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Jun 03, 2007 10:35

Pawprints Of The Mind - FanLib Association-Chain
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Being blissfully ignorant of fanfic as a whole (besides the slash stereotypes), the fact that fanfic is a 'female space' with the associated politics and ethics has come as rather a shock. As has trying harder to wrap my head around what business would look like if the Old Boy networks of ( Read more... )

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lttledvl June 3 2007, 18:32:10 UTC

And fanlib just slimed the most influential, well-connected, and well-respected people in fanfic. Now their users will mostly be newbies, who aren't likely to stick around if it's clear that being in the community means rejecting fanlib.That's not necessarily true; yah some may bail (I would hope) but others are going to stick around solely for the potiental promise of commerical publication (which I have no idea if fanlib is still throwing out there or not - I haven't seen it much recently ( ... )

scarah2 June 3 2007, 18:40:40 UTC

fanlib is more active than places like FF

Active in what way?

lttledvl June 3 2007, 19:01:06 UTC

Active in what way?

As far as communication between authors and updated stories.

Again, this may apply only to particular fandoms and it's not to say that it isn't active at all, but I've seen plenty of stories there that are not completed and haven't been updated in a year.

And FF's forums are a joke...

scarah2 June 3 2007, 19:13:40 UTC

Communication on the forums you mean? Yeah, I can see that. I'm not sure the mods are helping though, lol. FF.net forums certainly are made of WTF.

I have the luxury of being in the biggest fandom since Jesus, so it's good to get the other side.

BWAHAHAHA! lavenderfrost June 3 2007, 19:18:07 UTC

I have the luxury of being in the biggest fandom since Jesus

*DED*

...

*TWICE*

Re: BWAHAHAHA! scarah2 June 3 2007, 19:25:09 UTC

Sad but nearly true. I think Mao-Tse and the Quran have still sold more though.

Re: BWAHAHAHA! lttledvl June 3 2007, 19:47:33 UTC

that...

icon...

hahahahahaha!!!!!

*falls on floor*

lttledvl June 3 2007, 19:50:16 UTC

FF.net forums certainly are made of WTF.

I agree, that's assuming they've even been updated since like...the stone age.

I have the luxury of being in the biggest fandom since Jesus, so it's good to get the other side.

Yah, I'm in a smallish one, though my first intro to fanfic was Stargate Atlantis. I expect that I'll come back to it eventually...

sapphirecat June 7 2007, 02:00:12 UTC

Did they only send 'invitations' to LJ members? I had assumed that if they were after fanfiction as a whole, they would've tried a little harder than that.

It's also become clearer to me since writing that post that fanfic isn't one solid entity. My apologies for that; I hate it when a diverse community of which I'm a member gets considered as a single blob with identical motives.

lttledvl June 7 2007, 02:40:45 UTC

They did at first, citing that they wanted they highest quality writers. That approach quickly backfired when the vast majority of those writers looked at their original TOS (which has since mutated many times over) and quickly turned tails on them.

Now it's open to everyone; and given some of the fics appearing, it shows. I got no issues with A/N's provided they're at the beginning or the end of a story, but right in the middle? And repeatedly?

I'm sorry, but I feel that if you use an A/N to explain something in your fic, you need to put forth a bit more effort into your writing to get that point across.

My personal opinion on that; sorry, no intent to offend anyone...

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