I cleaned h_w off my f-list a couple of weeks ago and haven't really been there since. I don't miss it, not at all. Like you, I have the people whose writing I like on my personal reading list, and the rest at h_w is usually less than entertaining. Mostly it makes me wanna punch my computer screen.

My rant above was not so much about defending either comm or attacking anyone involved in the discussion personally (except maybe the people of the two wanky comments I linked, because they both deserve it).

My rant was actually this: in the House/Wilson fandom, we have house_wilson, a comm that prides itself in being SRSBZNS and at the same time mainly consists of posts about Sims, and we have the Capslockers, who pride themselves in not being SRSBZNS. Well, they aren't. I'm really not one of the capslock haters - I'm a member of the comm, after all. What I don't like is the very personal fandom member bashing that happens from time to time, but this is the internet. If I don't like it, I stay away.

Well, but that leaves people like me a precious little amount of places to go. If I want the crazee, I check out CLH. I used to check h_w for fic, but they annoyed me so much with their Sims-shit that I think it'll be a while until I can go back there. Besides, the good fic at h_w is sparse.

What I think we need is, as I said, a strictly moderated comm where it's simply not allowed to post every and any sort of shit. moony tried to set one up when she was launching the hausvilson project. House fandom, however, in all its wanky glory, wailed about elitism, and the comm died. Which leaves the fandom stuck with a lot of comms where you can go for craziness or mindless fannishness, but lacking a place to go when you're for once not in the mood for silliness.

So, just to clarify, this was not against you or your comm. This was against the atmosphere in the House fandom in general. Because it sucks.

Shutting up now ;).