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It's a sad state of affairs when even with my limited online presence these days, even with my small default reading list, I still get to read about the horrible things people do to each other.

I mean the nasty posts centering around WisCon. (If you're curious, seperis has links/explanation here.) After reading in horrified anger, I'm going to go focus on work and try to remember that 99.9% of the time, people in fandom act reasonably well to each other, showing respect and consideration in our shared space. When that 0.1% act terribly, it blows up into something huge, but it's not common, it's not representative, and it's not something that I consider "part" of fandom.

New (De)Friending Policy

Since my Flist has grown out of control, I've weeded it back down. Basically, I've removed the people who don't read my LJ. Nothing personal, just convenience.

I'm tempted to say that if anyone else finds I'm just one of those names on the FList that you skim and don't really read, feel free to de-friend me. (Mind you, if you normally only skim, you probably wouldn't notice that note of permission/implied approval so it doesn't really matter.)