Popcorn Time lawsuits continue as 16 are sued for watching Survivor

Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1hSHiI4 at September 01, 2015 at 06:23PMPopcorn Time lawsuits continue as 16 are sued for watching Survivor:

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Queer/Trans Tech Collective Seeks Community Funding to Build A New Social Network

Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1IHKSd7 at September 01, 2015 at 11:49PM
Queer/Trans Tech Collective Seeks Community Funding to Build A New Social Network:

“Existing plans for the site include robust privacy, muting and blocking features, a code of conduct, user customization features, and fine-tuned control over conversation visibility. “

Looks like a more robust alternative to inkstand. They have already reached several milestones.

More info

Patreon opportunities

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Contribute to Fanworks Taught Me

Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1PLEYx0 at September 02, 2015 at 10:00AM
transformativeworks:

Join the OTW in celebrating your fandom with #FanWorksTaughtMe http://bit.ly/1JywyFI

“The campaign has launched with a celebration of fanworks on social media. Using #FanWorksTaughtMe, fans are discussing the different skills, perspectives, and communities they have gained from fanworks that they love. Contributions span from tweets to videos and are shedding light on how fans use fanworks to build their confidence, refine their skills, explore issues like race and gender, understand the perspectives of others, and more.

Several artists and fan creators are already celebrating fanworks through the campaign. Sleepy Hollow’s Orlando Jones has signed on as a spokesperson for the campaign, along with FictionAlley co-founder/original OTW Legal Committee member Heidi Tandy, wizard rockers Harry and the Potters, YouTubers Kristina Horner and Lauren Fairweather, and novelist Naomi Novik, one of the OTW’s founders.Fandom is not a passive experience. Today, fan creators actively help to bring in new fans and add to new energy that benefits the source material and its creators. The FWAFU coalition believes that this culture is worth celebrating and protecting. If you’ve ever enjoyed a piece of fan work, you probably do, too. Visitfanworksarefairuse.org to join the community and add your voice to the celebration using the hashtag #FanWorksTaughtMe.”

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"The ongoing debate about Tumblr vs Livejournal is like a fan with a hammer arguing with a fan with.

Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1LUVDjM at September 02, 2015 at 11:03AM

“The ongoing debate about Tumblr vs Livejournal is like a fan with a hammer arguing with a fan with screwdriver over who is better at building a waterbed.” ~xlorp (via meeedeee)

subtleaccordions said: and it also repeats every single argument raised in platform vs platform for the last twenty years… *groans*

Nods in agreement. Of course that it is like every other previous platform debate sometimes obscures the fact that we should be debating how the technology platforms work, which are better suited for X purpose, why we might want to invest in something different, and the ways that the platforms are changing how we interact with one another. Are these changes something we want to embrace? Resist? Ignore and get back to writing more MPREG RPS?   Or how about discussing who owns the platforms that we’ve adopted and whether their interests are aligned with ours? 

The fact is,  we often cannot even get to these issues because we keep getting stuck in that binary: X Good. Y Bad. 

Well I am here to tell you: no one is sleeping in that waterbed until we put the damn tools down and start thinking.

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