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.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
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 10:17:30 am PDT #8491 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
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.
Dana - May 21, 2007 10:21:32 am PDT #8496 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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?
They claim (or at least a couple of employees have claimed, when pressed) that the studios are changing their attitudes towards fan fiction. So, you know, it's a "fair bet" that no one will get sued.
Who wants to be the first person to test that theory and post some underage Harry Potter slash?
Connie Neil - May 21, 2007 10:21:48 am PDT #8497 of 10001
brillig
I figure it'll turn into fanfic.org
bon bon - May 21, 2007 10:21:54 am PDT #8498 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
"It'll be just like YouTube, but for fic!"
Ailleann - May 21, 2007 10:23:56 am PDT #8499 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
From that press release:
packaging it for mainstream audiences
Wow, how far off the mark is that?
Just going to the main page for a few moments made me feel ill. Packaged, trite bullshit. (I wonder if that's where the badfic will go to live...)
askye - May 21, 2007 10:28:46 am PDT #8500 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
There are already stories up on FanLib. And they are pretty much of th quality you'd expect. I was browsing through the summaries of some and one that struck me was an LoTR story about Faramir discovering his adopted daughter, Grace, is deaf.