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'Cause we gotta do this at least like once a year.

[Poll #1484034]

Whatever's decided goes into practice next Saturday, Nov 14th.

Comments

[cresselia.livejournal.com]

I think a big problem with the "I SHIP/HIT IT" secrets is not everyone shares the same fandoms. Barring that, not everyone has the same familiarity with the fandoms.

Say someone completely new to Fandom X sees a secret: "I SHIP A/B". Person, being completely new to Fandom X, sees it, sees the characters, but isn't knowledgable enough about it yet to understand why it's apparently a bad thing (or at least why it has to be a "secret").

I can't say the same for the "I'd hit it" secrets, but at least for the "I ship it" ones, a lot of the significance is lost on me, and probably a lot of people, simply because we don't know the fandom in question. It's not really good enough justification to ban them outright, hence why I voted for the second option in that respect; I don't see a problem with it if there's a bit of explanation, because at least then those of us not in the know might be able to relate it to something we do know, or at the very least, be squicked/intrigued by the implication ("s!b he's a psycho!" "they're siblings!" etc).

I realize that a lot of secrets fall into the "I don't know this fandom so I'm just scrolling past now kthnx" territory for a lot of people, which is all well and good. But typically, these other secrets have a lot more substance than just "I SHIP IT".

Idk. I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run, but it's still worth thinking about, maybe?

[xanykaos.livejournal.com]

I can't say the same for the "I'd hit it" secrets, but at least for the "I ship it" ones, a lot of the significance is lost on me, and probably a lot of people, simply because we don't know the fandom in question.

Isn't that honestly the same about most secrets? I mean, if there's a fandom that I have no familiarity with, a lot of the secret of any secret is going to be lost on me. This is Fandomsecrets--it's a place where people talk about their fandoms. Does it really matter if it's one you don't know.

Heck, I don't understand this crazy notion that all the secrets should have "substance." Maybe people just feel like saying something.

[cresselia.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, I said this. "I realize that a lot of secrets fall into the 'I don't know this fandom so I'm just scrolling past now kthnx' territory for a lot of people, which is all well and good." It just tends to stand out more with the I SHIP IT ones because there's so many of them. :/