One less LJ to read....

[janedavitt]

Just catching up on toft (toft_froggy on LJ) who thought it'd be oh so amusing to waste time by posting absolutely hilariously witty fake requests to a fic-finding comm.

http://toft.dreamwidth.org/548369.html

http://toft.dreamwidth.org/548954.html

Umm. Yeah. Not seeing the funny.

I smiled when I defriended her, though...does that count?

I mean, yes, sometimes the requests in fic-finder comms make my eyebrows shoot up because people are asking for the kind of fics I'd run a mile to AVOID reading. I can also see the funny in making some up and posting them in your own LJ as examples of how weird things can get and people saying, hey, I've read that!, but actually posting them to a real comm and getting people, kind people, to run around looking for them while you smirk to yourself and then wet your knickers laughing when it turns out there really are fics that fit your spoofed criteria?

God, it's this kind of elitist arrogance that makes my lip curl. I loathe humor that hurts people. It seems a contradiction in terms.

Fandom is a place where people are endlessly helpful. Abusing that for a laugh, just...no.

I'm also disgusted by the pages of comments with people applauding her for her actions. I guess they think if they laugh too they're safe from being laughed AT?

Whatever.

Comments

[green_grrl]

ITA, especially as I'm one of those people who's often trying to find people's stories. Grrr! She could have made a guessing contest or a meme or a writing challenge in her own journal for "search request" funnies, and still had fun without pulling the wool over the eyes of people who provide a valuable service for fandom.

[janedavitt]

Exactly! It could've been harmless fun for everyone and resulted in stories being written. Instead, we have this mess and so much hurt. Nice one. Not.

[jdjunkie]

I think this person needs to grow the hell up.
Really.

[janedavitt]

I've met toddlers with better manners.

[karmageddon]

Defriended as well. Ugh.

[janedavitt]

I feel so disappointed in her.

[darklock]

I'd like to know who thought it was funny, so I can avoid them. I have no time for this type of humor. It's a form of emotional game playing at it's worst.

[janedavitt]

Yes, I really can't feel tolerant of her or anyone who approves of her.

[scrollgirl]

Thank you for saying this. A friend of mine had long suspected toft of trolling the comm, but I had wanted to believe the best of her, that nobody would do something like that--especially someone who has participated in the fandom, written fic for it, aka not an outsider. I don't understand trolls who think lulz at other people's expense is more important than respecting the community that welcomed you.

[janedavitt]

So she wasn't as clever as she thought? Ha.

I don't get it either. It's sucky, rude behaviour.

[mab_browne]

In some ways I feel her apology has made me feel worse about her because she really doesn't seem to get why people are hurt, and I'm getting too old to willingly deal with the people whose EQs are so much less than their IQs. At least she does get that she's caused hurt. Maybe the why will percolate in eventually.

[janedavitt]

She's clueless but can she really be that dim as to think her admission wouldn't cause wank? I doubt it :;is cynical::

[perfica]

I haven't read her apology yet and, I must admit, I skimmed through the original post but I am disappointed now that it's sunk into my brain exactly why people are upset. And they have every right to be.

I really do enjoy the wonderful, cracky fics that SGA produce and took the opportunity to reread a bunch based on her links. I should have paid more attention - I didn't realise that her intentions weren't entirely honourable.

[janedavitt]

I think what she did and the way she did it was just plain rude. She could've had her fun and included people in it so easily with no hurt feelings but she chose to do this and then openly gloat once she was safely out of the fandom. Her apology is so full of statements I find hard to believe (she didn't think it would cause wank? Really?) that I can't take it seriously.