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queen of the stfu apples ([info]daringu) wrote in [info]fandom_lounge,
@ 2007-09-06 15:43:00


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serious, serious business
Fandom Wank is destructive to fandom and fans. - via metafandom

DISCUSS.

Especially: "I think that in their desperation to keep things going, they often post "wank" that actually contains interesting and intelligent stuff." Or: are we slowly turning into Meta vs. F_W (I certainly hope not).

Edit: Yes, I realize it's been posted to CW already; the comm rules state this is more a discussion community. Yes, I participate in FW and like it (mmm.) - no one's brought that up yet, but just in case. I think my main point of discussion here which I totally failed to articulate is does anyone else feel that sometimes the "wanks" are less wanky and more people just having intellectual discussion? I guess if I find myself intellectually interested in what people are writing about the whole thing is less of a funny spectacle. NOT to say "oh I'm snobby you can't put intellectual debates on FW", just that it really isn't as funny as pages of cat macros or MsScribe.


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[info]babsbunny
2007-09-07 03:58 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it may be an offshoot (though I honestly didn't know that until you told me just now LOL) but it's more my speed, and I'm comfortable with it. I honestly don't see anything wrong with that, but that's just me, and I'm happy here. :)

Fandom Lounge seems to be more general discussion, and things of note and regarding fandom. Yes, there's a little bit of "Look what folks are saying over here!" now and then. But that's not a prominent theme from what I've seen, and the heat's not on, as it were.

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[info]puipui
2007-09-07 07:01 am UTC (link)
though I honestly didn't know that until you told me just now LOL

Didn't we just have a huge series of posts about this? It was, like, an event. How did you miss that?

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[info]babsbunny
2007-09-07 08:06 pm UTC (link)
*grins* I guess I wasn't paying attention.

That, and I've only just recently been paying more attention to JF, as I usually play elsewhere. So if something like that went down, that's another reason how I missed it.

But I know now. :)

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