I dont have anything against dragoneer, or pay attention to "OMG dragoneer is literally hitler!!1!" drama in various places for running a fan site at his own expense. I'd treat him as nicely as anyone else, and get him a beer if I see him.
Going to make an assumption about the "got interviewed, didn't even know it" comment: he's referring to the story I put up about Furfling. In it I reposted comments he posted to reddit's r/furry section. Where he was already responding towards another users public post about the topic... and Greenreaper, #1 rep for Flayrah. Yeah, then I came in and asked him to say more. On a public forum he chose to address the subject on first. Dragoneer's comments prompted me to write the story, I didn't bring up the topic to him. (And I said that anything I asked him by personal message was for a news article and he should feel free to say "no comment.")
if he was referring to another "got interviewed", then I retract this comment, but I'm not aware of any other.
Both parties here have dual roles. Dragoneer runs a site, and also does personal fan activity. I do personal fan activity, and also write stuff to put on Flayrah (which is actually personal, too... hardly trained or paid.) That's the nature of fan communities. OMG "journalistic ethics?" Get off it. Courtesy yes... being the same as NPR or PBS, get real. There is even a recognized school of subjective journalism, and I doubt it's possible to name a better place for it than among fans.
I dont have anything against dragoneer, or pay attention to "OMG dragoneer is literally hitler!!1!" drama in various places for running a fan site at his own expense. I'd treat him as nicely as anyone else, and get him a beer if I see him.
Going to make an assumption about the "got interviewed, didn't even know it" comment: he's referring to the story I put up about Furfling. In it I reposted comments he posted to reddit's r/furry section. Where he was already responding towards another users public post about the topic... and Greenreaper, #1 rep for Flayrah. Yeah, then I came in and asked him to say more. On a public forum he chose to address the subject on first. Dragoneer's comments prompted me to write the story, I didn't bring up the topic to him. (And I said that anything I asked him by personal message was for a news article and he should feel free to say "no comment.")
Check for yourself thru the links here
http://www.flayrah.com/5283/furries-share-worries-about-pay-dating-fraud-spotlig...
if he was referring to another "got interviewed", then I retract this comment, but I'm not aware of any other.
Both parties here have dual roles. Dragoneer runs a site, and also does personal fan activity. I do personal fan activity, and also write stuff to put on Flayrah (which is actually personal, too... hardly trained or paid.) That's the nature of fan communities. OMG "journalistic ethics?" Get off it. Courtesy yes... being the same as NPR or PBS, get real. There is even a recognized school of subjective journalism, and I doubt it's possible to name a better place for it than among fans.