Feelin' all reflective

[jenneany]

I can't believe I'm posting so much today. Most of my online fandom life has been all about the lurking. I guess because my life has been turned upside-down lately, I've been going through some weird changes. One of them, apparantly, is the need to comment on things I'm usually pretty quiet about. And I think that's a good thing. I've even been

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[pensnest]

Hi - I can't actually remember how it is I came to friend you, and whether you'll therefore recognise me or not, but here I am, so

[jenneany]

Hi! I definately know who you are though I don't remember exactly when I friended you, either. Anyways, thanks for responding to my post - I think your assertions are totally valid. I tend to look really closely at one facet of a subject and get caught up in it, only to later see a completely different side. And while I do think there is SOME level of anonymity for SOME people, especially those who usually lurk, you are right that strong relationships do exist and evolve through on-line connections. And I guess there are some people whose user names come and go, but many people have built a strong representation through their user identity, however distilled it may be. It would be wrong to assume that EVERYONE feels removed in an on-line context. Anyways, I like what you said and thanks for giving me something to chew on (I'm very into thinky-thoughts and introspection these days).

[pensnest]

Do you read metafandom? I recommend it if you're into the thinky-thoughts! In fact, if you are reading on the current SPN situation-I think you are?-you'd probably find a lot of what went on during last year's RaceFail very helpful and interesting reading. It can be a bit hazardous going into a debate like this if you haven't seen anything of previous discussions-so many things are clarified for a lot of the participants during the discussion, and someone who comes in later on and hasn't had that experience can say the wrong thing very easily and end up rather bruised. Personally, I prefer to learn from other people's mistakes!

[jenneany]

Cool, thanks for the link! I agree, it's better to learn from other poeple's past mistakes and spare myself some pain!

*runs off to check it out*