Maybe their business model is based on an impression of an underserved community. I mean, I know nothing, but I could easily see that being something that could get funding.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - May 21, 2007 10:08:32 am PDT #8486 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Trudy Booth - May 21, 2007 10:10:10 am PDT #8487 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think it's a school rule.
Pfft. Whaddare they gonna do?
sumi - May 21, 2007 10:10:29 am PDT #8488 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Aww, look at the handsome young hound from yesterday's Daily Puppy.
(I signed up for the Daily Puppy weeks and weeks ago and apparently, they just started sending me notifications this weekend. Weird, no?)
Matt the Bruins fan - May 21, 2007 10:10:45 am PDT #8489 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
icarusancalion put together a summary of the FanLib situation here: [link]
In other news, I made a mom go ballistic at the pharmacy by saying "calm down, kid" to her precious angel as he was running, yelling inarticulately, and swatting at objects on shelves above his head. Apparently it's a faux-pass to try head off tantrums that 6 or 7 year-olds are throwing while their mothers blithely ignore them from across the room. Who knew?
Dana - May 21, 2007 10:12:40 am PDT #8490 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Any interest in summing up, for those avoiding like the plague for fear of aneurysm and in favor of reading fic instead?
Hold on, let me dial my sarcasm level down to around three or four instead of eleven...
Looking at the FanLib FAQ and "About Us" ("Our mission is to bring fan fiction out of the shadows and into the limelight.") gives me the impression that the FanLib creators believe that fandom has been unable to figure out how to either legitimize or commercialize fan fiction.
Historically, fic writers have been female. It's certainly true of the initial wave of fanfic, dating from the Trek era. My segment of fandom, still overwhelmingly female. Slash writers, overwhelmingly female.
The FanLib board of directors? All male, and none of them have any established cred in the fan fiction world that I'm aware of.
So the whole thing reads to me like a group of rich white guys who secured $3 million in venture capital so they could swoop in on an unexploited source of revenue and profit off of (mostly) female fans' work.
bon bon - May 21, 2007 10:17:30 am PDT #8491 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
icarusancalion put together a summary of the FanLib situation here
That's a good summary. That does seem ill-considered. If you can't answer the basic "why would anyone use this product" then good grief.
Dana - May 21, 2007 10:17:55 am PDT #8492 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aha, found the press release that really ticked me off:
The launch of FanLib.com represents the coming of age of fan fiction, or "fanfic."
Connie Neil - May 21, 2007 10:19:21 am PDT #8493 of 10001
brillig
How the heck are they going to make money off of something that depends on the studios not serving us all with cease and desist orders?
Ailleann - May 21, 2007 10:19:54 am PDT #8494 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Gah. Now I wish I hadn't asked (knew I wouldn't like the answer). Though, I didn't have a rage outlet yet today, so that's handy...
Zenkitty - May 21, 2007 10:20:01 am PDT #8495 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Fanlib is ticking me off and I haven't even gone to the page.
::backs away::
Must get back to work.