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Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the say-no-to-sploitz dept.

bill jackson writes "A couple of former Yahoo execs are trying to create the next MySpace by aggregating fanfiction on a website called FanLib. But the fanfic writers recognized that exploitation was written all over the idea and they've refused to participate. 'Instead of creating the Myspace of fanfic since the launch two weeks ago, FanLib.com sparked a white-hot Internet firestorm.The meltdown is a hard lesson in how not to conduct business on the Internet.But it's a firestorm of FanLib's own making because, in spite of the Yahoo pedigree (or maybe because of it), they plowed in like china shop bulls.'"

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  1. Oh fuck by Richard+McBeef · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fanfic crowd is riled up. Everyone take cover!

  2. It was a dark and stormy afternoon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ScuttleMonkey was manning the Slashdot queue. "Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com" suddenly appeared amid a sea of more interesting stories, but ScuttleMonkey knew this was his next frontpager. He always knew, even before he was an editor. Minutes before the story was set to go live, CmdrTaco saw it and ran, if you can call it that, down the hallway. "STOP!" he screamed. "This is a terrible story! You must remove it." ScuttleMonkey pulled out a knife, stabbing Taco in the heart before he had a chance to react. "Remove that, Taco!" cried ScuttleMonkey as he watched the story go live.

  3. We haven't heard from everyone... by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quite frankly, I won't form an opinion until we've heard an official response from the most influential contingent in fan-fiction:

    Furries.

    Without their unique insight into subjects like "Kirk romances a full sized Gadget from Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers" or "What would happen if the crew of the NX-01 were anthropomorphic animals and there's maybe a crossover with the X-Men why not?", we would have no way of knowing what we did and didn't like about the various trek series, and, by extension, an online repository of stories.

    So count me out until the "Commander Troi as a sexy lemur" crowd weighs in, THEN I'll know what to think.