: Thursday, July 24, 2008
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ltlj: I was talking to someone about the Laura - I was talking to someone .... in regard to deleting fanfic, trying to protect present and future professional identities, and basically how when we started out in fandom, we never thought this would become an issue at all. -- liviapenn: Laura Hale: Sole proprietor of a unique marketing opportunity - The thing you have to remember about Laura Hale, guys? It's all about the Benjamins.//She's on record-- years ago on mailing lists,[...]on Twitter-- everything she does is about driving more visitors to her wiki, in order to be able to make money off it. -
- p_zeitgeist: Meta: A brief note on reviewing - To decline to criticize any creative work, in any medium, is inherently and unavoidably to refuse to take it seriously as a work of art. -
- synecdochic: "Cult of nice" vs. "cult of mean", round 2847, fightConcrit is different than commentary is different than review is different than recommendation, and all of these are different than flaming.
- celli: I am not impressed with your grasp of logic. - I'm so glad you've never had to be concerned for your personal safety and guard your personal information from strangers[...]Over on this corner of the planet, though, there are people who have to face anything from ridicule to personal danger -
- lennoxmacbeth: FANDOM CAN GO TO HELL - Why don't I have a problem with FanHistory? Here's why: -
- cimness: Feedback vs reviews, conflation of; the public and private spheres of fandom - There's a wavery line in fandom between the public (which recs and reviews by nature are) and the private (which feedback is generally considered to be, even though it is frequently performed in public -
- darsynia: Did NOT see this coming... - FanLib is Shutting Down.[...]I was prepared to feel at least a little sorry for them, but perusing the forums again has netted NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER about this decision. I don't visit the site anywhere near as often as I used to -
- princessofg: Fan.Lib is shutting down. - Their home page announces they're shutting down Aug. 4, and they give authors a chance to download their submissions if they want to move them...Anybody seen any press on why they decided to do this? -
- cofax7: The wisdom of the outraged masses - There's this thing called the Wisdom of Masses, yeah? It's why Wikipedia works. But you have to have an invested community that thinks their efforts will be useful and respected -
- affectingly: Things That Make You Go 'Hmmm.' [Making Money in Fandom] - Does fandom honestly think that someone who has so-called âœinsider knowledgeâ about how we think and work shouldnâ™t use that to their advantage if they have an idea that could make them money and potentially be of use to us? -