Fanlib has an LJ

[joiedumonde.livejournal.com]

So, I tried posting this yesterday, but LJ was waaaay too wonky to let it through.

I was searching LJ for things about fanlib, and came across something interesting. They have not only an LJ, but also a community created back in Feb.

fanlib is not directly linked with mimbo or jdsampson, but because of the date and the user icon, I'd say it's genuine. Like CW's lj it is a plus account, but has no posts, or at least none that are visible to others. It also has only one place friended (that is not related to lj specifically).

This 'friend' is a community called charworldnews which also has no posts, but is also a plus account. The only owner/maintainer is fanlib. There are no user pics for the site, but given the info above, I'd say it is also legit.

Now this in and of itself wouldn't be that remarkable, they were doing market research/wanted to set up something for future use/wanted to cybersquat/are just weird...etc.

But if you look at the comment by almostnever over at Henry Jenkins blog where she writes:

Why is the gender question "a bit unfair"? Fans invited Mr. Williams to comment freely as part of existing discussions. We also encouraged him to create a Livejournal community where he and/or his representatives could take questions and answer them in his own words, unedited, in his own time.

He backed away from those proposals. But he agreed readily to this interview. I'm grateful to Henry Jenkins for representing fannish questions so well here. But what was the problem with dealing with us directly? If he wanted to deal with fewer people, Mr. Williams could have asked us to designate two or three representatives. I would have voted Stewardess and Telesilla for that in a heartbeat.



It seems to make plainer the, if not contempt then the utter disregard CW has for the lj community/fandom in general. I mean he had a ready made outlet where he could have even controled the debate via moding. But he chose to take it to so-called neutral territory. Did he think that we wouldn't follow to Jenkins' blog?

Thoughts?

x-posted to my journal

Comments

[aerynvala.livejournal.com]

*sigh* The gender question is always 'unfair' when women ask it of men. I can't imagine why that might be. /sarcasm

[joiedumonde.livejournal.com]

I thought about commenting to ask if the scary mean women chased him off of lj so that he had to run and hide behind the academic with the shiny PhD.

But I'm mean like that.

[aerynvala.livejournal.com]

*snickers*

because, of course, there were no academics over here *rolls eyes* (women totally don't count, right?) *iz bitchy*

[lavenderfrost.livejournal.com]

Funny - I found that account about an hour and a half ago and was wondering about whether or not I should post about it. ^^;;

I'm glad someone got it out there.

[joiedumonde.livejournal.com]

I joined the comm for a short time yesterday, thinking that I might post a rant, leave the comm, and then link it everywhere. But then I realised that might be just a tad bit over agressive. *g*

[alyndra]

They probably forgot they had it.

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

Just as an FYI, the community is actually empty but the fanlib journal has one locked post in it, on Feb 15. You can tell by looking at the Calendar view -- it'll show even locked posts, you just can't click through to them if you have access.

I'm wondering what that post say, just out of curiosity. I mean, if it's actually a "Fanlib" journal then it's unlikely to be someone's personal angsting or whatever. [ponder]

Angie

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

When I set up a roleplaying journal recently, LJ automatically placed a private post explaining how to use the LJ system on the journal. It's possible that the post on fanlib is just the same.

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

Huh, that must be recent. I have like seven or eight journals (most of them for RPGs) and I've never gotten that. Interesting.

Angie

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Yes. I have about as many roleplaying journals as you do (actually, I've lost count over the years!) and only the journal I started 2007-03-02 has that starter post.

In case you're curious, the post is headed "Welcome to LiveJournal" and contains a set of instructions that aren't copying properly here. The coding of the post reads [lj-replace name="first_post"]:

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

I've seen the automatic post also. I completely forgot about it, because I of course deleted it within a few seconds. *g*

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

Well, it's obviously been far too long since I created a new journal. [rueful smile] Humm, when was...? OK, they must've added that in since late October, 'cause the last time I created a journal was for NaNo.

Angie