General

fabu: Public posts, again. I'm still astounded at what seems to me to be two profoundly different approaches to lj: one in which it is assumed that public posts are just that, public, and barring any indication that the poster doesn't want them linked, the default assumption is that it's fine, and one in which it is assumed that public posts on a individual's journal are some kind of semi-public space, and shouldn't be linked to without permission.... [Poll]

fabu: Conceptualizing lj space I think the big divide (between people who believe you should ask for permission before linking and those who don't) is, at its root, one of conceptualizing lj space....And I think that's why I'm so reluctant to take on the responsibility of notifying/getting permission from posters before I link; to me it's a significant shift to a paradigm that simply does not ring true for me and for my experiences on the internet.

smashsc: How to be kind to your friendly newsletter editor and get your posts in the newsletter as well So, some helpful advice from someone who is a regular editor of two newsletters with a possible third newsletter on the way.

svilleficrecs: So I'm writing slash. Hmm. But there's this whole "We Are Slashfen" vibe that both intrigues and mystifies me. It's something that transcend's any particular fandom, and as long as I'm venturing into it, I'd like to hear some opinions on what's so damn different about slash?

iridescentglow: [On incest fic] So . . . is this a new thing? Is fandom as a whole getting desensitized to incest? I mean, I joke a lot about incest being the new slash -- but now, even more than a year ago, it's EVERYWHERE.

etrangere: Satisfy my curiosity So am I the only one who, when someone casually mentions deleting their old fics or making them unaccessible in any other way has this reaction in her mind : OH MY GOD YOU EVIL BOOK-BURNING PERSON !!!

Specific fandom meta

( Cut for possible spoilers in the following fandoms: Firefly, SGA )

Writing, creating, criticism

scribbulus_ink: Universal stories Because it's true that there are no new stories to be told, only different ways of telling them, and we all put our unique spin on things whether we're writing original fiction or fanfiction, our OTP for the 437th time or a new pairing in every story. I also think that we all have different types of stories that we prefer - that resonate within us in a deeper sense than others.

china_shop in ds_workshop: On finishing WIPs [H]owever much I rail against them, stale WIPs are an inevitable byproduct of the creative process.

ratcreature: meta-ish question about reccing My problems with recs start when it isn't really easy to pinpoint why I enjoyed a story with a genre label, but I'm still aware that the reason I like the story is not because it's perfectly in character, or since I maintain an AU recs page a really great extrapolation from canon. But the thing is that I may like it because of that....And trying to explain it in more detail in a rec often makes it sound as if I didn't truly like the story, or like I'm criticizing the story instead of reccing it, because I end up inserting all kinds of qualifiers.

cofax7: Oh, the dangers of feedback what's the most bizarre, outrageous, or condescending piece of positive feedback you ever received? Not flames: honest, supportive feedback that just, well, hit the wrong note?

alyse: [Proper grammar in fanfiction] But it made me think rather hard about the whole 'grammar' thing and just how important readers of fanfiction find it. I know how important I think it is - very - but am I just weird and grammar obsessed? [Poll]