Yeah, that's what I meant about IJ. If someone could construct a journaling site for fandom - more to the point, a good journaling site - that would be cool. I'm... not certain it's going to happen soon, though. The way I see it, making a fannaling site would require a group of skilled fannish webmasters to get together, quit all of their jobs, and start up the site as a business (they'd need to, to afford the servers). If done right, it could go really well for the newfound entrepreneurs (possible instant success if news of it gets to fandom quickly)... but since fandom is pretty much a (brain-eating, soul-consuming) spare time hobby to most, I don't know if the combination of ability and inclination exists in enough people that 1) know each other and 2) are able to work together to make it work.
As to the strange combination of people to agree with... Barb and Liz have great point on the reason why they're angry. It's not that the journals were deleted, it's because they were deleted permanently without warning or chance of appeal. And I really, really get that (plus, Barb quietly made the point about not wanting the kiddie porn policies clarified either, IIRC).
But I'm not as mad as they are, mostly for the reasons that vw & ll (especially ll) stated. Not because I hear the phrase "it's a business" and automatically all is forgiven, but because I'm a little surprised that deletions aren't more common than they are. Primarily due to the whole "most fannish activities are illegal" thing. It's startling to me that more fic communities aren't locked (or weren't - some of them are getting the idea) just out of a fear of copyright infringement laws. Add to that my pre-existing paranoia about kiddie porn laws... I don't post pictures of my cousins in the bath, no matter how cute they are, for exactly that reason (our family rejoiced when we got digital cameras, because then we didn't have to worry about being arrested for developing photos of the wee nudists). Two plus two equaling duh, the recent deletions come as no surprise to me, especially since LJ is indubitably looking a bit harder for things that squick them after the first strikethrough. So since I'm less surprised, I'm also less mad (it also helps that I'm squicked enough by the "art" to not terribly mind their absence, no matter how free-speechy I am).
LJ/6A may have come down too hard and too fast, which is worth some anger... it's being offended (very small, but noteworthy difference) that's uncalled for. Which is where I think lornelover really hit the nail on the head with her comment about entitlement.
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I'm in ur internetz, harshing ur flounce.
Oh God not more stupid people and wank!
I didn't start MM because 1) I don't need more shows to watch and 2) I have a hard time getting into standard form dramas (which I gather MM is) - I prefer monster/crime/adventure-of-the-week form, it gives me something to pay attention to while I get to know/like the characters.
Okay, Jason earns major points for geekery. He may have passed Alan and taken second place. But Gary has geekery, too! He wore black on the day he finished reading OotP because he was in mourning for Sirius! And the was in the R & G Are Dead movie! And Sid & Nancy! He recorded a duet with David Bowie!!!
...I don't even know you. I tend to view the Bourne movies as a higher quality action movie all around. Believability and excitement in the same movie - definitely to be cherished.
Regular or pan? I can't speak to regular, but the PH pan pizza beats everything. It's fairly difficult to find a Godfather's (it's actually been long enough since I've had one that I can't be certain it's not all down to nostalgia), but they may not have made it to Texas yet (but they are in Montana, so I know they've gone national).
I think we're saying basically the same thing about Buffy's early wardrobe, just I'm being way more sarcastic. It's been that kind of week.
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As to the strange combination of people to agree with... Barb and Liz have great point on the reason why they're angry. It's not that the journals were deleted, it's because they were deleted permanently without warning or chance of appeal. And I really, really get that (plus, Barb quietly made the point about not wanting the kiddie porn policies clarified either, IIRC).
But I'm not as mad as they are, mostly for the reasons that vw & ll (especially ll) stated. Not because I hear the phrase "it's a business" and automatically all is forgiven, but because I'm a little surprised that deletions aren't more common than they are. Primarily due to the whole "most fannish activities are illegal" thing. It's startling to me that more fic communities aren't locked (or weren't - some of them are getting the idea) just out of a fear of copyright infringement laws. Add to that my pre-existing paranoia about kiddie porn laws... I don't post pictures of my cousins in the bath, no matter how cute they are, for exactly that reason (our family rejoiced when we got digital cameras, because then we didn't have to worry about being arrested for developing photos of the wee nudists). Two plus two equaling duh, the recent deletions come as no surprise to me, especially since LJ is indubitably looking a bit harder for things that squick them after the first strikethrough. So since I'm less surprised, I'm also less mad (it also helps that I'm squicked enough by the "art" to not terribly mind their absence, no matter how free-speechy I am).
LJ/6A may have come down too hard and too fast, which is worth some anger... it's being offended (very small, but noteworthy difference) that's uncalled for. Which is where I think lornelover really hit the nail on the head with her comment about entitlement.
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I'm in ur internetz, harshing ur flounce.
Oh God not more stupid people and wank!
I didn't start MM because 1) I don't need more shows to watch and 2) I have a hard time getting into standard form dramas (which I gather MM is) - I prefer monster/crime/adventure-of-the-week form, it gives me something to pay attention to while I get to know/like the characters.
Okay, Jason earns major points for geekery. He may have passed Alan and taken second place. But Gary has geekery, too! He wore black on the day he finished reading OotP because he was in mourning for Sirius! And the was in the R & G Are Dead movie! And Sid & Nancy! He recorded a duet with David Bowie!!!
...I don't even know you. I tend to view the Bourne movies as a higher quality action movie all around. Believability and excitement in the same movie - definitely to be cherished.
Regular or pan? I can't speak to regular, but the PH pan pizza beats everything. It's fairly difficult to find a Godfather's (it's actually been long enough since I've had one that I can't be certain it's not all down to nostalgia), but they may not have made it to Texas yet (but they are in Montana, so I know they've gone national).
I think we're saying basically the same thing about Buffy's early wardrobe, just I'm being way more sarcastic. It's been that kind of week.