I don't want people to feel like they have to constantly walk on eggshells, but a certain amount of awareness of who might be reading something and how it might affect them is good for everyone.
Oh, yes, this is really important, there has to be a balance, because if you worry too much about how other people might take what you say, you can end up not daring to speak at all. And honestly, it's so easy to say things that hurt or just annoy people without meaning to.
My original post was more on that side of it, and I think that's important too, to acknowledge that one side of fandom -- especially small fandoms like this -- is that it's really easy to step on toes and ruffle feathers and discourage people without meaning to, and there needs to be both a willingness to apologize and a willingness to forgive if we're all going to get along. But yeah, just sparing some thought to who might read our posts and what might encourage or discourage them, that's a good place to start.
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Date: 2019-11-18 11:19 am (UTC)Oh, yes, this is really important, there has to be a balance, because if you worry too much about how other people might take what you say, you can end up not daring to speak at all. And honestly, it's so easy to say things that hurt or just annoy people without meaning to.
My original post was more on that side of it, and I think that's important too, to acknowledge that one side of fandom -- especially small fandoms like this -- is that it's really easy to step on toes and ruffle feathers and discourage people without meaning to, and there needs to be both a willingness to apologize and a willingness to forgive if we're all going to get along. But yeah, just sparing some thought to who might read our posts and what might encourage or discourage them, that's a good place to start.