I think you are forgetting that not everyone thinks the same way. Plus on the internet you have a diverse group of people from different cultures, genders, traditions, ethnicities, etc. What may appear to be logical and the correct mode of behavior to you - is fascism to someone else.
For example - I think you should use a live-journal cut with a topic heading displayed. Whenever you do a negative review - state this is a negative review on the Buffy comics, don't enter ... And you should definitely use it for long posts. But the vast majority of my flist rarely uses lj-cut, they find lj-cut annoying and wish people wouldn't use it, except for spoilers - of course. We got into a discussion about it a while back.
Another fight? That people shouldn't post fanfic outside of fan communities.
And in the profile section at the front of my journal? I clearly state what I do, who I am, and what commentators should not do. Do they read my info? Of course not.
I work in a profession that has more rules and regulations and procedures than I can count, it is highly regulated and my job is in part to interpret the rules and impose them on people who think they are stupid and a waste of time. People get rebellious when you tell them to do something that they consider stupid or time-consuming. And they don't particularly like being told what to do. And from their perspective - it is a waste of time.
And I used to work in copyright - specifically internet copyright law. I spent hours discussing internet content rights and regulations with librarians, writers, artists, indexers, editors, lawyers, and content owners. I remember Napster. It is illegal to scan and post magazine articles on the net - and it hurts magazines, but people do it. It is illegal to share films and music and books with folks electronically - but people do it. It's illegal to download and share television scripts. How many times have you or your friends done any of the above? If caught, you'd be fined. But it is really hard to catch and stop people. Part of my job was to send cease and desist letters to web sites that used published content without permission.
Look at the internet as the wild west. Professional writers tend to hate it - more than one has complained incessantly about the untamed net that has no rules and where their content gets stolen.
In short, what you are complaining about? Is fairly minor. Writer's content is stolen on a daily basis. Music is distributed. And we think nothing of it. Kids cruelly tease and spread gossip on Facebook - to the point that people are committing suicide. There were three suicides based on Facebook hazings in NY State alone.
So a fanfic writer isn't warned that their fic is being reviewed? Heck do you always warn people when you post a link to their journal entry in your blog? (I know you've posted links to mine without warning me.) Not that I mind - but it has on occasion brought a few trolls my way. I've learned that's the net. Suck it up. And deal. OR leave. It's the wild west. People keep trying to tame it - but has yet to happen.
As for fanfic reviews? I've stopped doing them, not worth the fuss and trouble. Going back to my old rule - if you read fanfic, don't tell anyone. Much safer. ;-)
In a perfect world perhaps, but we don't live in one
For example - I think you should use a live-journal cut with a topic heading displayed. Whenever you do a negative review - state this is a negative review on the Buffy comics, don't enter ... And you should definitely use it for long posts. But the vast majority of my flist rarely uses lj-cut, they find lj-cut annoying and wish people wouldn't use it, except for spoilers - of course.
We got into a discussion about it a while back.
Another fight? That people shouldn't post fanfic outside of fan communities.
And in the profile section at the front of my journal? I clearly state what I do, who I am, and what commentators should not do.
Do they read my info? Of course not.
I work in a profession that has more rules and regulations and procedures than I can count, it is highly regulated and my job is in part to interpret the rules and impose them on people who think they are stupid and a waste of time. People get rebellious when you tell them to do something that they consider stupid or time-consuming. And they don't particularly like being told what to do. And from their perspective - it is a waste of time.
And I used to work in copyright - specifically internet copyright law. I spent hours discussing internet content rights and regulations with librarians, writers, artists, indexers, editors, lawyers, and content owners. I remember Napster. It is illegal to scan and post magazine articles on the net - and it hurts magazines, but people do it. It is illegal to share films and music and books with folks electronically - but people do it.
It's illegal to download and share television scripts. How many times have you or your friends done any of the above? If caught, you'd be fined. But it is really hard to catch and stop people.
Part of my job was to send cease and desist letters to web sites that used published content without permission.
Look at the internet as the wild west. Professional writers tend to hate it - more than one has complained incessantly about the untamed net that has no rules and where their content gets stolen.
In short, what you are complaining about? Is fairly minor. Writer's content is stolen on a daily basis. Music is distributed.
And we think nothing of it. Kids cruelly tease and spread gossip on Facebook - to the point that people are committing suicide.
There were three suicides based on Facebook hazings in NY State alone.
So a fanfic writer isn't warned that their fic is being reviewed?
Heck do you always warn people when you post a link to their journal entry in your blog? (I know you've posted links to mine without warning me.) Not that I mind - but it has on occasion brought a few trolls my way. I've learned that's the net. Suck it up. And deal. OR leave. It's the wild west. People keep trying to tame it - but has yet to happen.
As for fanfic reviews? I've stopped doing them, not worth the fuss and trouble. Going back to my old rule - if you read fanfic, don't tell anyone. Much safer. ;-)