@ajaromano Also the rights holder can get your ebook banned off Amazon anytime they want. (Even erroneously: see Space Marine flap)
@ajaromano So nobody ever asks "are you in fandom?" meaning "are you in fanfic community?" Really? @ceciliatan @travelingheidi
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@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi not really? I mean it seems as simple as clarifying "do you read fic?" -
@ajaromano It's perfectly likely the usage I object to was not in play. It looked like it, triggering my pique.@ceciliatan@travelingheidi -
@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi haha well it's possible that I was generalizing but I've also been clarifying all morning that--
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@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi I will say that while I explicitly use fandom to refer to all of online/sff-based fandom, I realize-Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi that there's a whole separate definition of "fandom" that is sports fandom. -
@ajaromano Do they actually use the word? Fascinating prospect.@ceciliatan@travelingheidi -
@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi they actually invented the word fandom in the 1860's or 1880's. then scifi fans picked it up in 30s! -
@ajaromano Well, don't I feel like a carpetbagger.@ceciliatan@travelingheidi
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@chaosprime@ceciliatan@travelingheidi but that to me is like the difference between Norfolk, VA and Norfolk UK, it's obvious in contextThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@ajaromano@ceciliatan If it's a Venn, the Fandom circle is huge and the fanfic circle is smaller & found inside "Fandom". -
@travelingheidi I agree. My experience is that the fanfic community uses the word differently, to mean themselves.@ajaromano@ceciliatan -
@chaosprime@travelingheidi@ceciliatan my linguistic hangup is using fanfic to stand-in for all fanwork. I usually try to use fanwork but--
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