popping in after ages to signal boost about fic poaching

[firefly124]

Hi there. Yes, I'm still around. Just mostly on Tumblr these days. Not a conscious choice, just sort of happened

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

Holy shit! There are ten of my stories on there-- more bizarre to see what was chosen, really. The BBC Sherlocks, the Reapers, the Kingdom of Heaven slash (talk about obscure), the Smekday story (ditto), and a handful of others.

Wonder who's converting and loading up these things? And moreover, how they're requiring a login/account for something that's available for free right off of AO3?

Thanks for the heads-up!

[firefly124]

The randomness suggests it's a bot. Some of my stories are fragments of series. It looks like they think they can monetize it somehow, which is the main reason I'm pursuing it.

[witchchild]

Well that's about as fucked up as some publisher selling Wikipedia articles on Amazon.

I do like tumblr I have to admit though I still slavishly read here daily.

[firefly124]

It really is pretty tucked up.

[plaid_slytherin]

Wow, that have one of mine. I'm not sure I care? Is that bad? There are a ton of sites that pull LJ posts/tags. It all looks automated. I don't know who would want my one old WIP that they have as opposed to a whole bunch of other finished good stories.

[firefly124]

If they weren't apparently trying to monetize it, I'm not sure I'd care either. Most of what they have of mine is fragments of series. I think you're right. It's a bot of some kind.

[dameruth]

Hopefully all the pro fiction up there (which the pros and some of their publishers are now becoming aware of) will get the whole site yanked pretty quickly.

[firefly124]

Let's hope!

Re: OT: Happy Birthday!

[firefly124]

Thank you! {{hugs}}

And my condolences on the loss of your former namesake.