Today's blog post might be a rather cold take, but I think it's important to write nonetheless. It's still more processing thoughts as I've gone through the large amount of feedback I've gotten towards fanfic.lol. I have to say, creating something that has gotten so much feedback has taught me so much. I'm extremely grateful and lucky for what I've been able to learn. Have I gotten hostile, bad-faith arguments against the site, and by extension, me? Yes. But it really is a very small handful of people compared to the dozens who have been supporting me, with some people going out of their way to vocally defend the project and my intentions. I've spent my existence on the Internet trying to build goodwill organically. I've tried to show, with my actions, that I do not care about currency of any kind—money, clout, power—I am deeply disinterested in all of this. My values outline what I do care about. So, I guess when this core aspect of my identity is denied and invalidated, that's when…
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