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Sat, Sep. 9th, 2006, 08:14 am

[personal profile] inalasahl: Saturday, September 9, 2006

General
[livejournal.com profile] aynathie - ...it still has some growing up to do... - So, after I posted so enthusiastically about the notification/tracking system this morning, I found out very soon that it's not as good as I thought. Specifically, it's more invasive than I had imagined.

Specific-Fandom
[livejournal.com profile] tasha18 - how Jk Rowling's shoddy "world creation" leads to fanfiction - Basically, one of my theses is the reason there is so much harry potter fanfiction out there is because the world jkr has created is filled with holes, inconsistencies and dangling pieces.

[livejournal.com profile] queenettefallon - Fandom is serious business! - Actually, I'm just left puzzled and wondering why is HP a fandom of such extremes?

On Creating and Criticism
[livejournal.com profile] icarusancalion - How Shave Off Those Serial Numbers: De-fanficcing Fanfic - The process of "de-fanficcing" a story, i.e., sawing off the serial numbers and turning fanfiction into original fiction, is much more than simply changing names and developing some backstory.

Polls, Questions, Other
[livejournal.com profile] prillalar - Does fanfic turn into a pumpkin at midnight? - I can see not bothering to read somebody's post about their aspidistra or how they really hate that new barrista at Starbucks because you have too many posts to go through in the morning and not enough time. But do people really do that with fic? Do you do that with fic?

[livejournal.com profile] rachel_martin64 in [livejournal.com profile] fanthropology - Feedback - Do fan authors even want privately emailed feedback anymore? Do they prefer reader comments posted publicly to LJ or ff.net because of the advertisement value?

[livejournal.com profile] norwich36 - Icons and individuality - I was thinking of doing that meme that's been going around, where you ask people on your f-list to post pictures of people to represent their mental image of you, but then I thought that since something like 70% of the icons I use on a regular basis (including my default) are of Chloe Sullivan, that's probably the mental picture most people have of me.

Sat, Sep. 9th, 2006, 09:29 pm
[identity profile] mofic.livejournal.com

Not sure if you're doing a 9/11 edition. I did an entry at http://mofic.livejournal.com/41530.html that does talk about 9/11 and fanfic in part, although it might be too much personal stuff and not enough meta for the community...
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    • Sat, Sep. 9th, 2006, 09:37 pm
    [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

    Added! Ta!

    Sun, Sep. 10th, 2006, 04:39 am
    [identity profile] kayjayuu.livejournal.com

    Nice little piece of meta on gays in sci fi (or not in sci fi) here. (http://xandri.livejournal.com/474848.html) A voice we don't usually hear from, and I have her permission to link this to you guys.
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      • Sun, Sep. 10th, 2006, 06:25 am
      [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

      Ok. Added. Thank you!

      Sun, Sep. 10th, 2006, 12:41 pm
      [identity profile] sunryse00.livejournal.com

      I thought I'd pass this along.

      [livejournal.com profile] thecaelumwrote in [livejournal.com profile] social_meta
      Discussion: Fandom's influence on real world opinions
      http://community.livejournal.com/social_meta/1783.html

      Very often, your fannish experiences have an impact on your opinions. I'm very interested in this, especially as it relates to fannish opinions on sexuality and social issues versus real-life opinions on same.
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        • Sun, Sep. 10th, 2006, 01:48 pm
        [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

        Hey, thanks for the link! We appreciate the thought.

        I'm not going to add it, however. The [livejournal.com profile] social_meta community policy of screening all comments makes it not much of an interesting discussion in fandom IMO. I think discussions have to be at least visible. We don't link to stuff in [livejournal.com profile] thecuttingboard either (they are open posts with members-only commenting). It's just annoying.

        But thanks for your time, anyway. :)
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          • Mon, Sep. 11th, 2006, 02:39 am
          [identity profile] cathexys.livejournal.com

          hey lim, the comments are actually open (though i haven't tried out if it's member posting only)

          i think we might want to include?
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            • Mon, Sep. 11th, 2006, 11:01 am
            [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

            Hey, sorry. Was asleep. OK. If the comments are open then I see no reason to exclude it. It's just it goes against the stated policy of the comm. I will just go and check.

            ...

            OK. My comment went through so the objection is totally withdrawn.

            PS. Do you keep getting "cannot reply to a non existent comment"? I keep having to reload the pages and post and repost.

            Mon, Sep. 11th, 2006, 11:02 am
            [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

            Scratch that. Comments are now open. Added! :)