I'd never thought about impartiality as a function of distance in fandom. Could you talk about that a bit more? I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but I don't understand how being two degrees away from Fic Author A and six degrees away from King makes a reviewer less likely to be impartial if the reviewer doesn't know either person. Or are you saying that Fic Author A is more likely to make negative presumptions about the reviewer's intent than King because of that lack of distance?
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But I have a hunch that to people who don't like more-than-only-positive fic reviews, who don't understand their point, the easiest explanation for them to grasp is that such negativity is inspired by personal feelings - and you have to be aware that if you post reviews, you have a chance of being so judged.
And this brings up an interesting point, as well. I've only read a bit of the meta so my view may be off kilter, but it seems like most of it has been directed at the community in general or the reviewers, not the authors. If the problem is negative presumption on the part of the author, then it seems more would come of encouraging authors to rethink their reactions than from warning/admonishing reviewers to play more nicely in public).
Again, not trying to argue. You just see the issue differently from most folks on my flist and I'm trying to understand your point of view. I've always been intrigued by the formation and maintenance of fandom norms and the variation from fandom to fandom.
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And this brings up an interesting point, as well. I've only read a bit of the meta so my view may be off kilter, but it seems like most of it has been directed at the community in general or the reviewers, not the authors. If the problem is negative presumption on the part of the author, then it seems more would come of encouraging authors to rethink their reactions than from warning/admonishing reviewers to play more nicely in public).
Again, not trying to argue. You just see the issue differently from most folks on my flist and I'm trying to understand your point of view. I've always been intrigued by the formation and maintenance of fandom norms and the variation from fandom to fandom.