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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 modern corporate America were missing.

If this has been posted already, then please accept my apologies.

The word we're looking for here is deceny.

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Forum drama. Link goes to FanLib. Highlights:

irvinekinneas:
Further to this point, how do you know what I think about FF.Net? Personally, I think it's the (second) shittiest archieve filled with the (second) shittiest fic this side of GAFF.

bryson (moderator):
Irvine I've done nothing to warrant that kind of a response to you, and I do not tollerate insults on these forums. You addressed me in your previous post as an employee of FanLib and I corrected you.

Please do not take up that tone with myself or any other member of these forums again. That is your warning.

cassandra:
I take extreme offense at your comments and attitude. As I have repeatedly pointed out to the FanLib admins and owners, there are no forum rules or guidelines in place. There is no forums section in the TOS, and there are no rules linked anywhere else on the site. You cannot threaten and warn users about their behavior when there is no code of conduct that they've agreed to follow. I also think you're grossly overreacting, but the most important issue is that you cannot enforce standards that do not exist.

That's right, the people with the TOS That Exploded The Internet, have no forum rules whatsoever. They have moderators to enforce the invisible rules, though.

bryson:
You're right that there are no actual rules when it comes to this forum. The only issues I have made myself clear on are trolling against other members in insulting and abusive manners. The word we're looking for here is deceny. There are no restrictions on what you want to post about so long as you act in a respective manner.

Respective to deceny? OK then!

Fanlib Story Stats for June 3rd

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Fanlib Story Stats for June 3, 2007
3PM EST

Harry Potter (513) with Adult (552) ... was (513) and (553) -1
Stargate: SG-1 (158) with Adult (161) ... was (158) and (161) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days
Supernatural (155) with Adult (188) ... was (155) and (188) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days
CSI (150) with Adult (182) ... was (150) and (182) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days
Stargate: Atlantis (139) with Adult (144) ... was (139) and (144) Unchanged
Star Wars (139) with Adult (143) ... was (138) and (142) +1
Battlestar Galactica: 2003 (113) with Adult (129) ... was (113) and (129) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days
Lord of the Rings (65) with Adult (71) ... was (65) and (71) Unchanged Unchanged for 3+ days
Heroes (31) with Adult (32) ... was (31) and (32) Unchanged
Law and Order: SVU (18) with Adult (19) ... was (18) and (19) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days
Gundam Wing/AC (37) with Adult (51) added this day to establish baseline
4400 (5) with Adult (5) ... was (5) and (5) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days

Sample Net Gain: 0

Fanfiction.net Comparison Stats.

Harry Potter (297,463) ... was (297,307) +156
Stargate: SG-1 (15,730) ... was (15,721) +9
Supernatural (8,625) ... was (8,621) +4
CSI (16,323) ... was (16,310) +13
Stargate: Atlantis (8,186) ... was (8,180) +6
Star Wars (17,823) ... was (17,817) +6
Battlestar Galactica: 2003 (2,207) ... was (2,205) +2
Lord of the Rings (39,977) ... was (39,968) +9
Heroes (907) ... was (902) +5
Law and Order: SVU (4,159) ... was (4,161) -2
Gundam Wing/AC (38,115) added this day to establish baseline
4400 (238) ... was (238) Unchanged Unchanged for 2 days

Sample Net Gain: 208

ETA: Added Gundam Wing to the daily count by request.