Aug. 7th, 2007

cornerofmadness: (Beyond Pissed  by <lj user="sleepdebtfai)
And worn out would also be good, and angry at being pulled in a lot of different directions. I'm pissed at having to trebel my efforts to keep in touch with people I want to stay in touch with, of having to create new journals just to do this (No, not pissed at those who jumped ship but at them being put in the position that they feel they can't stay any longer, pissed at the ham-handed way LJ has been handling everything).

Especially since i see this as futile anyhow. Maybe yes, it's me being pessimistic (which I am, no doubts of it) but to me, it's not a matter of if this censorship problem follows us, but a matter of when. And as i've said before, I honestly don't expect the people running the other journals to handle it any better. I'm older than a lot of other people in fandom. Some of us remember the paper zine days. I've been at conventions where I've seen actors and writers literally trash a vendor stand, rip up the paper zines of things they thought weren't right (mostly either fanfic that was forbidden, NOT all authors allow it and they WILL sue you, i know i've personally got a cease and desist letter when one author changed her mind about allowing it and i was running the group, or slash fanfic when the author and/or actors disliked it, thinking of Blake 7 and Robin Hood) Censorship in fandom isn't new. It isn't right, mind you, but it's not new and it's not going to just leave because we all go to greatest journal or insane journal. Eventually, we'll have to fight this battle again. I've been in fandom 30 years this year so don't fault me for trusting in my experience about this topic.

so what's the upshot of all this bitching and me repeating crap I've said before. I'm now cornerofmadness at insane journal too. Not at greatest journal...yet. It will probably come. BUt right now I can't do three journals. I dont even WANT to. I wanted to cut my time at the computer not treble it but half my list went to one and half to the other and hopefull most did both so I won't lose someone for good. i hate this. I really do and was thinking about something someone on my list said about the next time this happens in one of those new communities (someone with as much fan experience as I), hmmm, time to go back to paper.

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