Update
So the whole "don't post meta on AO3" mini kerfuffle got even wankier last night.
The 2nd commenter who wanted to kick my meta off the archive didn't delete her comment as I assumed. Her comment somehow got eaten by AO3 when I turned out content moderation.
I know this because she approached me on tumblr and wrote a long reblog response telling me so. And then I blocked her, but not before linking the reblog to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
franzeska, who then reported to me that the blogger had deleted her post and written another post saying that she'd deleted her first post because she couldn't edit it the way she wanted (when you block someone on tumblr who's already reblogged a post of yours, their reblog becomes uneditable).
I did quickly read her post before it got deleted.
Some highlights -- she said that "meta is still a controversial issue" -- basically arguing that even though the archive allows meta, she still doesn't think it should allow meta, and therefore she feels justified in harassing users who post meta.
She said didn't like that I made her sound like a rude and unreasonable person, then called me oversensitive again for good measure.
She argued that my post wasn't really meta, because it sounded like something you'd write in a blog. A blatantly spurious argument. She doesn't want meta on the archive at all. She knows she doesn't have the authority to ban my meta from the archive for being meta, so her next tactic is to try to ban my meta for not being meta "enough."
Why -- because it doesn't sound enough like a high school book report? Does anyone actually like reading high school book reports? A meta post is defined by its meta content, not by the pseudo-academic tone in which said content is presented. I'm not *against* academic writing, but I think fandom would be a much more boring place if people only wrote meta in academic term paper format.
She then tried to be appeasing by saying that she'd love to read a post like mine if only I'd posted it on tumblr, where it's "appropriate."
As if I would ever want this asshole reading my posts.
You'll recall that the reason I decided to post meta to AO3 in the first place was because tumblr's broken censorship algorithm banned my blog from tag searches, making it impossible for me to interact with the fandom on tumblr.
And then she ended the post saying something along the lines of "I'm still completely right for everything I said and did, but I won't interfere with your posts again, so AT LEAST I'M RID OF HER. I hope.
I did end up getting [a wonderful essay response] to [my AO3 meta post] (which is actually a combination of two shorter meta posts I put up here and on tumblr) that expanded beautifully on all my ideas, so all in all, posting meta to AO3 was a worthwhile endeavor, and I'll definitely be posting more fan meta to AO3 for as long as I keep getting great feedback like that.
The 2nd commenter who wanted to kick my meta off the archive didn't delete her comment as I assumed. Her comment somehow got eaten by AO3 when I turned out content moderation.
I know this because she approached me on tumblr and wrote a long reblog response telling me so. And then I blocked her, but not before linking the reblog to
franzeska, who then reported to me that the blogger had deleted her post and written another post saying that she'd deleted her first post because she couldn't edit it the way she wanted (when you block someone on tumblr who's already reblogged a post of yours, their reblog becomes uneditable).I did quickly read her post before it got deleted.
Some highlights -- she said that "meta is still a controversial issue" -- basically arguing that even though the archive allows meta, she still doesn't think it should allow meta, and therefore she feels justified in harassing users who post meta.
She said didn't like that I made her sound like a rude and unreasonable person, then called me oversensitive again for good measure.
She argued that my post wasn't really meta, because it sounded like something you'd write in a blog. A blatantly spurious argument. She doesn't want meta on the archive at all. She knows she doesn't have the authority to ban my meta from the archive for being meta, so her next tactic is to try to ban my meta for not being meta "enough."
Why -- because it doesn't sound enough like a high school book report? Does anyone actually like reading high school book reports? A meta post is defined by its meta content, not by the pseudo-academic tone in which said content is presented. I'm not *against* academic writing, but I think fandom would be a much more boring place if people only wrote meta in academic term paper format.
She then tried to be appeasing by saying that she'd love to read a post like mine if only I'd posted it on tumblr, where it's "appropriate."
As if I would ever want this asshole reading my posts.
You'll recall that the reason I decided to post meta to AO3 in the first place was because tumblr's broken censorship algorithm banned my blog from tag searches, making it impossible for me to interact with the fandom on tumblr.
And then she ended the post saying something along the lines of "I'm still completely right for everything I said and did, but I won't interfere with your posts again, so AT LEAST I'M RID OF HER. I hope.
I did end up getting [a wonderful essay response] to [my AO3 meta post] (which is actually a combination of two shorter meta posts I put up here and on tumblr) that expanded beautifully on all my ideas, so all in all, posting meta to AO3 was a worthwhile endeavor, and I'll definitely be posting more fan meta to AO3 for as long as I keep getting great feedback like that.