this comment is also sad (and what a wasted opportunity to be "true" fans by reaching out to welcome those who are different but the same in all the right ways - like loving the source and appreciation of the written fan word
"I have NO problems with authors wanting control over any personal information that is posted here, I think you guys are dead right in being upset about that. I think it's a bit creepy and misguided for users to do something like that, even if they did probably have good intentions.
I just hate the way all this came about, and that many of us have been made to feel flat unwelcome in the fandom, as well as lost a bunch of our own content. Many of us had some great discussions on our review pages, and those are just gone, *poof!* with no notification, and no way to recover it.
I know plenty of fic authors who have been caught up in things like FF.net deciding their stories broke whatever rule and were pulled, but at least they were notified first. We got nothing but "GR is evil!" and fic listings and our reviews and discussions tanked.
Maybe next time something like this happens somewhere else, (because face it, it's going to happen again eventually somewhere else) instead of going off half cocked, all "fuck Goodreads!", authors will actually try to find out how the site really works first."
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ways - like loving the source and appreciation of the written fan word
"I have NO problems with authors wanting control over any personal information that is posted here, I think you guys are dead right in being upset about that. I think it's a bit creepy and misguided for users to do something like that, even if they did probably have good intentions.
I just hate the way all this came about, and that many of us have been made to feel flat unwelcome in the fandom, as well as lost a bunch of our own content. Many of us had some great discussions on our review pages, and those are just gone, *poof!* with no notification, and no way to recover it.
I know plenty of fic authors who have been caught up in things like FF.net deciding their stories broke whatever rule and were pulled, but at least they were notified first. We got nothing but "GR is evil!" and fic listings and our reviews and discussions tanked.
Maybe next time something like this happens somewhere else, (because face it, it's going to happen again eventually somewhere else) instead of going off half cocked, all "fuck Goodreads!", authors will actually try to find out how the site really works first."
https://www.goodreads.com/user_status/show/54428714?page=2#comment_111104126