nigeltde | several things (Reply)

After a discussion in

moveablehistory has set up a Digg-style link aggregator. It feels like something that could fit perfectly with lj fandom--is there one out there already?--because the dispersed nature of it is something I hear people complain about quite often.

I think this could be a really, really useful tool to keep track of the several major events happening in fandom right now, and I encourage people to spread the word, join, and especially add links! I suppose

metafandom serves a similar purpose but link aggregators are perhaps easier to surf than lj, and it has the potential to be aimed at the fanlib/fanarchive and strikethrough2007 issues and the fan activism that has grown out of them with greater breadth and depth. Also, it wouldn't be for just lj links. Posts like

catrinella's awesome collection of links are great but can become unwieldy.

moveablehistory has also noted that link aggregators have the potential to serve as a centralised portal for access to decentralised fandom and fanfiction should there be mass migration from lj. In fact it would still probably be useful even if things stay essentially the same. As moveablehistory says, we can use the news one as a proof of concept to see if a fandom-wide one would be feasible.

Other shit you probably already know about:

fandom_counts,

fandompays. Interesting to see fandom try to take stoke of its numbers and how statistics will translate to resistance. The fandom_counts profile is occasionally breaking! This stuff fits into one my my major essays in ways I can't believe.

And on the season finale of House.....(vague spoilers)

Ha ha ha Wilson bought him a guitar to celebrate ~~their love~~ House's acceptance of change. Seriously though. A GUITAR. They are officially married.

Also, Chase was really really hot tonight, and I loved the rack focus on Cameron during the "easy" business.

oh, god, back to essays I suppose.