The MSScribe Report.
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msscribe report, but somewhere around page two my head exploded.
The report's excellent, written in a journalistic style, carefully researched with disclaimers about unclear or missing information and almost completely without the usual "Rita Skeeter" glee you find in wankery and those who love it. charlottelennox has done a good job. The tone, at least as far as I've read, makes this much easier to stomach, despite the level of lurid detail.
That said, I couldn't stomach it. Lies, blatant manipulation, sock-puppetry of the worst kind where someone invents their own fans and their own pseudo-Christian troll. I fell for this, too, back when "The Black List" was published byfandom_scruples on LJ in 2004. What it says about slashers' biases (and fears?) towards Christians (the real Christians apparently told the troll to turn the other cheek and whatnot) is a little disturbing.
It only occurs to me ... and please forgive my deep and abiding cynicism that arises from having exposed one LJ financial scam, dealt with a harrassing flurry of sockpuppets attackingwildernessguru for criticizing certain pack designs -- (from a designer we know; the guy finally screwed up and dropped info he could only know in person via his sockpuppets, oopsie) -- and one rather persistant troll who hates my Buddhist stuff ... wouldn't it be something if this were all a final grab for attention by msscribe?
I doubt it, but this oldtimer leans on the sidelines and waits for the other shoe to drop. *Icarus chews a toothpick, narrow-eyed*
ETA: Chatting withsharp_tongue and orca_girl, apparently in chapter ten charlottelennox explains how she got involved in writing this account. I haven't been able to read that far. orca_girl points out it's the nature of this type of account for people to doubt it.
Yeah. I've run into that. People immediately want to distance themselves and show that "I'm an oldtimer" *cough* so "I'd never be fooled, nuh-uh, not me!" It's also a sign that the account is successful in making people alert -- too alert at first.
msscribe report, but somewhere around page two my head exploded. The report's excellent, written in a journalistic style, carefully researched with disclaimers about unclear or missing information and almost completely without the usual "Rita Skeeter" glee you find in wankery and those who love it. charlottelennox has done a good job. The tone, at least as far as I've read, makes this much easier to stomach, despite the level of lurid detail.
That said, I couldn't stomach it. Lies, blatant manipulation, sock-puppetry of the worst kind where someone invents their own fans and their own pseudo-Christian troll. I fell for this, too, back when "The Black List" was published by
fandom_scruples on LJ in 2004. What it says about slashers' biases (and fears?) towards Christians (the real Christians apparently told the troll to turn the other cheek and whatnot) is a little disturbing. It only occurs to me ... and please forgive my deep and abiding cynicism that arises from having exposed one LJ financial scam, dealt with a harrassing flurry of sockpuppets attacking
wildernessguru for criticizing certain pack designs -- (from a designer we know; the guy finally screwed up and dropped info he could only know in person via his sockpuppets, oopsie) -- and one rather persistant troll who hates my Buddhist stuff ... wouldn't it be something if this were all a final grab for attention by msscribe?I doubt it, but this oldtimer leans on the sidelines and waits for the other shoe to drop. *Icarus chews a toothpick, narrow-eyed*
ETA: Chatting with
sharp_tongue and orca_girl, apparently in chapter ten charlottelennox explains how she got involved in writing this account. I haven't been able to read that far. orca_girl points out it's the nature of this type of account for people to doubt it. Yeah. I've run into that. People immediately want to distance themselves and show that "I'm an oldtimer" *cough* so "I'd never be fooled, nuh-uh, not me!" It's also a sign that the account is successful in making people alert -- too alert at first.
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Date: 2006-06-21 12:47 am (UTC)That said, the report's style and presentation impresses the hell out of me.
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Date: 2006-06-21 01:12 am (UTC)There are people out there like that, but luckily most of them have personal habits that lead them to experiencing the joys of prison. Or indicted by the SEC.
I do wonder why the effort to chronicle this so thoroughly. And another part of me wants to see something like it, but with an entirely different angle, anthologizing stories and their interconnectedness. I would enjoy that more.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-06-21 01:16 am (UTC)I'd love to see CL take another (more light-hearted) topic and research that. I'm feeling pretty hollow and exhausted after just reading this one. I can't even imagine how those who were involved must feel.
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Date: 2006-06-21 02:25 am (UTC)I'm feeling pretty hollow and exhausted after just reading this one. I can't even imagine how those who were involved must feel.
I can, actually. Which is why it needed to be told.
It would be really cool to see another topic handled with this kind of thoroughness and dedication. I keep making noises about a fandom anthology, hoping someone will do it. I'll bet CL is pretty tired at the moment.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-06-21 04:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-21 04:06 am (UTC)You're kidding.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-06-21 04:10 am (UTC)You have no idea, which is why I've been encouraging people to read all of it.
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Date: 2006-06-21 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-21 03:15 pm (UTC)