Time Sensitive FW flashback...
...I'm asking on behalf of someone who's doing a..unique trivia contest, so there's a slight time-sensitive element.

I'm trying to find more info on the old "Fandom Unite!" LJ controversy that used "Hoist The Colors" as its theme song -- i.e., exactly what was fandom uniting about? I'm vaguely remembering details -- which of the "scrapping communities" stunts LJ pulled did it pertain to?

Thanks in advance. I'm kind of sleep-deprived and can't function too well.

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	sepiamagpie 2009-01-04 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	I do believe that's strikethroughgate. (Reply to this)

	barankhy 2009-01-04 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Sep's right. Here's the wiki page on the Strikethrough '07 extravaganza with all the fun details. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cleolinda 2009-01-05 01:54 am UTC (link)
	That whole thing was so embarrassing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

queencallipygos
2009-01-05 02:10 am UTC (link)

Oh, for the purposes I'm writing about, though, it's perfect; I'm helping someone create marathon trivia contest, and they've decided to have a section with a pirate theme; we're covering everything from pirates in "Goonies" to actual pirates to pirates in movies, and this will be lumped in there as well. (I just had to figure out how to explain this to the creators of the contest - the target audience for the contest probably was ON LJ, but the creators are old fogeys who weren't as familiar with 'net culture.)

Thanks, all!

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	photosinensis 2009-01-05 02:31 am UTC (link)
	Ah, Strikethrough. There were good lulz had there. I've never seen so many people reduced to communicating through cat macros in my life. (Reply to this)

	re_weird 2009-01-06 03:29 am UTC (link)
	I know this wildly off-topic, but where is your icon from? I've always wondered. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	queencallipygos 2009-01-06 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Standard explanation here. (Reply to this)(Parent)