I think that's what I'm doing now--I'm writing for a small handful of people, and making my stories available only to people I "know." They're not flung out into the world because I know that for me, that way lies madness.

I also think online fandom has encouraged people's inner sociopaths. They're fannish fundamentalists, where any behavior is acceptable because what they're defending is the Way, the Truth, and the Light.

I am having more fun since I removed these people from my life.