As to the vids.....I don't know if I expect any fan to appoint themselves the police person of the fandom. Don't visit the youtube site. Don't contribute to their hits.
If you feel that strongly and know it's against the con's rules, you can report it to youtube, or you can report it to the con company and let htem take action.
If you're at a con and you know taping is against the rules, turn them in. Just like you should turn in that abandoned bag, or return that lost cell phone to the reg desk.
Now should you appoint yourself police and go looking for those taping? No. Sorry. You're an attendee. But if you see something say something.
Should someone personally harass people whose actions they don't agree with? no. There's too much of this velvet handed bullying going on already. We have people that have left this forum because they've been told 'no, you can't say thaqt, what if Amanda reads it???? You can't say that, you can't post that'. 'You can't post that fic she might find it offensive' 'you can't say you didn't like this or that, how can you call yourself a fan if you don't love everything she does'....the list goes on.
So no. If something that is in violation of posted rules is up, either ignore it or if you feel you need to report it, report it to the appropriate officials. Beyond that, live and let live is a good thing. Stop policing peoples' opinions. Stop telling them what kinds of fans to be. Fandoms are no fun when they become the Stepford Fandom.
If you feel that strongly and know it's against the con's rules, you can report it to youtube, or you can report it to the con company and let htem take action.
If you're at a con and you know taping is against the rules, turn them in. Just like you should turn in that abandoned bag, or return that lost cell phone to the reg desk.
Now should you appoint yourself police and go looking for those taping? No. Sorry. You're an attendee. But if you see something say something.
Should someone personally harass people whose actions they don't agree with? no. There's too much of this velvet handed bullying going on already. We have people that have left this forum because they've been told 'no, you can't say thaqt, what if Amanda reads it???? You can't say that, you can't post that'. 'You can't post that fic she might find it offensive' 'you can't say you didn't like this or that, how can you call yourself a fan if you don't love everything she does'....the list goes on.
So no. If something that is in violation of posted rules is up, either ignore it or if you feel you need to report it, report it to the appropriate officials. Beyond that, live and let live is a good thing. Stop policing peoples' opinions. Stop telling them what kinds of fans to be. Fandoms are no fun when they become the Stepford Fandom.
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