On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Doug Murphy wrote:

Okay everyone, I think I'll do some reviewing of my own.

Everyone who posts a fanfic, no matter how badly done: Excellent, keep
writing.

Everyone who gives 'reviews' on authors: Shutup. Nobody wants you telling
them 

No.  Ever heard of Freedom of speech? 

Ideally, a good fanfic review will give you some idea of what it is 
about, and what, at least in the idea of the fanfic writer, is good and 
bad about it.  Not everyone has time to read EVERY fanfic, and having 
someone's opinion on which ones are worth reading can be a valuable tool.

At the same time, it's important to realize that everyone does have their
biases, so you shouldn't just take the reviewers words for gospel all the
time, either.

I've noticed a pattern here so far.  The original poster said "'reviews' on 
authors", not "reviews of fanfics".  I don't know about you folks, but I'd like 
to think that there is a difference between the two.  Reviews/C&C of fanfics 
are part of what this list is for.  "Reviews" of the authors themselves border 
on getting personal since we're talking about the people themselves, not their 
works.

In other words, saying that a fanfic sucks is one thing.  Saying that the 
author sucks is another, and one I don't particularly care to see.

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