See, that's what makes me really sad. It's a great concept and a fun comm -- and I've read some things that I wouldn't have through recs there. Also, reccing and knowing that I want to stretch outside my usual comfort zone for things that are well written has been entertaining for me as well. It pisses me off that one person's random bitching has cast aspersions on that. You're not the only one, I'm sure.
I'm not going to be all high and mighty and suggest that I have never engaged in fandom bitching ... but I do it either (1) directly with the person I have a beef with or (2) behind a friends-lock. Maybe that makes me as cowardly as those I'm criticizing, but at least the people on my filter have some knowledge of me and context for my random bitching.
ETA: Please know that rant wasn't directed at you. :)
ETA #2: If folks aren't gonna volunteer to rec, then they got no bitch when the only person willing to step up isn't playing by all the comm rules.
We're all assuming that the OP doesn't rec, and I suppose we don't have confirmation. Again, this is part of my beef with anonymous posting.
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on 2009-05-04 05:24 am (UTC)See, that's what makes me really sad. It's a great concept and a fun comm -- and I've read some things that I wouldn't have through recs there. Also, reccing and knowing that I want to stretch outside my usual comfort zone for things that are well written has been entertaining for me as well. It pisses me off that one person's random bitching has cast aspersions on that. You're not the only one, I'm sure.
I'm not going to be all high and mighty and suggest that I have never engaged in fandom bitching ... but I do it either (1) directly with the person I have a beef with or (2) behind a friends-lock. Maybe that makes me as cowardly as those I'm criticizing, but at least the people on my filter have some knowledge of me and context for my random bitching.
ETA: Please know that rant wasn't directed at you. :)
ETA #2: If folks aren't gonna volunteer to rec, then they got no bitch when the only person willing to step up isn't playing by all the comm rules.
We're all assuming that the OP doesn't rec, and I suppose we don't have confirmation. Again, this is part of my beef with anonymous posting.