Comments | catalenamara: Escapade: Is Flocked the new black? Or, “hide everything” versus “be out there"

catalenamara

Escapade: Is Flocked the new black? Or, “hide everything” versus “be out there"

Feb 28, 2007 18:21

I recently attended the slash convention Escapade, and plan to post a few random thoughts on the panels I attended over the next few days. And I’m all excited about “Supernatural” and “Torchwood”; now to find some extra hours to immerse myself in canon ( Read more... )

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kimberlyfdr March 1 2007, 04:33:35 UTC

How does her employer connect Mary Jane Smith to her LJ identify of ILuvGuysBonking, if MJ has no personal identification whatsoever in her LJ?

I think I can answer this since I have some experience with it. Applicant applies for job through email. Google search of that email address brings up their Yahoo profile. Applicant has a link to journal on Yahoo profile. Or it could be as simple as Googling said email addy and livejournal because some people have the same email addy listed on their LJ as they use for job applications.

catalenamara March 1 2007, 05:56:03 UTC

Ah, thanks! That makes sense.

The moral of that story is, never use your fannish email address for any RL interactions. Particularly those dealing with work. Or family...!

syredronning March 1 2007, 10:22:09 UTC

Of course. This is something even I do - firmly separated accounts.

Besides, who's stupid enough to use "yourlittlebitch24@yahoo.com" in a job application? (Though I have seen similar things happen, sigh ;)

catalenamara March 5 2007, 04:46:46 UTC

>>>Besides, who's stupid enough to use "yourlittlebitch24@yahoo.com" in a job application?

LOL! It's pretty amazing what people do when applying for jobs. I used to screen resumes at one company, and, oi! I couldn't believe some of the resumes people submitted.

And then there was this one woman who showed up to apply for an office job, which required business attire. She looked like a prostitute, right down to her platform lucite heels. And there were plastic goldfish inside the heels.

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blackchaps March 1 2007, 05:07:44 UTC

Some people are very scared of being outed. For instance, if it happened to me, I would more or less be thrown out of the family. Of course, I would never put my 'play' email on an application, but I can see where it would happen. The other day someone thanked me for not flocking my stories. I think more and more people will do that. It's a shame.

catalenamara March 1 2007, 05:50:49 UTC

>>Some people are very scared of being outed.

Oh, I absolutely understand that. But I'm trying to figure out why LJ seems so much scarier than yahoogroups or personal websites. When, to me, it's more anonymous, because - AFAIK - you don't have to post anything for the general public to see that could link you to your RL identity. Unless I'm wrong about that.

>>>Of course, I would never put my 'play' email on an application, but I can see where it would happen.

*shudder* People always need to have a RL email address...

>>>The other day someone thanked me for not flocking my stories. I think more and more people will do that. It's a shame.

It sure is.

bittermint March 1 2007, 06:06:42 UTC

Hm. Well, since I've been disabled and unemployed for the past two and a half years, this sort of thing doesn't apply to me. In fact, it never even crossed my mind that people might be afraid of being outed at work due to their LJ's. Idiot moi!

I went flocked about three years ago, mostly because I only have the one LJ, and I use it to post about fannish and RL stuff, and I really don't care to have every last little detail about my personal life out there for public consumption. The filters are there, so I might as well use them!

catalenamara March 1 2007, 06:13:21 UTC

I pretty much keep my personal posts separate from my fannish posts. I tend to flock the personal posts.

iibnf March 1 2007, 09:00:26 UTC

I don't care about work, I flock because of fandom wank. There was a huge rash of flocking when the wanking started. Real life can go fuck itself, but when fans start attacking other fans, I shut my windows.

catalenamara March 5 2007, 03:58:43 UTC

Wanking always bites, big time. I take it there was a recent wank wave?

Wish I could say this was something new, but the weirdest experiences I've had with fandom wank was back in the early 80s. I was getting all sorts of really bizarre, anonymous mail and phone calls.

And of course the flame wars in the early Trek zines were legendary. The problem, of course, is the net makes it much easier for wankers to, well, wank.

Was this when those "hate communities" sprung up? How sad was that...!

syredronning March 1 2007, 10:19:49 UTC

I'm more flocking lately because it's my personal journal and as that I feel I'm entitled to when it includes more private things - or files to share ( ... )

catalenamara March 5 2007, 04:23:09 UTC

>>>I'm more flocking lately because it's my personal journal and as that I feel I'm entitled to when it includes more private things - or files to share ( ... )