rm | fandom at its worst, and I hope also best

http://www.livejournal.com/users/guede_mazaka/352550.html

I am now linking to

guede_mazaka on this one as her post is the most neutral explication of the situation I can currently find. No doubt, it will still offend someone, and there's not a lot I can do about that, as I don't have the time or energy to read the entire thread, develop friendships with everyone involved, or otherwise divine the truth in a situation where absolute truth probably doesn't exist (as is the case in all situatios involving humans).

Every fandom is fucked up. And every online community has its dramas. And as we've seen (including on this journal in recent weeks) net "events" of this nature have a startling level of momentum. I'm not going to go on and on about it today, because you all _know_ how it works. I'll never be a BNF, and perhaps in all aspects of my life, fannish and not, the stories I have to tell may be too particular to make me the locus of any sort of stuff like this. Even so, a lot of people read this journal, and a lot of you are also well-read and great at disseminating information. I'm not asking anyone to do anything really, other than to read the linked to post above, consider it and if you have something to say, say it.

EDITED TO ADD:

don't think anyone should feel obligated to give money to anyone or any cause.

Nor do I think a writer or journaler should feel obligated to put up a link because someone asked.

Honestly, while I think both sides could have handled the intial contact better, it's just not that big a deal and is between two people. I have no real negative judgements for either Heidi or Christina, neither of whom I know.

The pile-on disgusts me though. And the people involved in that, I do have a lot of judgement for.

I'll write later about the Internet instigation of the changing definition of "public figure", and the dilemmas of comporting oneself as such.