Well, I never had any trouble since I started reccing in my own journal... that would be beyond ridiculous - though several times I've read about other reccers who had people bitch about the recs they'd posted in their private journals, wtf.
But yup, over the years I've had a bit of shit flung in my general direction when it comes to BetterBuffyFics recs... some people seem to be under the impression that a recs community is some sort of institution and thus owes to give an unbiased spectrum of fanfic recs, while indeed it's just a couple hundred individuals, each one reccing what they like.
It's kind of bizarre to find yourself being called member of the Spike Cabal (if you're indeed a C/A shipper who couldn't care less about Spuffy)... or, better yet, a homophobe (even if half of what you rec happens to be slash). *deep breath* Countless times people were actually complaining when recs of their favourite stories didn't get seconded... rather than taking the 30 seconds it takes to become proactive and second the rec themselves. *deeper breath*
That's really a major advantage to reccing in one's own journal - it would take a lot of nerve to bitch about someone's private recs (though it still happens, apparently ;P.)
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But yup, over the years I've had a bit of shit flung in my general direction when it comes to BetterBuffyFics recs... some people seem to be under the impression that a recs community is some sort of institution and thus owes to give an unbiased spectrum of fanfic recs, while indeed it's just a couple hundred individuals, each one reccing what they like.
It's kind of bizarre to find yourself being called member of the Spike Cabal (if you're indeed a C/A shipper who couldn't care less about Spuffy)... or, better yet, a homophobe (even if half of what you rec happens to be slash). *deep breath* Countless times people were actually complaining when recs of their favourite stories didn't get seconded... rather than taking the 30 seconds it takes to become proactive and second the rec themselves. *deeper breath*
That's really a major advantage to reccing in one's own journal - it would take a lot of nerve to bitch about someone's private recs (though it still happens, apparently ;P.)