dear people-who-delete-their-journals

[lirazel]

Dear people-who-delete-their-journals,

Why do you have to do this to me? Why can't you just flock the whole thing except for your fic? WHY DO YOU TAKE THE PRETTY FIC AWAY FROM ME?

Heartbrokenly yours,

Lauren


Dear readers,

I make this promise to you: I won't delete any of my fic unless it's necessary because I'm turning it into something to publish (which probably won't happen, because I don't tend to write things it's easy to file the serial numbers off of). I will not cause you this deep existential distress I am currently feeling.

Love and hugs and kisses,

Lauren

Comments

[silverusagi]

Ugh, I hate this, too. And I know I shouldn't, because entitled much? It's their journal. But I can't help it. Fic, and especially journals that had commentfic memes or large fandom discussions or great meta, I just get so upset when they're gone.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I know, exactly. Like, I really don't want to be that entitled person, and I'm all for people erasing their internet footprints if that's what they want to do. But...can't they archive their stufff somewhere else before they do? Please? Pretty please?

[silverusagi]

I've just taken to saving every fanfic that I might want to revisit, ever.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

That's smart. I have them all in saved in delicious or favorites on the sites or whatever, but I should probably just buy a new external harddrive and save everything ever to it. *sigh*

[snickfic]

I would like to point out that Pinboard offers a service where, for $25 a year, they'll keep archived copies of ALL YOUR BOOKMARKED PAGES. It's not something I've done, but it's tempting.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU SERIOUS.

I am doing that. I'll have to clear out a bunch of the useless bookmarks I already have and add a ton more but I AM DOING THAT. It's totally worth $25 to me. Bless you!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

All my dreams.