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ithiliana: FanHistory is at it again.
Partly Bouncy, a.k.a. Laura Hale, has created a bot that is scraping info from people's LJs.
You either have to contact them to have the page created deleted (note, if you have already asked that a page about you be deleted, you will have to ask again if a new one appears), or mark the option on your LJ Viewing Options to "minimize inclusion" on search engines and bots.
My dislike for FanHistory had subsided to a mere trickle until now. A passing glance of disdain perhaps. Now I am again wholly disgusted with them.
They don't even have the excuse of ignorance. They know people will hate this. Their reputation is crap after they outed a popular fanfic author and refused to delete her real name from her page (the act which earned my never-ending loathing).
FanHistory can't get willing participation so they've decided to mug fandom.
ETA: Given Laura Hale's long history of trying to make a buck off our unpaid efforts (gee, thanks, Laura, f*** you), she's probably just trying to drive up hits again. As she's put it herself... "Ideas how to plug [FanHistory]: Generate wank."
ithiliana: FanHistory is at it again. Partly Bouncy, a.k.a. Laura Hale, has created a bot that is scraping info from people's LJs.
You either have to contact them to have the page created deleted (note, if you have already asked that a page about you be deleted, you will have to ask again if a new one appears), or mark the option on your LJ Viewing Options to "minimize inclusion" on search engines and bots.
My dislike for FanHistory had subsided to a mere trickle until now. A passing glance of disdain perhaps. Now I am again wholly disgusted with them.
They don't even have the excuse of ignorance. They know people will hate this. Their reputation is crap after they outed a popular fanfic author and refused to delete her real name from her page (the act which earned my never-ending loathing).
FanHistory can't get willing participation so they've decided to mug fandom.
ETA: Given Laura Hale's long history of trying to make a buck off our unpaid efforts (gee, thanks, Laura, f*** you), she's probably just trying to drive up hits again. As she's put it herself... "Ideas how to plug [FanHistory]: Generate wank."
