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anon =/= hater, liar, troll, coward, wanker, or even unreliable
While we're on the subject. Posting anon does not make one any of the above. It simply does not. Whether I'm posting about a baseball game, political philosophy or a real moment of sexual harassment I experienced. Posting anon does not, and should not, automatically disqualify me from having and sharing an opinion.
There is a widely understood fandom rule against outing our fellow fans. Many of us post under pseudonyms, and do our best to prevent their being connected with our real names. Even so, there are times when going fully anon is what's best for us. For our RL reputations, or security, for our emotional health and well-being. Some things are more comfortably said anon - and who are you to demand that we lift that veil?
While it's true that hatememes and 4chan have given anons a bad reputation, and that all kinds of shenanigans have taken place under cover of anonymity, it does not follow that anonymity itself is a bad thing. To anchor this more firmly in current fandom goings-on,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spnpermanon is an anonmeme of varied character. It is not a hate meme. It's a hate/love/meta/squee/srs bzns meme, where there is currently some A+ tracking of the con imbroglio going on. It is also the only place that people have felt safe enough to speak publicly about their experiences at WinCon.
If you find yourself claiming that victim accounts are only credible when you can put a pseudonym to their words? Check yourself for asking a victim to display their wounds. There was, it seems, enough misconduct to get thenyxie banned from WinCon. What happens now (appeals etc.) is between her and the concom. You absolutely do not have the right to demand victims step forward, so that fandom can en masse assess the credibility of their stories.
* Some sites and communities block anon comments, and for good reasons. On Scans Daily, for example, we've taken to blocking anon comments because a) it's easy to create an account, b) we got tired of manually unscreening all of them, c) we get trolled a whole hell of a lot. But this is a pragmatic measure, and not a statement about the value of anon comments.
And of course there are good reasons to control and moderate speech. Hate speech, for example, is banned in many places. Fire in a crowded theater - also not good. But truly, ask yourself if your reason is akin to these, or if you're simply scared of what people might say.
There is a widely understood fandom rule against outing our fellow fans. Many of us post under pseudonyms, and do our best to prevent their being connected with our real names. Even so, there are times when going fully anon is what's best for us. For our RL reputations, or security, for our emotional health and well-being. Some things are more comfortably said anon - and who are you to demand that we lift that veil?
While it's true that hatememes and 4chan have given anons a bad reputation, and that all kinds of shenanigans have taken place under cover of anonymity, it does not follow that anonymity itself is a bad thing. To anchor this more firmly in current fandom goings-on,
spnpermanon is an anonmeme of varied character. It is not a hate meme. It's a hate/love/meta/squee/srs bzns meme, where there is currently some A+ tracking of the con imbroglio going on. It is also the only place that people have felt safe enough to speak publicly about their experiences at WinCon. If you find yourself claiming that victim accounts are only credible when you can put a pseudonym to their words? Check yourself for asking a victim to display their wounds. There was, it seems, enough misconduct to get thenyxie banned from WinCon. What happens now (appeals etc.) is between her and the concom. You absolutely do not have the right to demand victims step forward, so that fandom can en masse assess the credibility of their stories.
* Some sites and communities block anon comments, and for good reasons. On Scans Daily, for example, we've taken to blocking anon comments because a) it's easy to create an account, b) we got tired of manually unscreening all of them, c) we get trolled a whole hell of a lot. But this is a pragmatic measure, and not a statement about the value of anon comments.
And of course there are good reasons to control and moderate speech. Hate speech, for example, is banned in many places. Fire in a crowded theater - also not good. But truly, ask yourself if your reason is akin to these, or if you're simply scared of what people might say.