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eta: eta, SMOFs are usually people who run conventions.

Poll #11671 SMOF

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The term "SMOF", Secret Masters of Fandom, is supposed to be read as ironic or joking

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Yes
11 (23.4%)

No
2 (4.3%)

It depends upon context
11 (23.4%)

This is the first time I've heard the term
18 (38.3%)

My answer cannot be contained by this poll
5 (10.6%)

Pursuant to last post

Am I understanding this correctly?

1. There have been some recent scandals at SF/F and geek conventions regarding sexual harassment, as summed up nicely in this io9 article:
The Great Geek Sexism Debate

2. There is some kind of SMOF email mailing list in which people are making fools of themselves, calling victims harassers and that sort of thing. "SMOF" means people who run conventions; I always thought it was a joke since running conventions is in my world the sort of volunteer job one gets roped into. (I volunteer for WisCon).

3. People/unknown heroes of the revolution reposted some content of the mailing list on Tumblr: http://smofslist.tumblr.com/

4. SMOFs got upset.