve all had that experience: you’re involved in what you think is a happy discussion about some fandom inanity, and then you realize that somewhere between “why I think Harry isn’t a horcux” and the finer points of Snape’s sadism you’

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[ginnytonnick]

Brilliant, brilliant. So very true. I linked to this because everyone with fannish interests should read it.

[oulangi]

Hee, cool!
I left out the specific examples of Crazy run Amok - people losing their jobs, being stalked, etc. because I figured we'd all heard the stories.

[maldaeien]

Thank you so much for this information, Oulangi!

[oulangi]

Ha, more like my musings but you are very welcome ;-)

[brats_warren]

I followed fh's linky here. *takes notes* I wish I'd had this before I jumped off and rolled in the mud with the dirty crazy. *nods* I mean, most of this is common sense, but they have a way of vamping that out of a body.

[oulangi]

It seems like common sense but somehow it goes out the window when dealing with people online. Or for me it does.

[marm]

Word.

[oulangi]

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[jaiden_s]

Oh, snap.
I've so been there before.
Crazy has indeed come to dinner...but I will keep the door locked from now on.

[oulangi]

I hate to admit it, but I realized by allowing behavior I would absolutly not tollerate in real life but accepted in my online dealings, I had in fact invited crazy in.