Ah, I'm following your line of thought now. Sorry about that -- I've seen enough people saying that other authors mustn't join in because it's mean to the *authors* being snarked that I automatically thought along those lines. I'd say pretty much what dr_laura_v has said.
I've winced at some of the commentary on cover snark, because I thought it occasionally crossed the line into personal abuse of the artist, but I don't feel a need to say "Don't look, because you'll be tempted to get into an argument" to artists. They seem less inclined than authors to respond immediately instead of sitting on their hands long enough to think about whether it's wise to do so.
I do think the live-blogging aspect carries a risk of it getting nastier in hindsight than the bloggers intended or would want, and that it's because you have that odd mix of a realtime party atmosphere together with a transcript that can be read later. I've done my share of slash turkey reads at cons, and Eye of Argon readings are a traditional staple of sf cons, but it's a closed group, with no recording. I would be very uncomfortable with written transcripts of those panels going online, much more so than I would videos. The timescale in which it's experienced as an outsider coming in later changes the emotional impact of what's said. "You had to be there at the time" applies much more in transcript form, I think.
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Date: 2008-12-08 09:06 pm (UTC)I've winced at some of the commentary on cover snark, because I thought it occasionally crossed the line into personal abuse of the artist, but I don't feel a need to say "Don't look, because you'll be tempted to get into an argument" to artists. They seem less inclined than authors to respond immediately instead of sitting on their hands long enough to think about whether it's wise to do so.
I do think the live-blogging aspect carries a risk of it getting nastier in hindsight than the bloggers intended or would want, and that it's because you have that odd mix of a realtime party atmosphere together with a transcript that can be read later. I've done my share of slash turkey reads at cons, and Eye of Argon readings are a traditional staple of sf cons, but it's a closed group, with no recording. I would be very uncomfortable with written transcripts of those panels going online, much more so than I would videos. The timescale in which it's experienced as an outsider coming in later changes the emotional impact of what's said. "You had to be there at the time" applies much more in transcript form, I think.