A recent editorial on the Helix/Sanders disaster brings up FanLib's founders as an example of how to totally screw things up when dealing with online fandom: Do Not Tease Nor Feed The Fans at FireFox News.

Quote: If you behave like an ass fandom will notice that you are braying.This is at least the fourth time I've seen FanLib appear as a disaster ( Read more... )

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/580000458/post/850020685.html

Gee, I'd like to see life through rose coloured glasses like she does.

Thought: With the WGA strike, what if producers started pulling things like the L Word contest more frequently

I've been tracking press on FanLib since May, 2007. Most of it is mind-numbing market speak at BusinessWire, a website you pay to host your press release in hopes someone will discover it. I ignore these, because how many times do we need to hear about The L-Word fanisode ( Read more... )

Pawprints Of The Mind - FanLib Association-Chain
Exerpt:
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... )

Mary McNamara's excellent article on the FanLib debacle has been linked to at slashdot.org, the world's biggest technophile website.

Commenting is lively.

I suspect an awful lot of the negative reaction comes from three factors ( Read more... )

Hey Fanlib! (An open letter from a marketer watching yet another fan connected company self harm)

Interesting read.

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FanLib, and the resulting backlash, has been mentioned on the BBC Radio 5Live blogs site here, (second post down). The blogger, Chris Vallance, has apparently invited the FanLib board in for an interview. This should be interesting ( Read more... )