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Few things that some of you might find interesting:

Facebook decided yesterday that my real name wasn't real enough because I used only initials for my first name. Frak you facebook - see why real name policies are unethical and how my name is me has responded to these sort of policies, including identifying 'who is harmed'.

fandom_on_dreamwidth; Despite Dreamwidth's reputation for being fandom-centric, finding opportunities to participate in fannish activities here, rather than on other sites, can occasionally be a little bit difficult…[this] is a venue for promoting your festivals, challenges, exchanges, memes, calls for recs, meta and/or commentary and all other things fannish that are hosted in a Dreamwidth community or personal journal. - via dw_community_promo

a comic strip that talks about how really only two things happen to female characters, rape and pregnancy. And posits an interesting way of balancing the scales – via alderspring

Also, water is wet, or why tv execs need to get a clue: The social media analytics company Banyan Branch produced a report on social media chatter regarding the upcoming fall US television season and revealed that fan activity is not equivalent to show ratings. While this is likely of no surprise to many fans (Firefly, anyone?), such data may help networks get a broader understanding of what their ratings mean for a given show in terms of how it's actually connecting with its audience. report link> - via otw_news_feed

And, finally, Thronelanders, I've made a couple of fairly crappy sig tags for throneland - here - but please, for points for us both, feel free to make me some more :D

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