http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_lounge/848240.html?view=22575728#t22575728

Okay.... just what relevance does John Updike have to fandom? Is mainstream literature considered a fandom now? Also, why the hell do you need to inform us of something we could have seen by looking at the New York Times?

	white_serpent 2009-01-28 05:02 am UTC (link)
	Technically, you're wrong. But it probably ought to work that way. Oh, well. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	charmian 2009-01-28 05:07 am UTC (link)
	Ah, I guess the mods have spoken. I just don't see the point for a post on John Updike. If we are even looking at the newspaper, or Time, Newsweek, whatever, we can find out about it. The discussion that would be likely to result is not IMHO, what I would slot in as "fandom" as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	white_serpent 2009-01-28 06:18 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, see, but the question should not be, "Am I allowed to post this?" The answer is almost always yes. The question should be, "Is it likely that anyone else wants to see this, especially on a community as large as fandom_lounge?" The answer is probably no. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmian 2009-01-28 06:24 am UTC (link)
	People conflate one with the other quite easily, however, and I'm not sure that people post with the mentality that no one else wants to see it. That certainly wouldn't have prevented the post in question, as the poster believed people wished to see it, also. (Reply to this)(Parent)