[info]amenosakura in [info]07refugees

Seems like fandom is starting to turn on itself.

A friend of mine recently posted an entry in their LJ that I think everyone needs to be told about.

http://dejana.livejournal.com/152580.html

Posted on Jul. 21st, 2008 at 09:33 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]zing_och

But isn't "protecting her privacy" pretty much the same as "not publicly connecting her real and online name"? Which isn't much of a hardship.
Posted on Jul. 22nd, 2008 11:10 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]spare_change

But isn't "protecting her privacy" pretty much the same as "not publicly connecting her real and online name"?</>

Um, yes. I never made a distinction between the two. *scratches head*

I'm not defending Laura by any means ... I just think that the best way for people not to connect your RL and fandom name is not to make that information publicly available. And given the extent to which the activities of Astolat and the activities of [NAME REDACTED] coincide or intersect, it gets to the point where it almost requires outright dishonesty on the part of people who are trying to protect her. Which obviously everyone (myself included) is willing to do ... but it still seems as if, as I said before, she's trying to have her cake and eat it, too: benefit simultaneously from her RL and fannish credibility while preserving plausible deniability between the two. :/

I mean, all the discussions about starting Fan Archive are still public in Astolat's LJ, aren't they?
Posted on Jul. 22nd, 2008 12:22 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]spare_change

whoops, sorry for the messed-up formatting
Posted on Jul. 22nd, 2008 12:23 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply