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tetradecimal (tetradecimal) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2010-08-31 16:57:00


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Entry tags:community: fanficrants, elitism, fanfic, hypocrisy, i want to be a hero on the internets, look how much i don't care, mom the other kids aren't playing right!, my pretension let me show you it, oh the irony, omgwtf, raised by hyenas, she's on a mission guys!, sockpuppets, someone is wrong on the internet!, taking it too seriously

From wank_report:

Someone has decided that enough is enough, and it is now time to cleanse the Pit of Voles FF.net of all that ails it. And that someone is the Literate Union! Motto: "well here are the people who are going to give it anyways!"

"It", apparently, being concrit or flaming. You know, whichever you prefer.

"The LU -- The Literate Union -- is a society that helps to improve the quality of stories on FanFiction that either break the rules or are poorly written. In the case of the latter, we try to help the author, bringing their piece up to standard. Difficult cases are reported to the admins."

Naturally, this includes stories with "poor grammar/spelling/punctuation", but also:
* Smut
* Interactive stories
* Non-chapter stories
* Advertisement stories
* List stories (?)
* Stories based on chats/scripts/IMs

The leaders of the LU, in their own words:
"Dictionary and George are the two leaders of the Literate Union. One is a flamer, the other a concritter. Dictionary is funny, flirty, witty, chatty, and probably the friendlier of the two. Though she is sweet, she's brutally honest, so sometimes she seems meaner than she actually is. She considers her friends' feelings above all else, but also does not open up to anyone except those she is closest to. George, like Dictionary, is quite flirty. However, he prefers a more perverted method than most and finds it highly amusing when the unprepared become quite flustered. As a wise man once said, 'Asking George not to be mean is about as good as asking a cow to bark.' George lives for Teh Lulz and he doesn't care if you're friend or foe: irritate him and he'll let you know about it in the bluntest possible way. Both leaders split duties between them. Dictionary handles most of the noob/member hunting, flame hunting, and mass emailing. George meanwhile fixes up all tech requirements, such as our email and the multi-email settings. He updates the blog, the FH wiki page, and does various behind-the-scenes jobs, as well as running the forum."

Are you young? No excuses!
Are you dyslexic? No excuses!
Is English not your first language? Well, so is Dictionary! Also, no excuses.

Even better, LordKelvin has created a tool called RedBootton, to be used to search story categories on FF.net and move the whole reporting-subpar-stories thing along:

Q: How does it work?
A: The user puts in a category link and the number of stories to be checked starting from the newest. RB goes from one story to the next, checking for infractions. Suspicious stories are preserved as links.


More links:
* RedBootton is against FF.net's TOS! (LordKelvin and co. appear to defend themselves in the comments)
* Stop spamming my blog with porn!
* Bonus: Georgeasaurus is reclaiming the swastika!

And last, but not least:
"Bear in mind that the LU is a close community. We talk at the LU forum and have made friends with other members. Attack one of us, attack all of us. If you post a hate story/hate group/revenge flame/hate mail, don't be surprised if you suddenly find a large number of flamers and concritters at your digital door wanting to get in on the fun."

ETA: Why aren't you fair and balanced, F_W?

ETA 2: Lord Kelvin's Guide to Titles and Summaries: Not all of these tricks are ethical. No. Not all of them will provide the realistic essence of your story either. However, they will hook up some readers and get you page hits. Before you start mangling the words, I suggest finding some parts in your story that would be of interest. In our case, we have several attention points: the president, the fact the factory is owned by Americans, hot dogs themselves, the visit being South Korea, not North. These are your focal points. Use them depending on what the audience would take with greater interest.

The available mixes are nearly limitless. For instance we take the president, and the American factory in Korea: 'Obama Dines American in Korea'. We take the American factory, and hot dogs: 'American Food in Korea'. Use South, not North Korea, with American factory: 'Korean Jealousy: Our Hot Dogs'. You see how far we went from the actual article without going off topic? Let's go further!

Aim for stunning: 'Korean Dogs as Food', 'Obama: Nutritiously Korean'.

And my personal favourite, controversy: 'Obama Eats Dog'. Voila! See how we went from a dull title to something of a flashy interest shark? If your audience is younger (you write K), just add a cutesy emotional word: 'Obama Warms Puppies'.


ETA 3: The abyss looks back at [info]ilinana.




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[info]keleri
2010-08-31 11:14 pm UTC (link)
Back in high school, when I was bored and young and bored, I was really serious about fanfiction and doled out concrit on FFnet to stories in my fandom, coming down from on high to bestow the touch of a god to the unwashed masses.

Now I look back on those days with affection, but a little ruefulness that I ever took monster battling stories that seriously. It's the Pit of Voles. Relax, children.

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[info]bienegold
2010-08-31 11:15 pm UTC (link)
My life would be so much poorer without badfic.

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[info]atreyu
2010-08-31 11:16 pm UTC (link)
Man, when I was.... younger, I was really into this too. Then I reached the point where I realized nobody gave a fuck, especially myself, and stopped.

I think it's a fandom phase people go through.

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[info]yotz_fen
2010-08-31 11:22 pm UTC (link)
I love a wank that begins with defending swastikas and self-appointed internet monitoring grammar police that regularly have grammatical errors.

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porch monkey? - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 11:22 pm UTC
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macavitykitsune from dreamwidth here - (Anonymous), 2010-09-06 07:17 am UTC

[info]kylenne
2010-08-31 11:28 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's just me, but this:

George, like Dictionary, is quite flirty. However, he prefers a more perverted method than most and finds it highly amusing when the unprepared become quite flustered.

...seems a bit incompatible with crusading against smut and bad writing on the Pit. Unless Georgey boy's offering a helpful demonstration.

Also, this was way funnier when anime fandom did it 10+ years ago and it was called HentaiFree.

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Please excuse the OT - (Anonymous), 2010-09-03 07:38 am UTC

[info]sepiamagpie
2010-08-31 11:30 pm UTC (link)
"Dictionary and George are the two leaders of the Literate Union. One is a flamer, the other a concritter. Dictionary is funny, flirty, witty, chatty, and probably the friendlier of the two. Though she is sweet, she's brutally honest, so sometimes she seems meaner than she actually is. She considers her friends' feelings above all else, but also does not open up to anyone except those she is closest to. George, like Dictionary, is quite flirty. However, he prefers a more perverted method than most and finds it highly amusing when the unprepared become quite flustered. As a wise man once said, 'Asking George not to be mean is about as good as asking a cow to bark.' George lives for Teh Lulz and he doesn't care if you're friend or foe: irritate him and he'll let you know about it in the bluntest possible way.

Is this the shittiest personals ad ever?

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janegray
2010-08-31 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Great. Another porn purge.

Pretty ironic that these people hate sexual imagery so much, considering how far their head is shoved up their ass.

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[info]varethane
2010-08-31 11:43 pm UTC (link)
For some reason this reminds me of hanging out on GAFF, back when I was technically too young to do so (lol). These people would probably have gotten on just fine with some of the self-important trolls who made up a significant part of the userbase there.

Self-proclaimed fanfiction police make the funniest wanks!

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[info]cygnia
2010-08-31 11:45 pm UTC (link)
"non-chapter stories"? So wait, if you have a story done in one chapter it gets flagged or am I missing something?

*is glad she's part of an obscure fandom in terms of ff.net*

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[info]janegraddell
2010-09-01 12:00 am UTC (link)
How horrible that people are using and enjoying FF.net in ways of which that LordKelvin doesn't approve. Clearly, the only solution is to purge the non-believers.

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be a bot than can remove pompous asses.

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[info]aaron_agonistes
2010-09-01 12:17 am UTC (link)
"well here are the people who are going to give it anyways!"

"well here are the people who are going to give it anyways!"


"anyways!"


lol.

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[info]isntitironic
2010-09-01 12:22 am UTC (link)
This will end well.

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[info]magnolia_mama
2010-09-01 12:49 am UTC (link)
FH wiki page? Is that "FH" as in "FanHistory"? As in, Laura Hale/Michaela Ecks/partly_bouncy/whatever else she goes by's pet project?

Oh, this *is* special.

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[info]pantyless_angel
2010-09-01 12:51 am UTC (link)
Wow...that is just..Really, really pathetic...Why am I not surprised that the FF.net administration is basically fucking over most of it's users about this?

I've used FF.net for years. It's one of the few places I felt comfortable posting my fics. I wonder if I'm going to have to find somewhere else to post my fics now.... *head desk*

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2010-09-02 10:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mochibuni, 2010-09-03 09:54 pm UTC

[info]reppupu
2010-09-01 01:23 am UTC (link)
So basically, a bunch of lame flamers are going to spam the fic writers they deem inadequate? But, but what about all the badfic I want to read? The stuff that's so horrible it becomes a cult classic? And they really want to take away my porn? That's just wrong man, porn should be above this.

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(no subject) - nam_jai, 2010-09-01 02:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]reppupu, 2010-09-01 02:58 am UTC
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... - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-01 05:13 pm UTC
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... - (Anonymous), 2010-09-02 10:36 pm UTC
... - [info]mcity, 2010-09-03 07:08 am UTC
OT - [info]tomato_ja_nai, 2010-09-04 08:16 am UTC

[info]tyffi
2010-09-01 02:21 am UTC (link)
Wait a sec... This Dictionary person tells people how to write, and then writes Twilight fic?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Okay, I'm fine, it's just... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Twilight.

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(no subject) - [info]yotz_fen, 2010-09-01 03:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seca, 2010-09-01 04:54 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2010-09-02 03:26 am UTC
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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2010-09-07 12:21 pm UTC

[info]platedlizard
2010-09-01 02:28 am UTC (link)
The LU website is physically painful to read. Varying neon-bright colors on a dark background is no way to go through life start an anti-badfic crusade, son.

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(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2010-09-01 04:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seca, 2010-09-01 05:08 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]eevee, 2010-09-01 01:13 pm UTC
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... - [info]schoenschoen, 2010-09-03 12:31 am UTC
... - [info]cinnamonical, 2010-09-03 12:36 am UTC
Thoughts on Yaoi
[info]platedlizard
2010-09-01 02:48 am UTC (link)
Platedlizard's Guide to finding Goodfic in the Pit of Voles.

1. One good way to finding a good story is to actually go to another site, such as ElJay, and locate a community for the fandom you are interested in. Find a story you like there that is cross-posted to FF.net.

2. Select an unusual pairing at FF.net. Generally stories about pairs that are not as popular tend to be better written. I find that this works for non-romantic stories as well. For example, if I am randomly trolling the Naruto section of FF.net I might look up stories with Hanna and Gemna.

3. Look at the author's favorites, both Stories and Authors. Generally good writers Favorite stories and authors that are at a similar level of quality. For this reason I Favorite every story I come across that I like, or I think is well-written and unusual (ie, doesn't follow the same cliched plot).

4. Look at cross-overs. Especially cross-overs featuring two completely different fandoms. Bleach, Harry Potter, and Naruto have a lot of the same fans, so cross-overs between their fandoms tend to be of lesser quality* then cross-overs of, say, Sandman and Harry Potter.

*I'm generalizing obviously

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Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]reppupu, 2010-09-01 03:12 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]pantyless_angel, 2010-09-01 04:03 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]platedlizard, 2010-09-01 09:00 am UTC
... - [info]librarianmouse, 2010-09-02 05:07 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]platedlizard, 2010-09-01 09:20 am UTC
... - [info]trinity_destler, 2010-09-01 11:43 pm UTC
... - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-09-02 01:46 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]ghostmaster, 2010-09-01 04:04 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]mizii_marzen, 2010-09-02 10:43 am UTC
... - (Anonymous), 2010-09-07 04:11 pm UTC
... - [info]mizii_marzen, 2010-09-08 05:24 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]quantumreality, 2010-09-01 05:16 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]rose_tyler, 2010-09-01 11:29 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]platedlizard, 2010-09-01 05:40 pm UTC
... - [info]rose_tyler, 2010-09-01 07:08 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]insanityprelude, 2010-09-01 07:02 pm UTC
... - [info]adevyish, 2010-09-02 10:31 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]athersgeo, 2010-09-01 01:37 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]adevyish, 2010-09-02 10:36 am UTC
... - [info]athersgeo, 2010-09-03 07:16 am UTC
... - [info]franzeska, 2010-09-03 03:55 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - tetradecimal, 2010-09-01 01:57 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-01 05:16 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]digigirl132, 2010-09-04 07:54 am UTC
... - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-07 03:16 pm UTC
... - [info]digigirl132, 2010-09-07 03:21 pm UTC
... - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-07 03:26 pm UTC
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... - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-07 09:34 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]tephra, 2010-09-05 05:58 pm UTC
... - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-07 03:19 pm UTC
... - [info]tephra, 2010-09-08 05:44 am UTC
Addendum to #3 - [info]dragonfangirl, 2010-09-02 07:39 am UTC
Re: Addendum to #3 - [info]palabradot, 2010-09-02 06:24 pm UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]kazaera, 2010-09-03 12:17 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - [info]schoenschoen, 2010-09-03 12:40 am UTC
Re: Thoughts on Yaoi - (Anonymous), 2010-09-05 01:59 am UTC
Another tip! - (Anonymous), 2010-09-05 07:03 am UTC

[info]hector_rashbaum
2010-09-01 03:23 am UTC (link)
I am all for being a self-righteous grammar policing little shit, but the way to go about that is to make your own quality-controlled space, not try to force your standards on existing archives.

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(Anonymous)
2010-09-01 04:22 am UTC (link)
What a bunch of self important douschebags. Everyone dislikes and makes fun of bad!fic. Look at all the places and comms based on snarking them or complaining about them. We all look and go "Yep, that one sucks" have a laugh or rant and then move the fuck on. This is beyond ridiculous.

Their precious fics aren't much better than the ones they are determined to take down. Bottom line? Don't like something, don't read it. Of course that takes some adult thinking and less ego. As it is these assholes would drown in the rain.

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(no subject) - [info]seca, 2010-09-01 04:45 am UTC
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... - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 05:27 am UTC
... - [info]yotz_fen, 2010-09-01 06:08 am UTC
... - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 07:13 am UTC
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... - [info]atom_bunny, 2010-09-02 10:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2010-09-01 01:22 pm UTC

[info]brennalarose
2010-09-01 05:05 am UTC (link)
Where's a popcorn gif when I need one?

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 05:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tarash, 2010-09-01 01:11 pm UTC

[info]invu
2010-09-01 05:06 am UTC (link)
Aw, but there are already people on FFN that are out to change the world of fanfiction!

UWriteCrap is a perfect example. They detail how writers should write with grammatically correct sentence structures - and yet, while doing so, use sentences such as, "You have repeatedly ignored others telling you to punctuate your work but you ignore it."

*wipes away a tear* It's just... so inspiring...

Then again, they are pro-smut, so maybe the LU should have a word with them...

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(no subject) - [info]quietladybirman, 2010-09-01 07:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2010-09-01 08:24 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 08:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]commathulhu, 2010-09-01 11:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-01 05:18 pm UTC
That rocks - [info]castellated, 2010-09-03 04:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2010-09-05 02:05 am UTC

[info]mahananda
2010-09-01 05:27 am UTC (link)
So...they're fighting against TOS infractions with...a bot that is a TOS infraction?

Logic, blahblahblah, let me show you (the lack of) it.

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(no subject) - [info]groovytastic, 2010-09-01 07:37 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2010-09-01 05:31 am UTC (link)
My bet is that this, like all of the others before it, will last six months before stagnating/implosion.

Though it is always fun to watch a train wreck in real time.

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[info]nightwithmoon
2010-09-01 05:38 am UTC (link)
Mmm, ff.net wank. It never gets less tasty.

It also makes me eternally grateful that the only fandoms I participate in there are so tiny as to be almost non-existent.

Otherwise: Dictionary has twenty nicknames. How, exactly, can anyone take a person who goes by that many pretentious nicknames seriously? I mean, I can't even read her profile. My dramatic bullshit detector is just too distracting.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 06:19 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]hadisia, 2010-09-01 08:44 am UTC
... - (Anonymous), 2010-09-01 02:26 pm UTC
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... - [info]kitt_in_socks, 2010-09-03 10:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2010-09-01 07:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]floriatosca, 2010-09-02 02:37 am UTC
... - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2010-09-03 05:04 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sylvacoer, 2010-09-01 05:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2010-09-03 07:14 am UTC
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