I can handle the +1's if they're in the form of a site mechanic like liking a tumblr post or giving kudos on AO3,
The AO3 kudos I can handle fine, because it's shorthand for a specific comment directed to the author. The comment itself might vary from kudoser to kudoser, from "great story, I loved it, thanks!" to "well, it didn't suck, so okay, *click kudos*", but it's all basically saying "well done, you" directly to the author.
Liking a tumblr post, though -- that's still strange to me, because it's so generic and weird, and not actually saying anything *to* anyone. You could be saying "hey thanks for posting this!" or "hey whoever drew this art that's now lost all its context did a nice job with the shading" or "oh I like this fandom" or anything at all. As far as I can tell, the poster doesn't get notified of likes, particularly; they just appear on the post in the Notes section. I dunno, it's all odd and distanced to me.
I was 13 when I found fandom originally and many of the reasons for keeping your list private are also good reasons to keep 13 year-olds off of it.
Hah, yes, being 13 probably had a lot to do with it, if you told people that's how old you were.
I know the age restrictions were frustrating for kids who then had to lie to get in, but as someone who came into fandom as an adult, I was grateful for them; I didn't care how much kids wanted to know, or that it was fine by their parents for them to hear whatever -- I didn't want to be talking about my adult sexual fantasies, or even just having a direct conversation about various life experiences, with children. I used to get really pissed off at parents who cheerfully said "Oh, it's okay, I'm fine with little Susie knowing about this stuff!" -- that's great, you tell her. Don't ask me to.
... But I digress. *g*
The big thing I remember about RPF before everything exploded with boy band slash was that Usenet used to have quite a lot of creepy celebrity snuff erotica, mostly about Gillian Anderson.
OMG YES. I didn't see it on the newgroups, but the first piece of fandom-based RPS I saw got posted to, I think, Allslash, and was snuff about David Duchovny; whatever actor he was paired with flayed him alive and what the FUCK. It was unbelievably horrifying, and a few years later when the boybanders were talking about how fun and happy RPS was, I had to bite my tongue really freaking hard not to point out that RPS also included things like that story.
I could swear my VHS copies of Highlander were closer to $200/season.
I never bought them myself, and was trying to remember what I'd heard people say. I knew it was something insanely expensive, but man. I believe it, though; the stories I heard about the Highlander Store!
They probably ran about $189.99, then - which now that I type that out, looks about right. Dear god. You can get 10 seasons of Stargate on DVD for that...
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The AO3 kudos I can handle fine, because it's shorthand for a specific comment directed to the author. The comment itself might vary from kudoser to kudoser, from "great story, I loved it, thanks!" to "well, it didn't suck, so okay, *click kudos*", but it's all basically saying "well done, you" directly to the author.
Liking a tumblr post, though -- that's still strange to me, because it's so generic and weird, and not actually saying anything *to* anyone. You could be saying "hey thanks for posting this!" or "hey whoever drew this art that's now lost all its context did a nice job with the shading" or "oh I like this fandom" or anything at all. As far as I can tell, the poster doesn't get notified of likes, particularly; they just appear on the post in the Notes section. I dunno, it's all odd and distanced to me.
I was 13 when I found fandom originally and many of the reasons for keeping your list private are also good reasons to keep 13 year-olds off of it.
Hah, yes, being 13 probably had a lot to do with it, if you told people that's how old you were.
I know the age restrictions were frustrating for kids who then had to lie to get in, but as someone who came into fandom as an adult, I was grateful for them; I didn't care how much kids wanted to know, or that it was fine by their parents for them to hear whatever -- I didn't want to be talking about my adult sexual fantasies, or even just having a direct conversation about various life experiences, with children. I used to get really pissed off at parents who cheerfully said "Oh, it's okay, I'm fine with little Susie knowing about this stuff!" -- that's great, you tell her. Don't ask me to.
... But I digress. *g*
The big thing I remember about RPF before everything exploded with boy band slash was that Usenet used to have quite a lot of creepy celebrity snuff erotica, mostly about Gillian Anderson.
OMG YES. I didn't see it on the newgroups, but the first piece of fandom-based RPS I saw got posted to, I think, Allslash, and was snuff about David Duchovny; whatever actor he was paired with flayed him alive and what the FUCK. It was unbelievably horrifying, and a few years later when the boybanders were talking about how fun and happy RPS was, I had to bite my tongue really freaking hard not to point out that RPS also included things like that story.
I could swear my VHS copies of Highlander were closer to $200/season.
I never bought them myself, and was trying to remember what I'd heard people say. I knew it was something insanely expensive, but man. I believe it, though; the stories I heard about the Highlander Store!
They probably ran about $189.99, then - which now that I type that out, looks about right. Dear god. You can get 10 seasons of Stargate on DVD for that...