Rewritten for the dawn of fandom's Livejournal migration (2002):
"Absolutely, LJ is a time sink and decisions must be made, or else the days extended to 48 hours each. Also, LJ is not a place to leave/receive deep and long thoughts.  It is great for multi-fandom exposure and schmoozing and human contact (yes, I mean human — I've been touched in heart-warming ways by many people on LJ even if I don't remember why I added them to my friendslist in the first place). But the thoughts evaporate and you find yourself repeating yourself every week or so. For memes and icons LJ is a powerful tool, but for thematic development and thoughtful discourse LJs are made of teflon."

Rewritten for today (2014):

"Absolutely, Tumblr is a time sink and decisions must be made, or else the days extended to 48 hours each. Also, Tumblr is not  a place to leave/receive deep and long thoughts. It is great for feels and exuberance and human contact (yes, I mean human — I've been touched in heart-warming ways by many people on Tumblr even though I've never interacted with them). But the thoughts evaporate and you find yourself repeating yourself every day or so. For gifsets and screencaps, it is a powerful tool, but for thematic development and thoughtful discourse Tumblr is made of teflon."

One Copyright to rule them all, One ACTA to find them, One Trademark to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

As I drifted off to sleep one night, my mind wrote an unauthorized derivative story where Frodo “Fan Writer”  Baggins journeys to bring the One Ring of Copyright to the fires of Mount Muse in order to destroy  Sauron  “RIAA-ProAuthor’s¹” stifling grip on MiddleEarthFandom. He is accompanied by loyal Sam “Will Kill You If You Try Anything” Gamgee ² who, when Frodo collapses on Mount Muse cries: “I may not be able to write naught but Mary Sues Master Frodo, but I have enough lies and lays in me to carry you up this mountain.”  Sadly, as Frodo³ is about to cast the ring into the fires of Mount Muse, his resolve wavers and he is tempted by the whispering lure of “going pro.”  But Gollum, a “Faustian Fan” who once sold a rewritten fan novel to a small press, shows up to snatch the ring.  As Gollum gleefully dances in victory, he accidentally trips and falls into the fiery pit with the ring clutched to his chest, thereby freeing fan writers the world over from the slavery of passive consumerism and an Internet silenced by corporations. 

          1. Sauron was once an angelic immortal being but fell prey to the corrupting influence of Morgoth  “MPAA”.  Tolkien noted that "it had been his virtue (and therefore also the cause of his fall ...) that he loved order and coordination, and disliked all confusion and wasteful fiction [sic]."

           2. Also accompanying him are "Gandalf the OTW" and numerous other companions from all corners of MiddleEarthFandom (vidders, gamers, anime fans, remixers), but they are eventually separated on their long journey. They all show up near the end of my unauthorized derivative story to engage in an epic battle with Sauron’s forces to buy Frodo and Sam time to destroy the One Ring of Copyright.  Their heroism is part of a WIP  that I plan to finish as soon as I wake up.
3. Often referred to as "the larger hobbit" or the "smaller hobbit" or the "disturbingly attractive" one, depending on who he is with and how tall and/or pervy they are.