Discussion → Zero Fav Group
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Walter Bjorkman started the Zero Fav group around Jan 2010. The group 10+ Favs had been out for a while and inspired him to start 0. It was both serious and a spoof - the fave system has nothing inherently wrong with it, comparative to a "like" on FB, but just like those, at times it can become a you prop me & I'll prop you back thing. He didn’t think it had anything to do with the writing itself and would have no effect on it. He thought 0 favs could mean many things - the piece was posted at a time of a rapid pace time and passed by the front page when people who don't know the author were all posting; it truly could be a bad piece of writing; the author may not be known by many that were on at that time, due to not having read & commented on many stories. It was meant to encourage people who might feel discouraged by no faves. It gives people a chance to have a second look at stories that might otherwise be ignored.
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I am now co-administrator of the group. Take your old zeroes out of the attic and post them.
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I've resigned because of the current climate of hostility over the issue of faves in general.
Group Description
"Art becomes deformed when in any way it's driven by approval." Junot Díaz
This is a place for all the chickens in a T-Bone world. Deposit said cluckers here, perhaps some screwy misguided reader will stop by and give them some feed. Of course, once the beloved cherished gold has been tatted on your Rhode Island, its time to set them free, meaning gedditouttahere.
Please give your birds a chance to get up in the air by waiting until it manages to squawk its way to the second page at least, before posting here.
This is a public group.
Anyone can see it and join.