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[rm]

LJ's stupidity makes Der Spiegel: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,498677,00.html

Consensus amongst German speakers seems to be that fandom looks neutral, but wacky and LJ looks bad and incompetent.

Comments

[miep.livejournal.com]

Ich kann nicht auf deutch lesen. Kann mann auf englisch der (insert word for article) lesen?

danke.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

i've looked all over their english version of the site and it doesn't seem to be available.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Maybe some fen would translate it for us...

[rothko.livejournal.com]

well hell, i can translate it -- either later on tonight or sometime tomorrow. stay tuned.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

here you go: http://rothko.livejournal.com/360646.html

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

Running that through babelfish has resulted in some truly hilarious translations. I think my favorites are the section heading Now the management before the Sexfans creeps to cross and reference to the "fan cathedral" (I think it's the dom in fandom that's coming out as cathedral).

[amara-1783.livejournal.com]

LOL! I actually quite like the idea of us being a cathedral! :D

[melebeth]

The whole translation is just packed with amusing mistakes. I love babelfish.

[magnetgirl.livejournal.com]

I was just coming on to post that...I love fan cathedral!

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

Isn't it fantastic? It needs icons, yes it does.

[fragiletender.livejournal.com]

That was my fav too, although I also like "now a protest tower raves".

[meta.ath0.com (from livejournal.com)]

Brad's shares in 6A vested, and he's outta there (http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php). Quelle surprise.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I'm so amused that they're willing to show the banned picture. I can't imagine an American newspaper saying, "And here is the gay blowjob drawing in question!"

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I don't know know how I feel about this conflict making it all the way to Der Spiegel and other major news sources.

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

You may have seen it already by now, but viridian_magpie has done a quick translation (http://maeglinyedi.livejournal.com/303302.html?thread=5273286#t5273286) of the article.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

here's mine: http://rothko.livejournal.com/360646.html