http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/ Switched Comments for Author Snipes Critic on Twitter Over Negative Review http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/]]>Jun 30th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
If the critic's phone number and email address, are public info, then they are fair game. It sounds to me like she can dish it out but not take it. If she doesn't like it, she can stop being a critic and try writing a book herself. I'll bet she couldn't get published.]]>Jun 30th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
However - I am not condoning, at all, this author's behavior. And fans who contacted the critic to complain, without reading both the book and the review first, should be ashamed.
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Even though she approached it in the wrong way, I think the author has a valid grievance if this is indeed about a non-writer talking about plots in a bumbled "review". ]]>Jun 30th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
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And further who is LEILA BRILLSON to determine that the author went "too far" . NO one cares what you judge to be too far or not too far, Ms. Brillson. Keep your opinions to yourself...you dont seem to have a clue about journalism yourself. THAT is the irony of the "story"!]]>Jun 30th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
Posting personal information about someone on a public board and then urging anonymous readers to contact them is, by modern standards, "too far."]]>Jun 30th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
Also, since she didn't give any information that could endanger the critic, such as a home address, I'd say it is absolutely acceptable. ]]>Jun 30th 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/
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]]>Jul 1st 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jul 2nd 2009 4:20AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jun 30th 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/As far as her "private" information. Her e-mail adress is on the site with her review and so is her full name. Ms Hoffman didn't give out any info that wasn't easily available to people. Though I do think encouraging people to harrass the critic is childish, this woman didn't just write "a mildly negative review" she sat down and ruined the story for anyone who read her review. That's different than critiquing a book.
Also, just because a reviewer doesn't personally identify with the characters and the book doesn't end the way she would like, does not make it a bad book. ]]>Jul 1st 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/30/author-snipes-critic-on-twitter-over-negative-review/Jul 1st 2009 12:35AM