followup letter to ff.net regarding Critics United

To whom it may concern:

In an addendum to my previous abuse report on the Critics United forum group (http://www.fanfiction.net/forum/Critics-United/78623/), I would like to point out that MrGoodyTwoShoes (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2107552/) and Gaaras1Girl (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1821929/) mysteriously removed their reviews from my story -- perhaps in an attempt to hide evidence of their group's dogpiling intimidation technique.

Meanwhile, yet ANOTHER member, this one by the name of Runic Healer (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1501327/), has left a review in a continuing attempt to intimidate me into deleting a story that is not in violation of the site's allowed content rules. I will reproduce our conversation below:

( Runic Healer review and response )

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I would further like to point out evidence that the group is now ACTIVELY TARGETING the Homestuck (http://www.fanfiction.net/comic/Homestuck/) fandom for harassment, as seen in the following exchange on a topic thread (http://www.fanfiction.net/topic/78623/29562573/59/Stories-in-Violation-CU-Members-Only) in their forum:

MrGoodyTwoShoes
Story: Just The Two Of Us Author: TheGoldenPrince Fandom: Homestuck - "you" based story. Author refuses to change unless they are given an "official reason why "you" fics are not allowed" along with "I will take my stories down and change them only if you manage to get down every other story written in 2nd person view and can prove it to me. Otherwise these are staying."
Sounds likes a challenge ;)
Deleted - chance of repost high
Reply Today 12:36PM . Edited Today 2:43PM #2,948

Atraxeus
Tried to review 'Just the Two of Us' and as soon as I went to submit it, it said that the story is no longer in the archives and therefore unable to be reviewed. Figure this might be a person that would repost?
Reply Today 1:00PM #2,949

MrGoodyTwoShoes
I wouldn't be shocked if they're going to do that and are just waiting for the heat to die off.
The Homestuck section itself is chopped full of violators so feel free to wade into the section as well Ryu if you're looking to help out.
Reply Today 1:13PM #2,950


("Today" in the above posts is Thursday, October 18, 2012.)

MrGoodyTwoShoes is clearly inciting an active and targeted campaign of bullying, intimidation, and abuse against an entire fandom, over a MISINTERPRETATION of the site's content posting rules. To prevent this attack, I would like to respectfully request that rule 5 be reworded to clarify that it applies strictly to INTERACTIVE works and is not a blanket prohibition on the use of second person as a narrative technique, and also that the administration contact Critics United and tell them to stop trying to enforce their incorrect interpretation of the rule on other members of this site.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Culmer (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/461224/Elizabeth_Culmer)
Member since 2003

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I am BEYOND pissed off about this. Not only are these people complete idiots, not only are they assholes, not only are they targeting my new beloved fandom... they have made me lose two whole days of potential creative activity, both to outrage and to the time and effort it took to calm down enough to write rational responses and abuse reports.

This is not what I want to be doing with my time! I want to be writing! (Or drawing, I guess.) These people are actively destroying my creative potential. So not only are they making existing stories vanish, they are killing new ones before they can be written.

Yeah, sure, that's a GREAT way to make a site based on the active creation of stories into a better place. Brilliant idea. I can't imagine why nobody's ever thought of it before. Round of applause, guys. Round. Of. Applause.

*headdesk*

further exchange with Runic Healer of Critics United

I'm sure you're sick of these people and my letters by now, but I want to keep a public record of the mess and all correspondence related to it. I will cut the details, though, never fear!

A message I received at 2:45am, Eastern Daylight Time, on October 19, 2012:

( continuing conversation in response to Runic Healer's review )

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...I let my temper get away from me a touch, damn it. The rhetorical question in the first paragraph is a bit too much of a direct personal attack, and I should have let the whole "blatantly avoiding the question" bit lie instead of responding to that provocation. I needed to wait another half hour or edit a sixth time. Gnrgh.