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dawn_felagund

Random Fannish Meanderings

May 26, 2014 16:57

I have had a busy, busy day so far today, rearranging my closet and moving my stuff from the drawers in the bedroom into the new furniture in the guest room. I have also banished my sentimentality (almost*) and donated a bunch of old clothes and shoes to Goodwill. Some of these I have had since high school. Most of it I haven't worn in years, but ( Read more... )

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heartofoshun May 26 2014, 22:09:54 UTC

Apparently, someone recced AMC, and someone replied with a "countecomr-rec" (or something like that), in which nasty remarks were made about the story. I believe the "counter-rec" post was deleted--at least, I could never find it--but the conversation in reblogs of the original rec led me to believe that they were not critical remarks about the story but nasty, uncivil remarks. I am sorry, but I would really like to know what these things said. Do you have a link? I know that I have posted recs for AMC there, at least once maybe more than once ( ... )

dawn_felagund May 26 2014, 22:20:03 UTC

I'll see if I can find it again and I'll email you. Although I thought you were one of the people who was involved! Maybe I'm misremembering. It was several weeks ago that I found it. The person who made the remarks was no one I knew.

I have not worked out my Tumblr game yet.Me neither, but I barely post there. (However, I expect I'll have to increase my presence when I start in earnest on getting the HL restarted.) I mostly link to stuff posted elsewhere. I haven't had any problems with anyone. Yet. I'm sure that will change once I'm there more. I have noticed a combination of the nasty canaticism that I associate with ff.net and the thin-skinnedness that is fandom in general ( ... )

heartofoshun May 26 2014, 22:25:31 UTC

I cannot search anything on Tumblr well either. I tried a few combinations and didn't hit anything that looked promising. I know I posted one huge fic rec list. But I think I have also recced AMC separately as well. But I am coming up with blanks. I will be embarrassed if I find that I did defend you and forgot about it. Last I checked I was still not suffering from senile dementia although my memory is not as flawless as it once was!

dawn_felagund May 26 2014, 22:30:23 UTC

I only found it by Googling "Dawn Felagund." It doesn't show up on Tumblr, even though the original post was tagged with my name.

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brookeoflorien May 27 2014, 00:29:22 UTC

I've not been on FFN in forever, but I recall that they used to have limits on the numbers of favs a person could have, but not follows. I used to be in the habit of giving both follows and favs, even to completed stories, so that if I had to remove a story from my favs - in order to make room for some other one - it would still be in the follows. I'm not sure how many other people did that, though ( ... )

dawn_felagund May 27 2014, 00:46:18 UTC

they used to have limits on the numbers of favs a person could have, but not follows.

That makes sense. I don't know if those limits still apply. I generally pop onto the profile of anyone who favorites a story of mine, just out of curiosity, and I found someone once who had over 1,000 favorites! (It seems rather silly to limit favorites, but FFN isn't the most sensible place on the planet ...)

I will never understand why people feel the need to post uncivil remarks in public places!

The funny thing is that a remark like that made about AMC did not make that person look good at all. (I'm biased, of course!) I certainly do think the story is open to criticism. I sometimes wish people would be more critical of it because it is flawed in a lot of ways, and I don't want it to be something people can't bring up and talk about because it's a "classic" in the Silm fandom. But. A remark about a story that goes for provocation without ever articulating any criticism against the piece? When, whether you agree with my interpretations or not, ( ... )

dreamflower02 May 27 2014, 02:29:20 UTC

It's always a little startling to find oneself being discussed by perfect strangers, and unpleasantly so when it turns out that they've been nasty. ((hugs))

I am a dinosaur. I neither Tweet nor Tumble. I keep telling myself that when I get caught up on all my WIPs and all my mod duties and several projects I have going at home, I might give them a try.

In other words, "On Friday the first of Summerfilth".

dawn_felagund May 27 2014, 22:42:57 UTC

I'm smiling because I'm not particularly dinosaurish and am rather tech-savvy, and I've never tweeted! :D There is no way I can keep to 400 characters (or whatever it is that's allowed).

Tumblr I like for something things and not so much for others. I like how easy it is to potentially reach people outside your usual circle; I've had posts reblogged and liked by hundreds of people I don't know. That's cool when it happens! It's less good for discussions, and that is really what motivates me in fandom, so it feels rather like shouting down a well to me than engaging with a community, the way that LJ or even an archive feel. It's also very fast-paced and chaotic.

I much prefer LJ/DW, but there is a lot of fannish activity there, so ... :^/

dreamflower02 May 28 2014, 00:55:20 UTC

I much prefer LJ too! It's kind of my internet hometown.

BTW, it's 140 characters. The only reason I recall that is because of a joke someone posted as a comment:

Q: Why doesn't GRR Martin tweet?

A: Because he killed all 140 characters.

I don't know that he doesn't tweet, but I found it hilarious anyhow.

dawn_felagund May 28 2014, 01:08:24 UTC

140?! That's even worse! :D

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tarion_anarore May 27 2014, 04:15:05 UTC

How strange! I recently saw an AMC rec, but missed the drama. But from what Elleth said, it sounds like it was before I was on Tumblr, so guess that's why.

I still haven't figured out Tumblr. Sure, I can post or reblog things with reasonable aptitude, but as far as actually communicating with people? Nope.

dawn_felagund May 27 2014, 23:51:51 UTC

Yep, this was more than a year ago, but I just happened to find it only about a month ago! Which made it kind of extra weird, for some reason.

I've definitely got the basics of Tumblr. Communication doesn't really seem to happen easily on that site, though, which I'm not wild about. That's what I love about fandom--the communication--not just shouting out my thoughts to the world.

tarion_anarore May 28 2014, 02:56:08 UTC

Same here. I have plenty of little things fannish and headcanon-wise that pop into my head, but writing them out for Tumblr feels...strange. Not that I don't occasionally read others' posts of the same, but for myself it feels like too much effort for…what? See above on discussion/lack thereof.

Jumping topics, what were those "awards" called that the FFN trolls had going? Still gives me an occasional chuckle.

dawn_felagund May 28 2014, 21:10:57 UTC

This? :D :D :D

Remember Canatics Hate This? Maybe we'll have lives with free time again someday and can bring that back to life!

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wheelrider May 27 2014, 04:44:53 UTC

"...but there was an "I Hate Dawn Felagund" forum on ff.net for a while!"

0.O Holy shit. That's a fairly high compliment, I would say! (Although a bit unsettling and possibly threatening, to be practical...)

dawn_felagund May 27 2014, 23:59:41 UTC

I took it as a compliment. It was created in response to a certain amount of drama going on between me and some of the bullies on that site. What better proof that I got under their skin! There was only ever one post in it, as far as I know. (Now there are none!) It's one of those things that I can't help but feel is an all-around embarrassment to the person who created it.