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Dear Fandom,
Sometimes, you know, it is not actually all about you. No, really. You're not being targeted, not any more than anyone else is.
Also, what's with this fandom_counts thing? Surely you're not trying to say that there's a larger fandom collective than there is, say, a knitting collective, or a rape survivors collective, and since fandom's bigger, it matters more, are you? ...You're not, right? Right? I don't think that anyone -- up to and including the omg evil ppls at 6A/LJ -- fails to realise that fandom is a huge influence on LJ, but again: not about you. What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish, other than to yell about being oppressed and claim that since there are lots of fans around here, there should be... what, special rules for them? They should be exempt from other rules?
Do I think that it was handled badly? Yeah, I totally do. Do I feel bad for the people who've just lost their fic or RP or whatever? Yeah, though there's a part of me that's sneering 'next time, keep a backup, you morons'. Do I feel totally awful for the people who've just lost their support group and their safe places? Yes, absolutely.
That said, I think that both fandom and LJ look like losers in this particular equation. LiveJournal has -- once again -- created a PR disaster entirely of their own making by completely failing to address user concerns in a timely manner and looking like incompetent morons who don't understand their own policies. Fandom has -- once again -- chosen to view everything through the filter of oh noes, the mainstream people are out to get us, the sky is falling the sky is falling run run run, looking like spoilt children. Way to reinforce stereotypes, LJ and fandom!
Strong work all around.
In more exciting news: LOLBOTS. Way better than cat macros.
Sometimes, you know, it is not actually all about you. No, really. You're not being targeted, not any more than anyone else is.
Also, what's with this fandom_counts thing? Surely you're not trying to say that there's a larger fandom collective than there is, say, a knitting collective, or a rape survivors collective, and since fandom's bigger, it matters more, are you? ...You're not, right? Right? I don't think that anyone -- up to and including the omg evil ppls at 6A/LJ -- fails to realise that fandom is a huge influence on LJ, but again: not about you. What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish, other than to yell about being oppressed and claim that since there are lots of fans around here, there should be... what, special rules for them? They should be exempt from other rules?
Do I think that it was handled badly? Yeah, I totally do. Do I feel bad for the people who've just lost their fic or RP or whatever? Yeah, though there's a part of me that's sneering 'next time, keep a backup, you morons'. Do I feel totally awful for the people who've just lost their support group and their safe places? Yes, absolutely.
That said, I think that both fandom and LJ look like losers in this particular equation. LiveJournal has -- once again -- created a PR disaster entirely of their own making by completely failing to address user concerns in a timely manner and looking like incompetent morons who don't understand their own policies. Fandom has -- once again -- chosen to view everything through the filter of oh noes, the mainstream people are out to get us, the sky is falling the sky is falling run run run, looking like spoilt children. Way to reinforce stereotypes, LJ and fandom!
Strong work all around.
In more exciting news: LOLBOTS. Way better than cat macros.