So. I’ve decided not to publish the article on hockey fandom. Instead we’ll be publishing a much narrower, shorter piece on lockout-related internet memes
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Thank you for your comment. I appreciate what you're saying, and I will try to keep it in mind for the future.
But when I see 1D fans, poddficcers, and hockey fans all saying that you are misrepresenting or upsetting them, I get a bit wary that it's not just the wanksters or the "lock down the fic the sky is falling" types going back at it again. I get wary because it says, to me, that you haven't yet figured out that being a fan yourself doesn't stop you from accidentally misrepresenting fandom, or not understanding and articulating fannish perspectives that are different from your own, or even, horror of horrors!, being an asshole.
In my defense, this comment overlooks all the times I've reported on fandoms that i'm not in and gotten only positive feedback from members of those fandoms (Janoskians, Twilight, the Lorax, Sherlock, Nerdfighters, to name some examples off the top of my head).
Both of the examples you named above (1d, podfic) are really different from each other, but I also, in my defense, wish to note that I consulted my editors in each instance in order to see whether a retraction or an apology or a clarification was needed. In both instances, my editors found that no change was needed.
no, it's okay. i know better than anyone that if i do something right 10 times, i will inevitably screw up so badly on the 11th time that no one will ever remember the first ten.
Well ... that's true of anyone when someone makes a mistake. Doing the right thing ten times doesn't absolve you from that 11th time. But, yes, your point stands, I did only take into account some examples of your reporting, not all.
Thank you for your comment. I appreciate what you're saying, and I will try to keep it in mind for the future.
But when I see 1D fans, poddficcers, and hockey fans all saying that you are misrepresenting or upsetting them, I get a bit wary that it's not just the wanksters or the "lock down the fic the sky is falling" types going back at it again. I get wary because it says, to me, that you haven't yet figured out that being a fan yourself doesn't stop you from accidentally misrepresenting fandom, or not understanding and articulating fannish perspectives that are different from your own, or even, horror of horrors!, being an asshole.
In my defense, this comment overlooks all the times I've reported on fandoms that i'm not in and gotten only positive feedback from members of those fandoms (Janoskians, Twilight, the Lorax, Sherlock, Nerdfighters, to name some examples off the top of my head).
Both of the examples you named above (1d, podfic) are really different from each other, but I also, in my defense, wish to note that I consulted my editors in each instance in order to see whether a retraction or an apology or a clarification was needed. In both instances, my editors found that no change was needed.
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no, it's okay. i know better than anyone that if i do something right 10 times, i will inevitably screw up so badly on the 11th time that no one will ever remember the first ten.
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