tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post5602060554764960594..comments2023-07-08T08:33:50.710+01:00Comments on Speculative Horizons: China Miéville Vs FacebookJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-49839416777107549672011-04-29T17:30:06.575+01:002011-04-29T17:30:06.575+01:00NB: Above frustration not directed at anyone here,...NB: Above frustration not directed at anyone here, but at those who seem to have (perhaps wilfully) misunderstood China's letter. I get the sense that, in some cases, the flamers feel that by acting annoyed at any FB group that bears China's name gives them some kind of solidarity with the author, making them a 'better' fan...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-52518367823117850222011-04-29T11:55:20.266+01:002011-04-29T11:55:20.266+01:00I think that there's some persistent confusion...I think that there's some persistent confusion here (i.e. among people's reactions to China's letter, not in the letter itself). So China is annoyed at people impersonating him - absolutely fair enough. But having 'liked' a China Mieville facebook page for a while now, I think it's very unfair that people are now flaming the poor fan who set it up. At no point did he 'pretend' to be China - and when I joined I understood that it was not China. True, he maybe should have specified 'fan page' in the name, but now that it has over 100 fans he is unable to rename the page (FB policy). People have written on the page that 'China wants this shut down'. Reading China's letter, I don't think this is true. He is not complaining about fans - he is complaining about impersonators. And if you take even a quick scan of the page I'm referring to, it is clear that no impersonation is being attempted. I'm sure China did not mean for real fans to be made to feel guilty about supporting him on FB, even if they initially overlooked the potential confusion that naming their page 'China Mieville' might cause. Can we have a little understanding, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-71103745698692049422010-12-18T17:41:33.080+00:002010-12-18T17:41:33.080+00:00To the person that said they were 'pages and n...To the person that said they were 'pages and not people'. No, there were also people claiming to be him. I know as I was on facebook and specifically made friends with one so that I could write on their wall 'this is not the real China Mieville'. Obviously by the time you looked him up, facebook had been shamed into removing these imposters.JohnBaker68https://www.blogger.com/profile/03541558103335330297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-36819973391966724452010-12-01T18:06:58.929+00:002010-12-01T18:06:58.929+00:00Sure wish I'd found your site and China's ...Sure wish I'd found your site and China's open letter to Facebook sooner. I actually followed a link from one of his fan pages here to read it. I did several searches and it appears that FB (who I don't like but use as a lesser evil of MySpace to keep in touch with friends not in my city or see rarely) removed the offending profiles.<br /><br />I feel for him and perhaps his forceful beautiful prose made someone at FB finally open their frakking ears. I'll be on the watch though, should anymore crop up.<br /><br />Interesting blog - I'll be reading through it.AparecidaProtectUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804569103367248009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-3965420545931146112010-10-25T21:41:23.325+01:002010-10-25T21:41:23.325+01:00I've looked at the pages. They're Faceboo...I've looked at the pages. They're Facebook "Pages," not "People" -- neither one claims to BE Mieville. One of them semi-explicitly says it's not Mieville, but it should be clearer. <br /><br />A number of people mistakenly believe these to be official pages, but I don't think the page authors intended to fool anyone. I don't think these are "sad people," I think they're fans who have been unclear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-44688486875279394662010-10-24T20:07:20.389+01:002010-10-24T20:07:20.389+01:00There are a number of other authors who have also ...There are a number of other authors who have also been trying to shut down imposter Facebook sites, most notable amongst them George RR Martin (he's also been trying to shut down a Facebook site reposting his blog entries without permission, including copyrighted photographs which have been put up on Facebook without his permission). They have also had little to no luck in resolving the situation through the official channels.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-84804016716177925832010-10-22T21:44:39.804+01:002010-10-22T21:44:39.804+01:00My regards to China Miéville. I have published thi...My regards to China Miéville. I have published this version of the letter in the General Discussions forum of our board here: http://www.sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=337386&p=1048236#p1048236<br /><br />Needless to say, I'm not a fried of FaceBook.<br /><br />thx4allthefish<br />moderator at sapfans.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-24073487548516580322010-10-19T22:54:24.937+01:002010-10-19T22:54:24.937+01:00that was just beautiful.
(the letter, not the fa...that was just beautiful. <br /><br />(the letter, not the fake profile thing)redheadhttp://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-30787583821535268262010-10-19T16:10:02.740+01:002010-10-19T16:10:02.740+01:00Well, he does have power if he is willing to sue t...Well, he does have power if he is willing to sue them. That is what litigation is for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com