Signal boosting / why I love fandom

[kepp0xy]

Not only do we come together for crazy funtiemz, but the community extends to doing a bit for the world when it's in need.

help_haiti is a comm to which fandomers offer and bid upon fic, graphics, art, whatever with all funds going to Haiti. More eloquently, their userinfo states: This Journal was created in the morning of January 13, 2010, as a place for

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[heather]

Random: I just read that the Canadian govt is matching all donations from its citizens.

I don't live there but hell yeah Canada!

[kepp0xy]

Ah, thanks for letting me know! I just posted a list to thefuturequeen and will add this information to that too. <3

[lissomelle]

I still absolutely love the idea of this entire effort. A lot of times I can be disparaging about the merits of fandom because of the random trolling/wank/what-have-you, but this comm is single-handedly making me eat some of those words AND gain more faith in humanity in general.

Thanks so much for bidding on me, by the way! I would've loved to have done the same for you, only it would seem that you already had a couple of very determined bidders who quickly upped the price beyond my range. :-P

[kepp0xy]

It's reasons like these that I want to work in TV. Just... yeah, fandom can be royally fucked, but when it matters, it can come together and be so amazing. *_*

No worries! I'm just so pleased you were participating!

On a similar note: I got your card in the mail yesterday \O/!!! AND OMG, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RANDOM, SURPRISE FICLET. I love it so much ♥!