Two Important Fannish Items, And A Meme

[calliopes_pen]

This is important: If you have an account on any of the Gawker affiliates, (Gawker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, Lifehacker, io9, or Fleshbot) your account may have been compromised. They were hacked, and the ones responsible managed to get user account passwords and e-mail addresses. More information can be found here. While I regularly read Io9, Jezebel, Gawker, and Kotaku, I’ve never registered with them to post a comment, so I’m okay. I just wanted to spread the word to anyone that hadn't heard yet. Consumerist may have also been compromised, given that they used to be part of the Gawker circle--see the comments for a link to their response.

It looks like Inksome will be closing. You have until April to save anything you might have over there.

And now, a meme, taken from musesfool:

If you had to pick one fic of mine that is the one you identify with me, what would it be?

My fanfic can be found through this tag.

It’s –12 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and everything is closed. With Forever Knight, I’m currently up to an episode by the name of I Will Repay. After that, I'll watch the season finale of Lost Girl.

ETA: It took a while for me to make the connection. Catherine Disher was also the voice of Jean Grey in X-Men: TAS. It took her saying "Nick, no!" a certain way for me to recognize the voice.

ETA 2: And I've added Consumerist to the list, thanks to joyeuxnoel.

Comments

[kantayra.livejournal.com]

ETA: It took a while for me to make the connection. Catherine Disher was also the voice of Jean Grey in X-Men: TAS. It took her saying "Nick, no!" a certain way for me to recognize the voice.

Haha! Does she say anything other than "Nick, no!" *likes to think this actress never gets any other lines* :P

[calliopes_pen]

You're right. It is starting to feel that way, actually. That, and "Oh, Nick!" Said in the exact same way as she used to shout "Oh, Scott!" in X-Men.

Now, I'm just waiting for a Dark Phoenix moment to pop in. I don't think it will happen, but knowing she also played Jean Grey doesn't help matters.

[joyeuxnoel.livejournal.com]

You might want to add Consumerist to that list as well. They used to be part of the Gawker network until they were sold. After the sale the purged all passwords but they figure a lot of people just signed up with the same information as before.

[calliopes_pen]

Thank you. Adding them to the list right now.

[joyeuxnoel.livejournal.com]

No prob. Consumerist also has a post on it here (http://consumerist.com/2010/12/hackers-swipe-gawker-users-passwords-emails.html).

(They weren't actually hacked but since they used to be part of the Gawker network, they'd rather their readers err on the side of caution.)

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Fortunately I've never signed up with that particular network, but that bites.

(Do we know if this has anything to do with Anonymous dogpiling on various websites in the wake of l'affaire Wikileaks?)

Pity about Inksome, but I did get the impression it stagnated after an initial rally.

[calliopes_pen]

A specific group claimed credit for it, but I don't know if they are in any way connected to Anonymous. There were rumors of it in the comments on either Jezebel or Io9, but nobody has really confirmed or denied that detail.

For a couple months there, I remember hearing people wanted to move RPG's over to Inksome. The few times I went over there, it did feel like a ghost town.

Edit: Okay, did some more digging. It is not related in any way to the Anonymous issue. Gawker just so happened to sort of insult the group involved, according to a comment at Io9. This is the result.

Also, they've had everyone's information since mid-November. Gawker only just found out about everything. Io9 has a post about it here, and in the comments is a bit more.

[sherlock2040.livejournal.com]

I have registered to comment with i09, so it now makes complete sense that gmail said there had been suspicious activity on my account and made me jump through hoops to reset it!