Yeah, this is a big part of what I was trying to express in your DW, only you are actually pithy and make sense. And so many fandom meta discussions are with other fans (from LJ comments to Tumblr reblogs) it can be hard to separate that out.

ITA that including a link to a Wayback or WebCite copy is a bit....iffy, especially if the original post has since been locked, or deleted. There's the "well, you posted it publicly on the internet (dumbass)" type argument, but maybe Sally doesn't want to be part of the meta project, even via a link. Figuring out consent re online spaces is tricky, and it's good to have discussion of it beforehand, I think.