Another FM Update.
Another Update:
I did as I said I would and deleted my link to FM. But then I received an email to check out the board again for something I might find amusing.
It’s been bandied about that “Two” authors decided to leave about a week or so ago, I guess. It had been repeated a number of times. Only two authors over and over. Of course the more vocal of them Deborah, has been attacked for “attacking” the TF and insulting the sterling reputation of FM as of late. (This was all BS since Deborah just wanted her stories taken off. No insults were originally used.)
But now, BAMB! they are dropping like flies. People with a conscious are abandoning the floundering ship. Now it’s not just TWO but about seven or eight. (I didn’t actually count. Rough guesstiment.)
Do I think this is funny? Not particularly. It’s sad to see a, once award winning, site like this sink under its own pride. Do I think that FM will falter and sink into nothing. Nope. I think it will turn into a modern day “Nifty” where the worst of the worst go to post their unreadable masturbatory fantasies.
Oh Wait! Too late.
And a notice to Crystal. It’s already starting on your place too. Grab your scraper and get rid of the barnacles, girl, before it’s too late for you too.
I’ve been hearing so many calls out that say something along the lines of. “It’s fiction, not reality. Does this mean that we start ‘censoring’ stories with murders, bank robberies, etc. next?”
The slippery slope does not apply here. It’s a matter of realistic association. Which would you rather be: the best selling author of the latest murder mystery or pedo writer? It’s a matter of WILLINGLY associating yourself with those that choose the latter. That’s why the authors are pulling out. That’s why FM is regarded in some circles as “The Sewage Plant”.
I posed a question for you last time, about justifying your association with potential child molesters. Here’s another.
Your babysitter, that takes care of your eight year old just found these stories online. How would you feel knowing that he/she reads these for entertainment?
It’s just fiction after all. I’m sure your child will be just fine in their hands.
Gah, no more. I’m done with this subject. If you change I’ll be the first to say bravo, if not…
No more clogging up valuable blog space with this subject.
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09:37 on February 7th, 2010
I used to like FM, and once in a while I found a real “gem”, that is to say a story with actual content, rather than just forced fem, or worse. When I discovered BC, I realized that I’d have more chance of finding gems in a gem mine, rather than in a swamp >_>
I hope it doesn’t happen at Crystal’s. I’m glad Erin will never let it happen at BC ~_^
08:22 on February 10th, 2010
Which Authors are leaving? Any of the Big names? I agree about Nifty – it’s a toilet that needs flushed
09:23 on February 10th, 2010
Oh, god, I’d have to go back and look, but the ones that come to mind are Angela (Jill), Beth Williams (I think), Deborah Ford, Just go to the boards and they are topic titled “Remove my stories” or the like.
This doesn’t include those that did it privately. I think it was about 8-10 publicly at FM and another 5 or so at Crystal’s, but after her insulting diatribe I would guess there will be more. I’ll be one of them.