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Sep. 1st, 2009 05:51 amIf you participate in fandom, please take a look here and here. (Link grabbed of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
halcyonjazz's twitter.)
In a nutshell, there's a survey being conducted by a pair of guys with shining new DW accounts, who are writing a book on the fanfic community. The links have more detail, but the survey is sketchy at best. Authors clearly Did Not Do the Research (not including the TV Tropes link here because yeah); they apparently expressed surprise on learning in the comments at their journals that people write novel length fic. And then they asked if there were plans to publish.
Oh, and the name of the book? RULE 34: WHAT NETPORN TEACHES US ABOUT THE BRAIN
Yeah.
Regarding personal safety: IPs are being logged and cookies left on computers; there are dodgy issues with minors because they do ask about illegal drug use, and they can track you.
In short, please do not answer this survey. And check the links when you have time.
halcyonjazz's twitter.)In a nutshell, there's a survey being conducted by a pair of guys with shining new DW accounts, who are writing a book on the fanfic community. The links have more detail, but the survey is sketchy at best. Authors clearly Did Not Do the Research (not including the TV Tropes link here because yeah); they apparently expressed surprise on learning in the comments at their journals that people write novel length fic. And then they asked if there were plans to publish.
Oh, and the name of the book? RULE 34: WHAT NETPORN TEACHES US ABOUT THE BRAIN
Yeah.
Regarding personal safety: IPs are being logged and cookies left on computers; there are dodgy issues with minors because they do ask about illegal drug use, and they can track you.
In short, please do not answer this survey. And check the links when you have time.
