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Well, well, well. How the turntables...
Jan. 1st, 2030 02:37 pmHmm. I suppose I should put up a sticky note, eh?
Here I am back in my LJ-Dreamwidth linked account from years ago, hoping to keep myself linked to fannish communities in light of Tumblr's repeated attempts at self-destruction.
I think this makes about my 6th fandom migration since 2000. This one seems more ominous, somehow. It's no longer Yahoo or 6 Apart or Netscape that we're dealing with, but juggernauts like Verizon and Apple behind the great homogenizing forces of online culture. I know all things come to an end. But this one seems like cultural forces that have been attempting to force conformity in the real world have been reaching further into the internet. Just like in my life offline, I feel like we're at another tipping point culturally, and this one involves who has control over the connectivity between people and the communities they create. I can only hope that the internet is too unruly and too unwilling to let itself be ruled to allow it to become anything other than a writhing mass of humanity in all its complexity.
Such are my thoughts, these days.
And so I find myself returning to my fandom roots. Lots of Tolkien - who tells me that the connections between people are the source of strength to keep picking myself back up again and fighting off the Shadow. So, don't be surprised if my name shows up on your requests for access. :)
If you're up for it, comment here and tell me a little about what you've been up to.
12/07/18
Here I am back in my LJ-Dreamwidth linked account from years ago, hoping to keep myself linked to fannish communities in light of Tumblr's repeated attempts at self-destruction.
I think this makes about my 6th fandom migration since 2000. This one seems more ominous, somehow. It's no longer Yahoo or 6 Apart or Netscape that we're dealing with, but juggernauts like Verizon and Apple behind the great homogenizing forces of online culture. I know all things come to an end. But this one seems like cultural forces that have been attempting to force conformity in the real world have been reaching further into the internet. Just like in my life offline, I feel like we're at another tipping point culturally, and this one involves who has control over the connectivity between people and the communities they create. I can only hope that the internet is too unruly and too unwilling to let itself be ruled to allow it to become anything other than a writhing mass of humanity in all its complexity.
Such are my thoughts, these days.
And so I find myself returning to my fandom roots. Lots of Tolkien - who tells me that the connections between people are the source of strength to keep picking myself back up again and fighting off the Shadow. So, don't be surprised if my name shows up on your requests for access. :)
If you're up for it, comment here and tell me a little about what you've been up to.
12/07/18
