Poll: Anon Memes

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MUST. STOP. SPAMMING. FLIST!

...tomorrow. In the meantime, I have a poll!

So I've mentioned here several times that I like to lurk/post on various anonmemes. The ones I've posted to are: fail_fandomanon, who_anon, and eleventy_kink. (Oh, and I theoretically mod concrit_anon, though it's pretty slow-goings there these days.) I've visited/perused others, but these are the ones I visit regularly.

The idea of "outing" comes up often on fail_fandomanon: as in being "outed" as someone who reads/posts to the comm. I think that's a pretty grandiose term for a fairly frivolous pursuit. Not only that, but people will refuse to name the fandom they participate in for fear of being recognized. Perhaps if you're the only Kimmy/Joey shipper in a miniscule Full House fandom you have something to worry about, but even then, I doubt it: even if you're the most visible fan in your fandom, there are still hundreds of others who are either lurkers or infrequent participants. I think the number of fans who are readily recognizable by only the general details of their fandom participation (i.e. Sherlock fan who ships Watson/Lestrade and is into BDSM) is pretty low.

Also: aren't these people being just a bit paranoid? Would they really be shunned in fandom circles in people knew they posted to an anonmeme? And is it any anonmeme, or is it this one in particular? (I mean, I can understand the panic of anon-failing on a particularly catty/vicious comment, but then: that's just karma. If you're coward enough to keep someone you dislike on your flist and then complain about them behind their back in a public forum, you sort of deserve what's coming to you.)

So, flist, help me out: What do you think? Detailed results are viewable to just me, and as always, feel free to be honest: I have a thick skin, and I wouldn't ask if I didn't want to know. (For instance: you will never hear me ask if my ass looks fat in these pants, so don't tell me! :P)

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(Feel free to share questions, concerns, and any points I might have missed in the comments. Also, a question I forgot to add to the poll: does fail_fandomanon have a particular reputation in your fandom/circle of friends?)

Comments

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I tend to spend an hour or two running through threads at fail_fandomanon when it is linked but I rarely feel any need to post. I don't have time to follow the thread. I might if I could post non-anon but I am all about comment tracking and it is too complicated logging in and out for tracking purposes.

I'm the youngest of five. My family is WILDLY political and very divergent and of a 20 year age difference. I'm argumentative but I have no problem at all being argumentative with my LJ name attached.

LJ is anon enough for me.

But if I spend a lot of time where people feel free to speak their own mind without repercussions they are going there to vent and that much negativity gets to me.

However, on rare, rare, rare occasions when I know I am irrationally angry about something, where I KNOW I'm mostly wrong and am still really angry, I have ranted in an anon rant post anoned.

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I just wonder, if everyone dislikes anonmemes so much and thinks of them as hate-filled pits of bile: then where are all the people who participate in them coming from? It just seems like a big disconnect to me.

Oh, I love a good argument or discussion--that's why I'm always bringing the topics that interest me on anon memes over here to discuss with my flist!

As far as negativity getting to me: I have a thick skin and the ability to scroll. It usually takes me only a minute or two to find the threads that interest me in a post, and skip over the rest.

I hate being angry and wrong: it's a bad combo! :P