1) I usually write and post meta here on DW first before moving it over to AO3, but while reviewing an old meta I realized it could use an update, and went ahead and drafted a new post there. It's titled What's in a Word? about variations in what is called fanfic.

2) Speaking of meta, adding to the signal boost of this very relevant post: "that ( Read more... )

1) The timing is terrible but I am sure that was quite deliberate. There has been one senator in particular in the U.S. who has been trying to push through copyright legislation that marks a drastic change in current policy and could have a significant impact on fandom. The OTW has written about one proposal (which may or may not go anywhere, ( Read more... )

A notice to anyone still reading me here -- apparently Dreamwidth is having trouble sending through crossposts. I was alerted by someone else's post about their own problems, and apparently the post below, which was made on Tuesday at DW, failed to come through. DW believes the problem is on LJ's end, blocking the posts. However I do not plan to ( Read more... )

1) Animals having fun -- a lamb dances along after a recovery and dogs enjoy a slide -- plus animals being envious and outraged.

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1) Animals share a lot of expressions in common with us. Such as:

* when something has gone terribly wrong.
* curiosity
* technical difficulties
* empathy for someone in the hospital
* they like a good tune

2) On a more personal level was this one. ( Read more... )

1) The final prompt for the
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1) The OTW has asked fans to help get their letter to Verizon responded to. Click through to get more information. Please note the deadline for the content wipe is next weekend, so there's some urgency to this ( Read more... )

1) I am getting so fed up with AO3's search function. Because I've always downloaded content and read it months later, I have long searched for the stories once I finish them in order to leave feedback. I've noticed that the search results have gotten worse and worse. Since I know the stories are in there, I keep trying until I find them. And ( Read more... )

1) By now I imagine many people have heard about the incredibly short deadline Yahoo has provided for the shutdown of its Groups site. (Technically they say it won't be shut down, but if you are wiping out all prior content and not allowing any further content to be uploaded, well, you're at the very least shutting down the prior version of the ( Read more... )

1) I was reminded of the scene in Firefly where Simon says, upon seeing Jayne's statue, that this must be what going mad feels like. I watched the 2003 Hulk movie by Ang Lee and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. So I went to Wikipedia to see what had been said about this trash fire of a movie and read the following ( Read more... )