Our Fannish Pseuds
Our Fannish Pseuds Keeping them secret, keeping them safe.
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Table of contents
Table of contents 01 Why is it important to keep your anonymity in fandom? Importance 02 Why they matter and some tips Your Pseud & Email 04 Bios, planning pseud portfolios, what fascinating things authors have done Info to Disclose 03 Passwords & security tools of note Security Then we discusssss stuff!
Why is anonymity so important?
While we want to love and trust strangers on the Internet enough to share some PII because they're fans of the same stuff, don't until it’s been a VERY SLOW BURN 02 It lets you be you Why is anonymity so important? “I’m arting nothing but vanilla fluff I have nothing to hide.”This presentation:: /spray bottle/ NO! Do not normalize or justify surveillance 01 You don’t need a reason to be anon A piece of art may awaken something within you and you’ll be grateful you kept your anonymity so you can develop and explore yourself without pressure to fit a reputation 03 You might need it in the future The number of people I know who started out being out in fandom before feeling comfortable to be out IRL *chef’s kiss* 04 Despite how much you want to share…
That said, fan conventions
That said, fan conventions In the case of an emergency. May require you to give your real name “Omg monsterfucker sixty-nine are you okay? You want me to call 9-1-1?”
We Looooove the Lurkers
We Looooove the Lurkers Lurk everywhere; get a feel for a community first
Everything starts with your pseud and an e-mail ●Long term pseuds cultivate reliability and friendships ●Building a reputation●Creating your pseud is really exciting, and you may go through several depending on if you want a fresh start or you've moved fandoms ●All of them are special
With a fannish email, you can create and sign up for…
With a fannish email, you can create and sign up for… Bangs, exchanges, zines contributions, bingos, kinkmemes, etc. Fannish events faves like AO3, FFnet, Tumblr, LJ, Twitter, etc. Websites To further compartmentalize all your locally stored fannish content(Or try Linux! If you have a spare old laptop, consider it! (I am!)) A Separate Windows Profile
Email
Email Gmail - tracks everything, but their free cloud storage max is more than anyone, cloud processing speeds are great, integrations are fantasticOutlook - less cloud storage, Outlook/OneDrive is less intuitive imo, cloud processing glitchesProtonmail - is rolling out its storage drive but no cloud processing; works like Dropbox
The 3 Laws of Password Security
The 3 Laws of Password Security A mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters Strong and unique 01 Anything tied to your money or your fannish pseud that you don’t want compromised EVER Change them every 6-12 mo 02 I know it’s inconvenient but it’s less inconvenient than identity fraud, theft, or doxxing. Use MFA Whenever You Can 03
Password Managers
●Really valuable as password organizers ime○Need to plug the Digital Shred Workshop●Bought Lastpass and I’ve loved the security meter●Love all the (more secure) integrations with my phone, my browsers, etc.●Love the strong password generator Password Managers
AO3 Doesn’t track that many stats
AO3 Doesn’t track that many stats Yay privacy! FFnet does track a lot of stats Country, time zones, etc.
Security Stuff to Try
Security Stuff to Try Consider your…Browsers●Firefox○Firefox Multi-Account Containers●Tor●BraveChat●Signal (which is taking away its SMS support! :(Email●ProtonmailVPNs●I use SetupVPN - free, sign up with an email, and never got flagged Any other favorites tools that keep your identities separate?●Twitter’s native account switcher●Private Internet Access VPN - make it so some programs ONLY WORK when it’s on●ExpressVPN●FirefoxVPN●Best VPNs do charge $$ bc free ones still may store your info & if they’re subpoena’d you’re SoL●1Password for a password manager●uBlock Origin and other ad blockers are really important! Recs From Confab Attendees!:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic FrontierFoundation The EFF is an AWESOME nonprofit that often works with Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive (archive.org)Link to their tools page
Bios Best Practices ●A/S/L not recommended, unless it were vague like the Decade you’re in/Pronouns/Nearest City●Don’t share your squicks or triggers●Share what you love, a summary of what people will see on your blog/account/etc.
Digital Shred and Pseud Portfolio
Digital Shred and Pseud Portfolio https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/berks/digitalshred
Fascinating Case Studies; Fic Authors and Their Pseuds
Fascinating Case Studies;Fic Authors and Their Pseuds ●OC authors will not reveal their pseuds, not even under threat of death●OC authors low-key share their pseuds●Have a semi-professional OC fannish pseud●Fic authors keep their pseud for OC and self-publish under it●Create anonymous LLCs in the 4-5 states where it’s legal so that they can publish OC super anonymously ●Write fanfic of their original novels mixed with their favorite fandom●Creating slightly different pseuds for soft or gen content and smut or dark content
Thanks!
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