[FFML] Atb.: The end of the FFML

[Chrysi Cat]

Wait, top-posting is a thing now? OK, I can do that…


The question is indeed "do we want to let the list die now"?


Unfortunately, I don't have the money and my parent's dog (2-plus-hour 
walks! But on the bright side I'm able to wear anything now that I could 
when Dennis took over the list, unless it doesn't close properly over my 
somehow-wider, but no longer fat-padded, ribs!) plus my narcolepsy would 
argue I don't have the time, but IF the list is working like it was 
designed (which it, somewhat ironically, HAS started doing again since 
the shutdown announcement!), then it has two major advantages.


One, you don't have to recruit pre-readers individually for each 
project; two, if you get a c&d from the rights holder, well, yes, you 
ceased, but not before the WiP was distributed to anyone who might be 
interested in it, and good luck on the creator managing to get everyone 
to wipe it off the hard drive they dl'd the email to!

Someday, that /will/ turn into public domain, and that way, *someone's* 
heirs can get it out and improve the reputation of the original fanfic 
author.

I just wish I had any more spoons to do it (or even money--I need to get 
to the point where I can consistently afford to run my parlays at 
50-dollar stake instead of 3 or 5 before that's a possibility, but I'm 
still better with sports betting than with stocks).


On 4/5/2021 5:20 PM, Weiss Schnee wrote:
> The question is... do we really want to let the FFML die now. I don't really know about anyone else. But, my answer is... no I do not want to let it die.
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> Unfortunately, I have no money. All my funds are all into Fanfic Paradise now. And I have nothing left to give.
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> Somebody out there must have enough money. And want to save it right now. I hope that they will do something.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Kleppe" <gary at garykleppe.org>
> To: <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2021 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [FFML] Atb.: The end of the FFML
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>> It wouldn't be all that difficult nor expensive to set up the FFML
>> somewhere else. The service I use to host my garykleppe.org domain costs
>> me $4/month for hosting plus domain registration which is currently
>> something like $13/year.
>>
>> The question is, do we really want to? The amount of actual serious
>> writing discussion on the list over the past few years has been pretty
>> close to zero. There's little point in doing this if people are not
>> willing to put in the work to make it work. If the list is only going to
>> serve as a conduit for authors to get their stories to readers, there
>> are other venues that can fulfill that function.
>>
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>> On 4/5/21 3:02 PM, Alexander CHEEZEM wrote:
>>> I've done some basic research into what it'd take to save (or create another incarnation of) the FFML. The very short version is that it'd either take someone with a server or a $10-$20 per month expense.
>>> I can't pay that out of pocket right now.
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