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Questions, I've got questions

  • Sep. 10th, 2009 at 1:10 PM
crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
So whose idea was it to chat up the Supernatural season premiere on Twitter by making #luciferiscoming a trending topic? Was that some kind of consensus alternative when nothing on the first slate of #deaniscrying, #samisshirtless, #brothersarehugging, #castielismycopilot, and #ofcoursebobbyisstillgrumpy got a majority of votes? Or is there some kind of fan campaign to market the show to Satanists?

And hey, while I'm asking -- you know that thing where someone makes an LJ post, and then one or more people comment, "This."? Is that just an LJ/fandom/et al. thing, or does it happen on other kinds of blogs? When did it start -- and more importantly, where will it end?

And another thing! The whole "Signal Boost" in subject lines when you're linking to something -- where did that come from? Is it a Firefly thing? Just how many of my pet peeves can I blame on Joss Whedon?



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[personal profile] karmageddon wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2009 09:25 pm (UTC)
Satanists: An Emerging Demographic!
Signal-boosting is a Firefly (technically Serenity!) reference.

I HAAAATTTTTEE the 'this' thing. Sounds self-righteous or something? I'm sure that's not the way it's meant.
crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2009 09:40 pm (UTC)
Re: Satanists: An Emerging Demographic!
Sounds self-righteous or something? I'm sure that's not the way it's meant.

I know what you mean; intentionally or not, it often comes across to me as, "FINALLY someone else gets it, unlike everybody else who's been fumbling to articulate X." Whereas the people posting 'this' comments probably just mean it as shorthand for "I agree with this."