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11:25am: Welcome to Metafandom IJ
Well, this is rather exciting! Welcome to metafandom on IJ. This is new, and we're still ironing out a few kinks, so try and be patient. First and foremost, we're excited to be here! We took a while getting here, partly because we didn't simply want to mirror LJ fandom meta on an IJ community. We want metafandom to reflect the interesting discussions here on IJ and on GJ and on JF. To do that we need your help. If you read something here that you think is an interesting discussion in fandom, drop us a link. If you know of people or comms that are prone to meta musings, let us know so we can set our stalker journal metfanreads on them!

So, without further ado - here's our polished to a high gloss finish FAQ 4.0! There are lots of new things happening. You asked us questions and we answered them, frequently, and so here comes the new updated metafandom FAQ. Enjoy!
( Questions, with answers. Mostly )

11:47pm: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

• sophiap: Narrative Squicks - informal poll - What I'm talking about here are narrative devices or tropes that make you cringe, upset you, or otherwise unsettle you deeply enough that it ruins the story for you. [...] What are some of yours? -
  
  (tags: squicks trope)


• trobadora: I admit it: I am utterly baffled by the - I admit it: I am utterly baffled by the idea that there is more slash out there than het. I really didn't see this one coming at all. -
  
  (tags: poll fandom het slash)


• sushis: Monkeys Throwing Poop at Celebrities : On the State of Rock Star Blogs - It seems to me that Trent, Jarvis, and anyone else who really wants to connect to their fans in a meaningful way, but not be buried in demented ramblings from creepy fans and vicious anti-fans should, oh, I don't know, come to LiveJournal...get a journal. -
  
  (tags: blogging celebrity music)


• ciaan: One editor's primer on how she chooses links for the SV Ledger - A selective newsletter is not the same thing as the editors' personal recs list. I link to fic with themes or pairings I'm not interested in, if it seems to be reasonably well-written and if it seems like other people would be interested. -
  
  (tags: newsletters sv)