The DoggShit Website

The DoggShit Website was a short-lived website. It was created as a screed, a witch hunt list of authors who had written fiction with a focus or possibly even mild mention of the X-Files character John Doggett.
The DoggShit Website was online for a short time the end of June 2001, possibly the beginning of July 2001 "The site is gone. I suspect it was TOS'd, but I'm
just guessing." -- July 14, 2001 post at alt.tv.x-files.creative , and was present for a contentious time for many X-Files fans. In March of that year, Laurie Haynes had banned the archival of any Doggett-centric fiction at Xemplary, the alt.tv.x-files.creative fiction repository. "From now on, Xemplary will no longer archive stories which feature or heavily involve Doggett or Reyes. We have enough to archive as it is without adding these new people. For the time being, you may continue to post such stories to the XFC lists, but once the autoarchiving program is instituted (don't know when it will be finished), we will ask that you not post them on the XFC lists. I pay to host Xemplary and I also paid to have ads removed from XFC so our stories could be automatically imported to the newsgroup. I choose to pay this, so that's not a problem, I'm just stating this to explain the ownership status. I understand that Doggett has some fans. Someone might want to consider starting a Doggett-centric mailing list for those looking for stories concentrating on him." -- xfc: Change in Xemplary policy, Laurie Haynes, March 6, 2001 This was due to her intense hatred of the character, one she carried over to the rest of fandom. Haynes' rough use of the term, "Doggshit," on February 28, 2001, shortly before she banned Doggett fic at Xemplary, is an example of a term Doggett haters used: "You can have the ugly Dogshit (AKA Doggett). His insertion has completely ruined the show, with the help of Chris Carter's and 1013's bad writing." -X-files Update at rec.arts.tv. 
While the website was a primitive hate-site and should be regarded as such, it is also a reflection of the intense opinions of certain fans, as well as the new-found freedoms the relatively new "online" culture provided. While trollish wanks happened on every USENET list, the splinter groups of the bigger internet world made it possible for fans to not get along even more. The schism came at the same time that Livejournal began to rise up and take the place of the old Yahoo lists.
While the owners/creater/s of the DoggShit website are unknown, many fans speculated it was Laurie Haynes alone or a combination of her and her supporters. At the very least, the fire flamed by her anti-Doggett comments were the spearhead for this website. For some of this anti-Doggett controversy see Xemplary.
==The Content of the Website==
While the site itself had been recently taken offline, a fan reposted its content to alt.tv.x-files.creative on June 13, 2001.
==Fan Reaction==
A few fans thought the website was a parody, but many more saw it as just one more attack on a character and fans who supported, or even tolerated, that character. 
Some fans were glad to be warned of Doggett fic. Some fans were thrilled to have an easy list of authors/stories they would like to seek out. 
A few fans wrote a quick Doggett/Scully fic that would assure that they would be on the list.
Several fans commented that they were proud to be on the posted list, citing the good company they found there.
===Comments at alt.tv.x-files.creative (June 2001)===
[Sharon Cheever]: 
[Lisa K.]: 
[Teddi Litman]: 
[Laurie Haynes]: 
[Teddi Litman]: 
[wolfen]: 
[XFDragon1]: 
[Kipler]: 
[TexxasRose]: 
[Barbara]: 
[Laurie Haynes]: 
[Mary]: 
[Cindy]: 
[deleted post by Kimberly Stone]: 
[Deslea K. Judd]: 
[Kim]: 
===Comments Elsewhere===
==Further Reading/Meta/Discourse==
* , conversation at alt.tv.x-files.creative, starting June 12, 2001
* conversation at alt.tv.x-files.creative, starting August 24, 2001
==References==
category:X-Files Websites
category:2001 Websites