Do you mean you think that eventually we would have the same trouble with IJ too, if it got to be fandom's new home? --I think so too, which is why I am hoping fandom constructs its own journaling service and new homes. Of course there were be problems with THAT, too, some of them legal, but it stands the best chance. The way I see it--fandom, by its very nature, HAS to exist on the fringes, which means as the uh, metaphoric universe expands, fandom has to keep on picking up and moving to the outskirts. And...that sucks, but I'd rather do that than get swallowed by the mainstream.
It's so interesting that you mention rahirah, Liz, viciouswishes, and lornelover that way. I see the first two as fundamentally opposed to the latter two (their recent posts on the issue I mean, not as people). That is to say...a lot of vw's and ll's points are valid, and their are lots of fans behaving stupidly about this. But that doesn't change the fact that aside from whatever our rights are or the fact that LJ is a corporation or blah blah blah, they're still treating customers badly, as rahirah and Liz say. And that's a really good reason to leave, while vw's post and ll's are not reasons to stay, only insights as to why the reasons some people are leaving are stupid.
Yeah, so--definitely agree that people're being stupid, especially in thinking they're oppressed or that LJ is out to get them.
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I can speak Cat Macro too!
The news comm last time was wanky and full of stupid people, but entertaining. Now it is just wanky and full of stupid people.
I found the first two eps of Mad Men excellent, and unexpectedly really enjoyable (unexpected 'cause I usually don't like shows in which all the characters are disgusting). However, the third ep utterly flubbed for me.
I have loved Gary Oldman since middle school. I have loved Rickman since highschool, so less long, but more ardently. But Isaacs is so cute. He asked JKR if he was gonna get to be in the 7th book because he really wanted Lucius Malfoy to do stuff. Plus he says he's read Lucius fanfic. I just want to pet him.
Yech. I just get so bored during the Bourne car chases.
I love Pizza Hut, but think I'm starting to love Domino's more. I've never tried Godfather's.
Yeah, but Buffy's grown up wardrobe made me sad. I loved being horrified by things she wore in S1 & 2.
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Do you mean you think that eventually we would have the same trouble with IJ too, if it got to be fandom's new home? --I think so too, which is why I am hoping fandom constructs its own journaling service and new homes. Of course there were be problems with THAT, too, some of them legal, but it stands the best chance. The way I see it--fandom, by its very nature, HAS to exist on the fringes, which means as the uh, metaphoric universe expands, fandom has to keep on picking up and moving to the outskirts. And...that sucks, but I'd rather do that than get swallowed by the mainstream.
It's so interesting that you mention rahirah, Liz, viciouswishes, and lornelover that way. I see the first two as fundamentally opposed to the latter two (their recent posts on the issue I mean, not as people). That is to say...a lot of vw's and ll's points are valid, and their are lots of fans behaving stupidly about this. But that doesn't change the fact that aside from whatever our rights are or the fact that LJ is a corporation or blah blah blah, they're still treating customers badly, as rahirah and Liz say. And that's a really good reason to leave, while vw's post and ll's are not reasons to stay, only insights as to why the reasons some people are leaving are stupid.
Yeah, so--definitely agree that people're being stupid, especially in thinking they're oppressed or that LJ is out to get them.
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I can speak Cat Macro too!
The news comm last time was wanky and full of stupid people, but entertaining. Now it is just wanky and full of stupid people.
I found the first two eps of Mad Men excellent, and unexpectedly really enjoyable (unexpected 'cause I usually don't like shows in which all the characters are disgusting). However, the third ep utterly flubbed for me.
I have loved Gary Oldman since middle school. I have loved Rickman since highschool, so less long, but more ardently. But Isaacs is so cute. He asked JKR if he was gonna get to be in the 7th book because he really wanted Lucius Malfoy to do stuff. Plus he says he's read Lucius fanfic. I just want to pet him.
Yech. I just get so bored during the Bourne car chases.
I love Pizza Hut, but think I'm starting to love Domino's more. I've never tried Godfather's.
Yeah, but Buffy's grown up wardrobe made me sad. I loved being horrified by things she wore in S1 & 2.