ext_7307 ([identity profile] rusty_halo.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rusty_halo 2006-06-28 05:52 pm (UTC)

Here's the wank. It's absolutely fascinating and worth reading:
http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/1074.html

But yeah, basically one person pretended to be many (both her own fans and worshippers, and also various vicious trolls who attacked her with racist and homophobic insults). And the goal of it all was to become popular in Harry Potter fandom and make friends with the well-known "Big Name Fans."

It's basically like a study of individual and group psychology in the internet age.

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