LJDrama

Website
Name:	LJDrama (ljdrama)
Owner/Maintainer:	Hepkitten
Dates:	June–September 2002 (community) c. 2002–2006 (website)
Type:	Gossip
Fandom:	LiveJournal/general
URL:	ljdrama.org (archive link) ljdrama Community Info at LiveJournal (archive link) ljdramamods at LiveJournal
Site banner in 2005, featuring a broken version of LiveJournal's pencil logo
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LJDrama was a website documenting "drama" on LiveJournal. It started as a LJ community but was banned for TOS violations, so moved to its own website. Only a small portion of the content was fandom related.

In 2004, members of the site created the controversial wiki Encyclopedia Dramatica. The team also created the LiveJournal archiving tool Frienditto in 2005, reportedly intended for "limited use by insider LJDrama authors and Encyclopedia Dramatica editors for archiving in their posts".

Fandom Wank Wiki stated:

One could write a whole essay about the differences between LJDrama and FW, maybe hitting points about how a fandom-centered community attracts fanfic writers, and therefore you get posts and comments that are all about buttsecks and boobies actually well-written, as opposed to just "LOL FURRIES", and how the members might have more in mind than just getting "lulz", but that would be wanky. And boring. And probably elitist.

Not that it would be wrong, mind you.

Example Reports on Fandom

• Harry Potter Pedophilia Fan Fic (20 November 2002), a debate about whether Harry Potter communities pottersandwich and parryhotter are "pedophilia"
• icon stealing drama (31 December 2002), alleged Lord of the Rings icon plagiarism
• Fangirls gone Wild! (08 October 2003), regarding fans giving Harry Potter actors "Twins Against Twincest" signs and HP fandom's reactions

See Also

• LJDrama at Encyclopedia Dramatica
• LJ Drama at Wikipedia, article now deleted (AfD)