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I've been kinda lurking on twitter lately, because Hannibal fandom seems to be kinda focused on there after December's tumblr purge. And apparently there was some drama happening over there. I glanced at it as it was happening, but I probably wouldn't have thought much of it if a friend of mine hadn't mentioned it again later, because she knew the original poster of the tweet that started it and seems like it was causing big waves inside the fandom (at least on twitter).
And this kind of stuff just reminds me why I'm not big on Twitter. It's too public, and people don't realise that posting on there means anybody can see your tweet, including people who don't share your sense of humour and will misunderstand your meaning.
It ended up being about stuff which is regularly fought over on tumblr as well whenever AO3 is mentioned in regards to "problematic" tags and pairings, mainly if some ships are problematic and if fiction affects real life.
This is why I'm mostly a lurker. I don't see a point in yelling about this stuff on somewhere like twitter, unless you mostly use a private account and heavily moderate people who you allow access to. I saw a what I think was an unrelated tweet that pointed out how fandom as it is, is not a safe space, because anyone can be in a fandom. But you should absolutely create your own safe spaces within your own fandoms, by curating the people you follow and interact with.
And this kind of stuff just reminds me why I'm not big on Twitter. It's too public, and people don't realise that posting on there means anybody can see your tweet, including people who don't share your sense of humour and will misunderstand your meaning.
It ended up being about stuff which is regularly fought over on tumblr as well whenever AO3 is mentioned in regards to "problematic" tags and pairings, mainly if some ships are problematic and if fiction affects real life.
This is why I'm mostly a lurker. I don't see a point in yelling about this stuff on somewhere like twitter, unless you mostly use a private account and heavily moderate people who you allow access to. I saw a what I think was an unrelated tweet that pointed out how fandom as it is, is not a safe space, because anyone can be in a fandom. But you should absolutely create your own safe spaces within your own fandoms, by curating the people you follow and interact with.
