We all have our own little slice of fandom, gravitating towards others like us. We may not have much in common on the surface -- I may be a middle-aged cat owner, you may be a college student -- but we orbit around the same planet, whether it is sports slash or Sean Bean or meta. My fandom solar system contains fans who are also academics, by the way, because it is sprinkled heavily with LotR folks.
That anyone considers FanLib a haven from BNFs is hilarious and sad.
FanLib's structure guarantees Big Name Fans lording it over the little people, and already has a BNF, jdsampson. She's a new type of BNF, the corporate paid one. FanLib puts her stories on the main page as a "featured author." She acknowledges her special status in her signature line in the forums, saying "This is why I get the extra cookie."
Because the extra cookie is what FanLib is all about. Contests, contests, and more contests. Rating systems. Page views. Chris Williams promises "Star readers and writers!"
How anyone will manage to pry the extra cookie out of jdsampson's hands is hard to say. I mean, she works for them.
Which brings something else up. I think that "fleeing from the LJ BNFs" thing is coming entirely from jdsampson. Was someone mean to her at supernaturalfic? Did she not get the feedback she craved? Was she bitter because she never managed true Supernatural BNF status in Livejournal? She has had an LJ for two years, and participated in the comms here. She knew LJ had a huge community of fanfiction writers and readers FanLib could pluck. But she seems to have hidden us from FanLib. It's obvious Chris had no clue what was going on at first.
Yes! I shall advance the theory! FanLib vs. Livejournal is nothing more than a BNF hissy fit taken to enormous corporate proportions!
Come back to livejournal, jdsampson! I promise to love you!
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FanLib and the Extra Cookie
Date: 2007-05-26 08:12 pm (UTC)We all have our own little slice of fandom, gravitating towards others like us. We may not have much in common on the surface -- I may be a middle-aged cat owner, you may be a college student -- but we orbit around the same planet, whether it is sports slash or Sean Bean or meta. My fandom solar system contains fans who are also academics, by the way, because it is sprinkled heavily with LotR folks.
That anyone considers FanLib a haven from BNFs is hilarious and sad.
FanLib's structure guarantees Big Name Fans lording it over the little people, and already has a BNF,
Because the extra cookie is what FanLib is all about. Contests, contests, and more contests. Rating systems. Page views. Chris Williams promises "Star readers and writers!"
How anyone will manage to pry the extra cookie out of jdsampson's hands is hard to say. I mean, she works for them.
Which brings something else up. I think that "fleeing from the LJ BNFs" thing is coming entirely from jdsampson. Was someone mean to her at supernaturalfic? Did she not get the feedback she craved? Was she bitter because she never managed true Supernatural BNF status in Livejournal? She has had an LJ for two years, and participated in the comms here. She knew LJ had a huge community of fanfiction writers and readers FanLib could pluck. But she seems to have hidden us from FanLib. It's obvious Chris had no clue what was going on at first.
Yes! I shall advance the theory! FanLib vs. Livejournal is nothing more than a BNF hissy fit taken to enormous corporate proportions!
Come back to livejournal, jdsampson! I promise to love you!