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Pyrate Jenni ([info]pyratejenni) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2008-05-28 23:02:00


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Current mood:*Snarl*
Entry tags:fandom is fucking stupid, it's okay if i don't like you, jesus wept

At least SA goons are honest trolls, or, Fandom double-standards FTL
Over the years, the unspoken rule of fandom "What happens in fandom, stays in fandom." You don't contact a fan's place of employment, university, etc. unless it's serious shit -- "serious shit" meaning illegal or life-threatening, not fannish wars or bruised egos.

Apparently, not anymore.

[info]hypersurfaces posted a con report about WisCon that focused on the obesity of the con attendees on the Something Awful board . The post is seriously unfunny and full of fail. She later had the post deleted, but it was later reposted at a related site, Something Awful Sychophant Squad.


Attendees on Wiscon discover the post, and all hell breaks loose. Massive amounts of rage, including posts (locked and the source for this didn't get caps) of several people threatening [info]hypersurfaces about how they would hurt/STAB her if they saw her on the street. [info]hypersurfaces is forever and ever banned from WisCon. But not content with that, people -- including [info]badgerbag -- find her real name, her school, and write to her dean saying she was violating the schools sexual harrassment policy. I'm not posting the link because it has her real name in it, and I like my permanent account here too much to risk the ToS.

[info]hypersurfaces real name and real info are posted all over by fen who have previously rallied against that sort of thing - because in this case, she clearly deserves it. The casual threats of violence are astounding, and now apparently people are writing her and saying they're going to hurt/kill her - using the real name/addresses so thoughtfully provided by the angry wisconners. Kudos to the mod there for at least stepping up and telling people to knock the shit out.

But nada about this behavior from fen normally so worried about community standards, like [info]coffeeandink.

So it's okay now to post people's real names and similar information, as long as they do something that really, really pisses you off. Because they deserve it.

ETA: Clarified where [info]hypersurfaces's post originally went up.



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[info]oulangi
2008-05-29 09:03 am UTC (link)
I know I said more than once I wanted to punch her in the face. Which is something I say about 50 bazillion times a day and I don't think can be construed as an actual threat.
Context is everything - I've read several threads of people saying *exactly* that - and seriously? Not knowing y'all? I assume you seriously want to punch her in the face. Especially in those helpful threads that say that AND include her address and work info. Nuance lost on teh internets perhaps.

Who cares why she went? Sure, she's an ass - I think we all agree, but does that mean we get to abandon our own standards of (not issuing death threats) behavior? Internets are serious business indeed.

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