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Today featuring on fandom_wank:
Sep and Snacky's Guide to Pseuicide: How to Fake Your Death In Fandom for the Fun and Enjoyment of All, with help from Ms. Ann Larimer Md. Phd. Esq. The handy guide comes complete with kitty makros.***You reccers out there: ever taken heat for reccing the stories you like (as opposed to reccing the stories others like)? If so, go to this entry by

fairestcat for a cathartic giggle. Or a shared groan. (via metafandom)

And my initial question still stands. And a corrolary to my initial question. How is my telling people what popular stories I like preventing other people from telling people what obscure gems they like.

Sigh. Back when I was modding bbf, I felt like posting that exact sentence on more than one occasion. In all caps.***Back to the drawing board, I'm still on a roll. Haven't read most of flist but I'm making good progress work-wise. Even though yesterday I suddenly realized I'd switched paper brands... and that does not go over well at the print shop. So rather than taking chances with the quality of the printed artwork, I bit the bullet and re-drew the first three pages. Cost me over an hour but my peace of mind is worth that.

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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.)