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Strikethrough '07

ataniell93 - 2007-05-31: ataniell93: About apologies and timing - "I don't blame the 6A people for taking some time to fix things or for not necessarily getting all the nuances of every journal."

unfilthy - 2007-05-31: unfilthy: The Shitstorm - "There are several theories regarding the reasons behind Six Apart's decision to do a 180 and suddenly comply with the absurd demands of one or more internet vigilante groups, after resisting those efforts for a while."

delladella - 2007-05-31: delladella: i have some more unpopular opinions! - " wonder how many people saw this fic, were as sickened by it as I was, and said nothing. Fandom doesn’t seem interested in self-policing yet takes mortal offense—seems surprised, even—when archives and sites such as LJ attempt to police it."

owlmoose - 2007-05-31: owlmoose: Internet go 'splody: FanLib and Strikethrough 2007 - "But I'm content to continue using and supporting LiveJournal, while planning to stay as far away from FanLib as humanly possible.//The difference, for me, is in the reactions of the different companies when things started to get hot."

maekala - 2007-05-30: maekala: Finally pushed to putting in my two cents - "people have brought up the idea of leaving LJ altogether. A few suggestions have been made. And I, being the opinionated person that I am, have some comments about them."

egelantier - 2007-05-31: egelantier: my thoughts on yaoi Strikethrough '07 - "his pretty little non-apology is probably better than nothing and can pass, but for some points (and I don't even list all questionable points there, the list is too long and discussed everywhere)"

iulia_linnea - 2007-05-31: iulia-linnea: We are more than Fandom; we are Fendom, and we count. - "No matter Barak Berkowitz's (barakb25) official response to Strikethrough2007, I suggest that those of you who haven't yet joined fandom_counts do so; even if you're satisfied with Berkowitz's apology, there remain myriad reasons why we should calculate . . ."

amireal - 2007-05-31: amireal: Now what? LJ/6A and Us. Why their actions bothered me and what's the next step? - "You know what bothered me the most about this? Because LJ/6A most definitely has the right to protect themselves in various ways for various reasons. It was the sudden and HUGE departure from previous procedure."

telesilla - 2007-06-01: telesilla: Meta LJ/Six Apart: A metaphor on growth hormones. - "I could say a lot about how I think that LJ/Six Apart's response to the whole Strikethrough thing was less than satisfactory, but the fact is a) a lot of people have said it already and b) it doesn't really matter."

seemag - 2007-06-01: seemag: FanLib & Market Research - "As a marketer in general, and a market researcher in specific, I'm curious when ideas go boom, because in our line of work, they do. Often. Rarely though, have I had such an up close view of said implosion and it's fascinating to me"

ataniell93 - 2007-06-01: ataniell93: innocence_jihad, WTF? - "I was NOT standing up for people who made communities to further an agenda that actually does harm children. And if innocence_jihad is standing up for the paedos, it's time fandom made a free speech community of its own"

gracecourage - 2007-06-01: gracecourage: For the First Time Ever, I'm Immensely Sorry I'm a Lurker - "So it wasn't the Strikeout itself that got me where I live. It was the Great LiveJournal Lockdown that followed it. Because there is a group of women out there who, on a daily basis, make me think, smile, laugh out loud. Some days, they make my heart ache; others, they make my panties damp. (Occasionally -- damn you all, you good writers, you -- they do both at the same time.) On the really bad days, sometimes checking in with them gives me pretty much all I have to look forward to. And for a brief period of time, I was flocked out. Because not a one of them knows who I am."


femmequixotic - 2007-06-01: femmequixotic: I reckon heaven is a place where time is non-existent - "The thing is, though, that this has opened my eyes a bit about how tenuous life on the Internet can be for community like pornish_pixies. . . . So I've been thinking. I really want to form a community in which moderators of fandom erotica communities can band together with fandom legal experts and academics in a safe haven . . .

On fanfic and writing

cesperanza - 2007-06-01: cesperanza: Porn, incest, underage, slash--oh, my! - "I just think what we do is way more complex and interesting than "just" porn, not that there's anything wrong with "just" porn. ... and I feel that to use the words synonymously diminishes an entire women's literature to one narrow thing."

trascendenza - 2007-05-25: trascendenza: Meta: Drabbles as a form of contained creativity - "I’d like to talk about specifically is why I love drabbles and other short writing (haiku, half-drabbles, double drabbles, etc.) as a form of contained creativity."