We Overcame. ^_^

[amanuensis1]

pornish_pixies

Ah, how lovely that looks without the strike-through!

These are the people I want to commend especially for their behavior during this short but all-consuming crisis:

femmequixotic, of course, for her incredible, hold-it-together, take-action, keep-everyone-informed while still-only-human-and-fragile-and-tender and milk-of-human-kindness-forgiving, sheer outstanding modliness.

ataniell93, whose level-headedness spoke out not only for journals that housed our fiction, but for journals representing fictional RPG characters.

Mr. Berkowitz, for not hiding behind useless apology but acknowledging the blunder and rectifying the situation. (You guys may continue to be angry at Six Apart for the way the whole thing began in the first place, and you'd be right to be, but he has acted well under the circumstances.)

Everybody who spoke up, on their own journals, on news, in phone calls to Six Apart, to express their displeasure.

smut_wednesday, daily_snitch, hp_art_daily, hogwarts_today, and the other communities and journals who soldiered on with their usual schedules to bring us the content that fandom is all about.

We are Fandom. We are a force to be reckoned with. ^_^

Comments

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Here! Here!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[sirryluv.livejournal.com]

I'm actually gobsmacked at how much of a force we are. I was bragging to a friend today like a proud parent. S'beautiful.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

That's it, y'see. If we'd sat by and said nothing, we'd not have seen a response like this, with apology and amends coming so fast. I'm sure of it.

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

I hear that, man. I am seriously amazed and awed at how this was all handled and resolved by both fandom peoples and LJ. Now I want Fandom to take on, like. Godzilla or something. For the win!!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

FANDOM SMASH!! FANDOM SMASH EVERYTHING! BWAH HA HA HA!

[scarletscarlet.livejournal.com]

Yayez :-D. Awesomeness knows no bounds :).

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It really does. Doesn't, I mean. Oh, you know what I mean!

[pinkelephant42.livejournal.com]

I always see wank within fandom, but it's amazing what happens when fandoms are threatened. It's amazing how many will fight for it, and cling to each other for support and such. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I saw a comment on page 69 of the first news thread that went like, "The Harry/Hermione 'shippers and the Ron/Hermione 'shippers are BONDING over this. You know that the apocalypse is on us when the HP fandom shows solidarity." I laughed my head off.

(And then of course there was the even better comment a little later, "Page 69! WOO! DIRTAY DIRTAY!" :D )

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

YES.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

YES!

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*hugs harder!*

[mizstorge.livejournal.com]

If we can band together when we're threatened from without, I am hopeful hopeful that we can settle our more petty internal differences and get on with enjoying our fandom!

And I add my thanks to those who informed, perservered and won through!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ah, but where would we be without our internal wank? ^_^

[lirren.livejournal.com]

This (the reversals) wouldn't have happened if we'd all just sat back and done nothing. As much as fandom drives me crazy sometimes, right now I'm so damned proud of us all.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. If we hadn't kicked up such a fuss we'd never have had such a rapid and apology-full response, I'm convinced of it.

[markeyisapunk.livejournal.com]

so, I was away for work, then away on vacation for awhile. I didn't even know there were shut-downs... what happened? if someone could point me in the direction of a link or post that explains it, that would be awesome. and thanks for defending the fandom... all of you.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! My suggestion is that you look at the most recent posts on news and also on femmequixotic's lj, which will illustrate a lot of what happened. And there are links within there, too.

[markeyisapunk.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! I have read a lot more about the purge of 07--it was actually hard to miss once I started catching up on my lj reading. I'm still curious about the exact criteria used to flag journals and communities for suspension. E.g., was it "I love underage porn" "man boy love makes me hot" or simply "harry/sirius" ?

thanks again for the links.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It seemed, so the story goes, to have been linked to what was listed in ones Interests, and what was flagged included, "incest," "underage," and "chan." There may have been more things, but those were what I heard.

[markeyisapunk.livejournal.com]

thanks again! I can see how LJ would be troubled. on teh other hand, it's clearly okay to explore those themes if you're a screenwriter or a novelist. I'm getting more and more interested in getting the fandom de-marginalized. if more people participated instead of passively receiving messages/images/etc (in our democracy, for eg...) the world would be qa much better place, and the masses would be much happier, I think. anyway *off the soapbox* thanks again.

[naltariel.livejournal.com]

YAY FANDOM! XD XD XD

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Your icon is so appropriate! *hugs*

[naltariel.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* And yours too! YAY