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crack_van's 2nd off-topic post in the past six years, and so a word of explanation: Last month the neuroscientists who developed this survey got in touch with me through the comm with the idea of distributing a survey to fandom at large. They wanted to share the final data with fandom and other researchers in a fandom-controlled space, and asked if they could do so here. This research will be groundbreaking in their field, and in all of our many discussions over the past month+ they have been unfailingly respectful of fandom's traditions and concerns, and so I was happy to agree.

There's a FAQ explaining their project HERE, and feedback and discussion is invited over on

ogi_ogas's journal.

Please repost far and wide!

ETA: Please feel free to continue to comment here as desired. I've posted some additional info and my own thoughts here.

ETA 2: I WAS WRONG.

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I question the wisdom of throwing this community's support behind this extremely dodgy project. What you do on your own journal is, of course, entirely your prerogative. However, by placing everything mentioned on this community at their disposal, you've involved members who don't want to be involved with this, and have also drawn attention to fics that have been recced here whose authors might not want to make their work quite such easy prey for people who arguably have heteronormativity, fetishization and (reportedly) large amounts of money in mind rather than good scientific research.

I fall into that category of authors whose work has been recced here, and I don't want my work used in any way for their project. I don't feel that they respect those of us who are interested in slash, and I don't think that their questions or methods are sound.

Catherine

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