That's the part of the io9 article that's eating at me right now (aside from the link back to us).

I don't understand why it rankles to have a link here. I know that b.org is supposed to be under the radar, so we don't make it a point to go around advertising ourselves, but it's a public site that anyone is free to peruse and join. I feel the same way about my LJ, which is technically public but I don't want real-life people to find. So I understand the "Crap, people are going to come over here" feeling, but I don't understand the "Grrrr, how could she possibly link to a site that was being discussed?" feeling. What's the linking policy?

P-C wins the internets today.

Hurrah! I will treat them well.

gstraley

Maybe his name is Gus T. Raley.

Just doing my part to help out Polter-Cow.

I appreciate it.

I wonder how to ever find out.

I'll be seeing her at the Writers with Drinks Salon on Sunday, probably.

P-C, my personal discomfort with it is just that all the commenters on the io9 article so far are extremely TV Tropes-fannish and loving (which is totally their right, and I don't begrudge them a bit of that; it's not my beautiful cake, but yay them), and so I'm a little wary of possible kerfuffles if their fannishness collides with our bitterness/burnt-outness.

I'm a little wary of possible kerfuffles if their fannishness collides with our bitterness/burnt-outness.

This, pretty much.

As far as internet etiquette, there's nothing wrong with linking to us. But in this particular case, I'd rather she didn't.

I don't understand the "Grrrr, how could she possibly link to a site that was being discussed?" feeling.

People! You know...people! Actually, it weirds me out, more than bothers me. It's nothing like seeing us listed as Joss's official site on the TV Guide crawler. That was a bunch of wrong.

I'm wagering that most people will just click on tvtropes and get lost there for the better part of the day. Nobody would care enough to construct a URL and check us out.

But I bet not that many people clicked on the link when it appeared anyway. TVTropes is definitely the meat of that article.

I don't understand the "Grrrr, how could she possibly link to a site that was being discussed?" feeling.

For my part, it's not necessarily that it's a high-profile link to us (there's more than a couple of people I like who are here because of a high-profile link). It's because the link to us comes in that specific article.

Or possibly I just got all old and cranky somewhere.

As far as internet etiquette, there's nothing wrong with linking to us.

Ah, got it.

But in this particular case, I'd rather she didn't.

That makes sense. This is not the influx we'd want. Although anyone who was really curious could Google anyway. Thankfully, people on the Internet are lazy.

I'm wagering that most people will just click on tvtropes and get lost there for the better part of the day.

That happens.

Thanks for explaining, guys.

I used to not be able to drink tequila except masked in a margarita and then I had good tequila. I don't like cough syrupy drinks and I'm not a huge fan of gin (I do like a gin & tonic w/ lime on a hot hot day though). None of my bad drinking experiences have led to a prohibition of any kind of liquor in my life. Oh...possibly I wouldn't be able to drink a wine cooler. I haven't had occasion to try one in 20+ years though.

You guys have been cracking me up like crazy these last two days. Thank you.

Thankfully, people on the Internet are lazy.

I've found that many of the commenters on IO9 posts don't click on the link that the post is referring to, so I doubt there'll be much.

I'll have a look at the logs when I get home.

None of my bad drinking experiences have led to a prohibition of any kind of liquor in my life.

Me neither. At least, not any more. Anything bad from 20 years ago is well gone now.

Is the link to the overall site itself, or to a particular thread? If the former, I have every confidence we can throw up a sufficiently thick barrier of nattering about snow, recipes, politics, the Olympics, and Supernatural reruns that anyone who wouldn't fit in with board culture will be driven away long before they find out anything about Gus' posting history to get polarized over.