Lawndale Commons

Lawndale Commons was a Daria fan site run by Michelle Klein-Hass. Founded in 1998, at the www.2cowherd.net/catseye/thecommons/ web address, it consisted of a message board, chat, artwork, links, news about MTV, and specially selected fanfiction. The message board was the biggest draw, following the demise of older message boards. It required users to get prior approval before posting and consisted of threads of posts in a long string. Older posts would be pushed to the bottom and eventually destroyed by the board's innate "meat grinder" style. Michelle Klein-Hass, with the help of one or two moderators, kept the message board under control. This drew some criticism from other fans, who felt that they should be able to speak freely. This criticism grew more heated, to the point that one user's insults prompted MKH to yank the message board in late 1999/early 2000.