Comments | theboysofsummer: Time to go friends only for a while.

littlestclouds in theboysofsummer

Time to go friends only for a while.

Feb 11, 2011 18:56

We got exposed on Baseball Prospectus, this time. Usually it's deadspin! This is new.

Anyway. The community is going under lockdown until the latest storm blows over. And this time it might stay friends locked. Sorry guys.

ETACommunity is now friends only and membership and posting are moderated ( Read more... )

$mod: go away mainstream baseball blogs, non-fic: community announcement, $mod

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unreckless February 11 2011, 23:58:27 UTC

Well, it's kinda deadspin, too.

littlestclouds February 12 2011, 00:04:28 UTC

Oh great. DIAF Deadspin.

unreckless February 12 2011, 00:12:25 UTC

They seem mostly passively amused.

littlestclouds February 12 2011, 00:13:23 UTC

They usually are. I just hate when they link to us because Baseball Types read them.

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learnthemusic February 11 2011, 23:59:24 UTC

Are the community's settings set to minimize search inclusion?

To be honest, I always thought this community was f-locked after the previous incident. It really does just need to stay that way.

littlestclouds February 12 2011, 00:04:12 UTC

We temporarily locked things, but unlocked them later and gave people the option of staying unlocked.

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littlestclouds February 12 2011, 00:05:13 UTC

I forced myself to read them. No "IT'S SATAN" ones, as far as I could tell, but a lot of your usual "it's creepy to write about real people" ones. I'm sure they don't find The Dugout creepy though. Hypocrites.

anjak_j February 12 2011, 00:20:38 UTC

TBH, I've always found that participants are better served by RPF/RPS communities being locked down - mainly to avoid this kind of crap.

I kind it deeply ironic that the OP of that piece says that fan-fiction is creepy, yet you can bet a good chunk of the baseball community at large enjoys the tabloid trash written about baseball players - most of which also happens to be fiction.

littlestclouds February 12 2011, 00:46:10 UTC

I kind it deeply ironic that the OP of that piece says that fan-fiction is creepy, yet you can bet a good chunk of the baseball community at large enjoys the tabloid trash written about baseball players - most of which also happens to be fiction.

But that's male/female and therefore acceptable! What we do is just creepy and wrong!

anjak_j February 12 2011, 01:14:15 UTC

I've really had my fill of heteronormativity today.

littlestclouds February 12 2011, 01:23:55 UTC

Me too. I want to kick something.

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kittywitch February 12 2011, 00:51:04 UTC

I cannot believe that!