Comments | st_reboot: Ship Wars Ads

titti in st_reboot

Ship Wars Ads

Dec 30, 2009 23:40

All Ship War Ads are being removed for the following reasons:

1. No permission was previously asked
2. We've received multiple complains about these ads
3. They tend to lead to wank.

You can still advertise in reply to THIS post. I'm adding a tag so people can find it.

ship wars, !mod post

Comments 17

yahtzee63 December 31 2009, 04:47:34 UTC

Thanks, mods!

titti December 31 2009, 05:01:39 UTC

You're welcome.

vickyblueeyez December 31 2009, 04:53:46 UTC

they could advertise them at startrekpromo

titti December 31 2009, 05:01:29 UTC

Yes, and I'm perfectly fine with having all the ads in this post for people to find.

clancy_s December 31 2009, 06:29:22 UTC

Thank you!

titti December 31 2009, 07:00:35 UTC

You're welcome.

mijan December 31 2009, 15:34:20 UTC

YAY! Thank you!!!

titti December 31 2009, 15:40:00 UTC

I see this that these bothered more people than I even thought. *g*

You're welcome.

mijan December 31 2009, 15:44:34 UTC

Well, I'm all good with fanfic challenge communities if that's what they want to do, but there was a veritable flood of these ads on every freakin' comm I belong to, and... okay, I was in the Harry Potter fandom since 2002, and I know how nasty ship wars can get. If that's what someone else wants to do, that's fine, but I don't want to see it pushed everywhere. I'm sure these folks have only good intentions, but I can't see it ending well.

So... yeah, thank you. ♥

titti December 31 2009, 15:46:55 UTC

Oh trust me as someone that joined HP before the first movie (was it October or November, 2001?), I don't need Harmonians wars on this comm. *g*

Thread 5

taraljc December 31 2009, 22:36:04 UTC

I'm just looking forward to reading/writing fic, etc., and since my 'ship (Pike/Number One) is about as niche as you can possibly get, it hadn't occured to me that there would be a powder keg of potential wank. (Cue me *facepalming*).

But from what I've been able to tell, it's not really "war" of any kind. Just a silly fun fanfic challenge along the lines of "fleet wargames".

But I can see how the large Trek comms would totally get slammed with adverts for the individual 'ships. I only posted in the two Pike-centric comms because I figured everyone who already has an affinity for Pike/One would see them there.

titti December 31 2009, 22:38:52 UTC

I don't really mind ads and I've never said no before, but there were 4 in a row with large graphics and the word 'ship war' makes a lot of people who come from other big fandoms very nervous. I think if the words 'ship war' weren't there, people would have not been so worried.

taraljc December 31 2009, 22:45:20 UTC

Back in the early 1990s, I was on a Forever Knight mailing list where the character-based factions (Cousins, Ravenettes, NatPack, and Knighties) would have an annual "war" which was sorta an RPG with the fans writing themselves into a story along with the fictional characters. It was pretty much similar to the st_respect 'ship wars, only without the RPG factor, what with a team captain and a team. I don't know if other fandoms do that sort of thing, but it genuinely hadn't occurred to me anyone would take the "war" part *seriously ( ... )

titti December 31 2009, 22:50:05 UTC

I'm all for anything that generates fic, but then have rare pairing fests, ship manifestos, ships prompts, pairing anything, drabble comms. However many people in this fandom come from Buffy, Supernatural and/or Harry Potter where the ship wars have reached epic dimensions, making the SV wars look like child's play.

For many, ship wars don't generate content, but resentment. The words themselves have negative implications.