Okay. On journalfen.net there is indeed a place called 'fandom_wank' (no ed).
They have rules there. The generally accepted ettiquette is that you only wank public entries, that you never troll the person's journal, but you CAN go over to that person's journal and argue with them (as in, "Don't you know you're being a complete tit?" even if they're not.)
There's all sorts of pretty rules (That you can read here (http://www.journalfen.net/userinfo.bml?user=fandom_wank)) but in the end, the real experience of wankerage is far less friendly, witty and urbane than some pro-wankers might say.
It usually ends up like you say. Hordes of people attacking someone's journal and telling them how stupid they think you are. I've seen people brought to tears from this. I've seen people shut down entire journals from it. Sometimes, yes, the journal really is terrible but I tend to have the belief that while you're free to disagree with people, you're not free to make their online lives a living hell. The freedom of speech thing does not include harrassment.
So, in short, the answer is 'yes'. It does exist and it does happen. Want that gun?
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Date: 2005-10-27 09:19 am (UTC)They have rules there. The generally accepted ettiquette is that you only wank public entries, that you never troll the person's journal, but you CAN go over to that person's journal and argue with them (as in, "Don't you know you're being a complete tit?" even if they're not.)
There's all sorts of pretty rules (That you can read here (http://www.journalfen.net/userinfo.bml?user=fandom_wank)) but in the end, the real experience of wankerage is far less friendly, witty and urbane than some pro-wankers might say.
It usually ends up like you say. Hordes of people attacking someone's journal and telling them how stupid they think you are. I've seen people brought to tears from this. I've seen people shut down entire journals from it. Sometimes, yes, the journal really is terrible but I tend to have the belief that while you're free to disagree with people, you're not free to make their online lives a living hell. The freedom of speech thing does not include harrassment.
So, in short, the answer is 'yes'. It does exist and it does happen. Want that gun?