Stella (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sjazzmreow) wrote in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ffrantsrants,@ 2008-04-29 19:11:00 |
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Not on.
In regards to this whole fiasco (which has been brought up here once already today bywest_side). I'm rather a little concerned.
The general consensus is the the OP and the reviewer she (assuming gender, here. What's that old rule? "There are no boys on the internet"?) quotes were out of line. Fine, good, yes. But it seems not everyone got that impression, and some people took it upon themselves to go to ff.net and leave reviews of their own backing up the OP and her friend. Some of them mention that they got there throughfanficrants.
I amazed at the sheer callousness and stupidity of that.
So now this poor girl knows that there is an entire LJ community that knows about her fic, her reviews, and her responses to those reviews, and, because of the wording of the people that mentioned it, she is going to think that we were all making fun of her. No one deserves that. I don't care how badly she may or may not have behaved, she did not deserve to have her self esteem crushed. No one has the right to do that to anybody else. THose reviewers should be bloody ashamed of themselves - there is a real person reading those reviews, for God's sake! I am utterly disgusted.
And what if she or one of her other reviewers takes it upon themselves to go find this "LJ community where people make fun of bad fanfic"? Do we really need people coming in here all outrage and misunderstandings? Can you imagine what that could be like?! FFR doesn't need wanking over something so silly and easily avoidable.
(I'm also a little disturbed by ffr being called a place where people "make fun of" bad fic. Yeah, that happens, quite a bit, but it's not the entirety of the comm, and makes it sound much more petty than it can sometimes be. It's certainly not all of why I'm here, anyway.)
Maybe we need a new rule?
Perhaps: The twelth rule of ffr is, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FFR. ...That's a bit extreme, but nicking fandomwank's rule of not telling someone when they've been ranted about could have some merit.
Contrarywise - sometimes I just adore the people of ffr so much. Since the posting of the initial rant, several wonderful people have taken it upon themselves to go to ff.net and encourage the writer. Hopefully those reviews can go some way towards making up for the cruelty of the OP and the other reviews she inspired. That's the kind of thing we should be encouraging; cutting down the badfic quota by helping fic writers gain in knowledge and skills without hurting feelings and crushing spirits. Much ♥ to them.
In regards to this whole fiasco (which has been brought up here once already today by
west_side). I'm rather a little concerned. The general consensus is the the OP and the reviewer she (assuming gender, here. What's that old rule? "There are no boys on the internet"?) quotes were out of line. Fine, good, yes. But it seems not everyone got that impression, and some people took it upon themselves to go to ff.net and leave reviews of their own backing up the OP and her friend. Some of them mention that they got there through
fanficrants. I amazed at the sheer callousness and stupidity of that.
So now this poor girl knows that there is an entire LJ community that knows about her fic, her reviews, and her responses to those reviews, and, because of the wording of the people that mentioned it, she is going to think that we were all making fun of her. No one deserves that. I don't care how badly she may or may not have behaved, she did not deserve to have her self esteem crushed. No one has the right to do that to anybody else. THose reviewers should be bloody ashamed of themselves - there is a real person reading those reviews, for God's sake! I am utterly disgusted.
And what if she or one of her other reviewers takes it upon themselves to go find this "LJ community where people make fun of bad fanfic"? Do we really need people coming in here all outrage and misunderstandings? Can you imagine what that could be like?! FFR doesn't need wanking over something so silly and easily avoidable.
(I'm also a little disturbed by ffr being called a place where people "make fun of" bad fic. Yeah, that happens, quite a bit, but it's not the entirety of the comm, and makes it sound much more petty than it can sometimes be. It's certainly not all of why I'm here, anyway.)
Maybe we need a new rule?
Perhaps: The twelth rule of ffr is, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FFR. ...That's a bit extreme, but nicking fandomwank's rule of not telling someone when they've been ranted about could have some merit.
Contrarywise - sometimes I just adore the people of ffr so much. Since the posting of the initial rant, several wonderful people have taken it upon themselves to go to ff.net and encourage the writer. Hopefully those reviews can go some way towards making up for the cruelty of the OP and the other reviews she inspired. That's the kind of thing we should be encouraging; cutting down the badfic quota by helping fic writers gain in knowledge and skills without hurting feelings and crushing spirits. Much ♥ to them.
