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[rodneyscat]

I love David Hewlett with a warm passion, but some of his fans bring out the worst in me *clenches teeth*

Apparently you have to have a couple of insufferable trouble-seekers on every board, regardless of the subject of the site. There are the ones who keep bringing up subjects any sensible person just knows will get people upset. Then there are the upset people who keep trying to censor those who upset them. There's the person who feels the need to say something on any given subject and posts hundreds and hundreds of times. There are the anonymous nice posters, the anonymous assholes, the people who want to ban all anonymous posters. The person who is very loud about which person exactly she is ignoring.

And everyone is trying to explain David's words on the matter to their own advantage.

Am I the only one who sees the 'Life of Brian' connection in that last point?

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[apple-pi.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, are people being weird on his blog again, or is this somewhere else? I think it's useful to just ignore fandom except for the people you actually meet and like, online or not; it simplifies things. I assume that all fans are crazy, and from there narrow it down to the crazy I'm okay with (the ones like me, naturally, lol) and the ones I'm not (those I will blithely ignore).

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is at the forum of David's site. It's been a long time since I've visited forums, and now I remember why. Damn I'm spoiled with LJ! Here it's way easier to avoid people that give me a headache. Some of these crazies are all over the forum and get OT at any given opportunity.

Ah, it's not that bad really, but I had to sort of let off steam over here and take a deep so I can brace myself for another visit next time.

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

That would be a deep breath...