tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post1800586237509597672..comments2023-07-06T09:03:00.051-05:00Comments on K. Z. Snow: Psychopathology and the InternetK. Z. Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-63716749421748124692010-01-12T17:36:30.440-06:002010-01-12T17:36:30.440-06:00It's absolutely maddening and nearly impossibl...It's absolutely maddening and nearly impossible to keep up with. Authors are literally being robbed of their income. No wonder most of us are broke. <br /><br />One person recently remarked, if this keeps up it could shut down the e-publishing industry, because there aren't many people willing to write books for nothing.<br /><br />I suspect there'll be a lot of writers publishing through Lulu if piracy gets bad enough. But, I hope, some safeguards will be put into place before things degenerate too much further.K. Z. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-17976277033173564892010-01-12T14:49:04.623-06:002010-01-12T14:49:04.623-06:00*passes KZ a beer*
I find it discouraging that wh...*passes KZ a beer*<br /><br />I find it discouraging that when I google an author's name, one of the "suggestions" (based on what others are googling) virtually always includes a torrent of that author's work. :(Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-63637266884232460362010-01-12T14:37:33.493-06:002010-01-12T14:37:33.493-06:00And worse, Jen.
My attitude's really been da...And worse, Jen. <br /><br />My attitude's really been darkened lately -- by reports I see on TV about pervs trolling chatrooms, looking for underage kids; by wanky bloggers; by the research I did for <i>Jude in Chains</i>, which entailed visiting those appalling ex-gay sites; by ebook piracy (I just had to send out a take-down notice for <i>Finding Utopia</i> -- do you believe it?)<br /><br />Seems I've had more exposure to the dregs of humanity lately than I would've liked. It's just depressing.K. Z. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-67857755554110546802010-01-12T11:18:41.935-06:002010-01-12T11:18:41.935-06:00That spider pic is just... *shudder*.
Mind you, i...That spider pic is just... *shudder*.<br /><br />Mind you, it's entirely apt. Hundreds of people with tiny minds doing what someone else has told them to. Peer pressure gone mad. Tam is right, it's like a global high school mentality.Jenrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492693697232134724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-86534943051269436092010-01-12T10:54:46.065-06:002010-01-12T10:54:46.065-06:00Oh, why wasn't THAT word my veri word?! So amu...Oh, why wasn't THAT word my veri word?! So amusing, I had to comment again:<br /><br />ladleg<br /><br />*snort*Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-56860498213400358172010-01-12T10:54:12.976-06:002010-01-12T10:54:12.976-06:00Eeep!Eeep!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-68244842834221136422010-01-12T09:16:33.289-06:002010-01-12T09:16:33.289-06:00Absolutely, Tam -- a mix of negative and positive....Absolutely, Tam -- a mix of negative <i>and</i> positive. I've just been seeing more and more evidence of the negative. Crap's been oozing from an enormous variety of sources. <br /><br />There are a whole lot of vicious, predatory, and just generally disturbed people out there with way too much time on their hands.K. Z. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-29363100069217394952010-01-12T08:04:37.084-06:002010-01-12T08:04:37.084-06:00Seriously? That's a real group? How Jr. High. ...Seriously? That's a real group? How Jr. High. <br /><br />While the internet has allowed the wackos to find similar voices, it has also allowed those fighting for good causes to find a common voice as well. Nothing is ever all bad or all good. I have the great ability to simply ignore that which annoys me on the net most of the time, mind you, I've never been attacked by Glittering Twilight Moms.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com