I found out about fanfic_hate a few years ago. And I went through the posts with horrified fascination. It confirmed a few things I suspected and helped me do a couple of F-List cuts without regrets. Of course I don't mean to condone personal insults, but I have a different cultural approach to these things than you lot - where personal insults are really not the end of the world. If a nasty piece of work has been taking advantage of the fandom relative anonimity to piss off fellow fans time and time again, and if this happens to go out in the open, I'm not going to point an outraged finger. There might not be a fire, but there sure as hell is enough smoke for making me stay well out of range.

Fictalk...oooh, wouldn't touch that last thread with a ten foot pole. Seriously though, I'm sorry I found out about this place so late because I always felt we needed a place to be able to criticize fics without having the "You're So Mean" brigade use you for target practice. Which is why I'm very grateful for the freedom of speech we have here in the book club.

I thought the Wicked Witches gave a lot of good pointers, but the stories they chose to pick on were too easy targets. It was like kicking a puppy.