World Book Day Chat: so who sent the 15,000 Questions?

[davewitley]

Joj wrote:

> "Coolbeans3131: Would you like to see the same actors portray the 
> trio in all 7 movies?
> JK Rowling replies -> Yes, I would. I really like all three of 
them."
> 
> WooHoo, although I do think most of my other questions were 
better.  
> It was my only movie question.  I would feel really guilty, but she 
> answered so many questions!  We'll have stuff to talk about for 
weeks!
> 
> Joj(aka coolbeans3131) who hopes no one wants to kill her for 
asking 
> such a dumb question.  It was late here!

No, it lends support to my belief that there is some kind of 
filtering system to try to ensure that only dumb questions got 
through.  I think that WB, Scholastic & the rest tend to assume that 
anything slightly out of the ordinary from the fan community is a 
dark plot to take money that is rightfully theirs (the idea that 
creative fan activity might *expand* the market and so benefit them 
too is too wacky for a corporate suit to understand) and look for 
ways to suppress it.  Ask any conference organiser.  Remember, we 
have been discussing chat tactics here and in other places such as 
the comments sections on The Leaky Cauldron.

That said, I thought the general standard of questions wasn't bad and 
JKR a lot more forthcoming than I'd feared.  I felt quite a few 
questions reflected the sort of discussions we'd been having.

David