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Still learning the bookbinding etiquette and had a question I haven't been able to find a concreate response to.

When it comes to writers that have left fandom, the most common consensus seems to be, still ask, create, credit and be ready to take down any posts if they contact you.

I was curious about how Artists feel about the same concept. When there is an artist or a piece of art from a specific artist who has left fandom and you cannot find any recent activity anywhere and you have asked where you can, Would you be cool using (if you are a binder) or having you're art used (if you are an artist) as long as credit is given and the binder would be willing to remove any posts if contacted? Would time away decide? If its been over 3 years, 5 years, etc?

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Jason: So what are we mad about today?

Bruce: Ever since he came out, Tim's been calling all his villains homophobes and now none of them will fight him because they want to be, and I quote, "Good Allies"

Jason, laughing: That's brilliant Timbit

It has come to my attention recently that a lot of readers don’t know how potentially powerful they are and how much impact they can have on how well a book sells. It’s easy to think that if you’re not an influencer, you don’t have any influence – like, “I only have 100 followers, so what could I possibly do that would do any good?”

In point of fact, there’s quite a big difference you can make with very little effort. In the six months so before a book’s publication, so many decisions at the publisher are made based on how much initial buzz there is for the book – and one of the things categorized as buzz is how many people are talking about it on social media. 

That means that if there is a book that you’re really excited about or an author who you want to support, LITERALLY just saying, “I’m really excited to read (such-and-such) by (author), it looks so good!” somewhere on social media genuinely does help make a difference, especially if you tag the author/publisher or use the book’s hashtag (*cough*#ATasteOfGoldAndIron*cough*). Twitter, Tiktok, and Instagram are considered the most “relevant” and useful platforms for buzz.

You might not personally cause hundreds of people to pre-order the book, but you are showing the publisher that there is interest and excitement building for it, and then they put more marketing support behind it. This is because every time one person says something out loud about the book, we assume that there are a number of other people who feel the same but AREN’T saying it out loud.

Bonus:

Leather is good actually. Veganism isn’t the end all be all to morality and consumption. The issue isn’t that a chicken died for those nuggets, but that while the chicken was alive, it’s life fucking sucked. Vegan chocolate means little if the cocoa that made it was gathered by child slave labor.

“Many of my movies have strong female leads - brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a saviour. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.” -Hayao Miyazaki

Dick: Bruce, have you seen my phone?

Bruce: *pulls a laser pointer out of his belt and shines it across the room at Dick’s phone*

Dick: Great. I’m sure this new toy won’t be annoying at all.

—

Steph: Do we have any Swiss cheese?

Bruce: *aims his laser pointer at the fridge*

Steph: Wow, Dick wasn’t kidding. That is really annoying.

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Jason: Hey Brucille, have you seen my Wonder Woman hoodie? It went missing.

Bruce: *aims laser pointer at Tim*

Jason: Oh you’re in for it now you little geek.

Tim: Bruce whY—

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Hal: Hey Spooky, you’re late to the meeting. What the hell have you been doing?

Bruce: *points laser at Clark*

Clark, embarrassed and irritated after putting up with this shit for almost a month: *blasts the laser pointer with his laser eyes*

Hal: LOL. What now, Bat?

Bruce: hn.

Bruce: *pulls two more laser pointers out of his belt, places one on the table, and shines the other one at it*

At best that data goes into the Facebook/google algorithm to sell you things and at worst it could be used against you by hostile agents.

They’re called Personality Quizzes and they’re a taught Marketing Survey method.

It’s nefariously clever how they’re giving us the ability to create them ourselves. We’re creating the research studies for them.

Reference links to educate:

https://www.leadquizzes.com/blog/5-things-you-need-to-know-if-you-collect-data-through-quizzes/

https://www.mic.com/articles/188678/its-not-just-facebook-online-quizzes-also-collect-data-about-you