New Mod

[megoon.livejournal.com]

I have added ephemera_pop as a mod. We're gonna see if we can get this place up and running again.
Any of you have any ides? We're open to suggestions, drop them off in a comment.

I am leaving for the rest of the weekend here in about half an hour. If anyone has any suggestions or questions just drop a comment here or email one of us.

Comments

*thinking*

[sjrules.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking long and hard about what to do. my last two requests were never answered and I have tried to write as much as I can here. All we really need is to get the requests flowing again, maybe a contest where whoever writes the most gets a prize 9icon, layout or such)!

i really love this community and want to see it flourish again.

And to start I'll go request something now!

Re: *thinking*

[megoon.livejournal.com]

I dont like the whole "write the most and get a prize" concept because I don't want people just throwing something together, the whole point is that if you're inspired to write something please do

Re: *thinking*

[sjrules.livejournal.com]

yeah that's true! Well how about a poll to see how many are still interested and to encourage people to start posting requests again! i wish i had some good ideas but I'm not sure what to do.

[patchworkdragon.livejournal.com]

One of the things that discouraged me the last few months that the comm was active was that I'm not online every day, so when I did come and check the requests were up to a week old and the only unanswered ones were the really unusual pairings. There were also a couple of times where I was slow writing and someone beat me to it, and I did not post what I wrote at all.

I don't see an easy fix for that, except maybe to make it clear whether or not we're welcome to write for a request that already has been answered. I wasn't doing that because I didn't want to be seen as trying to show someone up or something, but if it was clear upfront that multiple responses were ok, I would have more to write. Or if that's not allowed, then make that clear as well.

I also noticed that sometimes I would come looking for something to write, and everything from the last week had a comment already. Without clicking them I'd assume they'd been fulfilled, but for a while there we were getting a lot of comments agreeing with the request. Perhaps if there were a rule that the first comment to a post must be a ficlet?

The only problem I have with keeping track of how often someone writes is that then those who do not write may feel intimidated about making requests, which is not what we want.

I also see logistical problems with keeping track, especially if it is decided to encourage multiple replies to a request. Who has time to go back and check old posts and see if a second story was added? My suggestion, if we go the stats route, is to have a mod post every week/month/fortnight/17 days/ whatever. When someone writes a ficlet, they comment on the mod post with a link to their fic. At the end of the period, the mod collates all those links into a summary post, and then makes a new mod post for collecting links. That way we're only looking at activity in the last period, not cumulative, and the poor mod doesn't go insane.

[megoon.livejournal.com]

It's perfectly fine to write more than one story per request! I guess I never thought people would think that once a request had been answered then it was closed.

[patchworkdragon.livejournal.com]

I have a hyperactive sense of being unwelcome; I always worry that I'm where I shouldn't be doing something I shouldn't do.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

trust you to think through the logistics ;) - my thought was, for starters, to get the regular mods 'unanswered requests' posts back up and runnning, along with a 'new fic this week' post to pimp the ficlets that did get written [lack of fb is a de-motivator for the folks writing, after all, so pimping the ficlets is a good] - that last's a good idea for marshaling the incoming fic - we'll def. give it some thought.

[patchworkdragon.livejournal.com]

trust you to think through the logistics Do I do that because it's my job, or did it become my job because I do it anyway?

I suspect the latter. I like thinking out logistics and all, I'm just no good at carrying things out myself :)

[tallories.livejournal.com]

I think the best way to infuse excitement for this community is for the moderators to post links to everything that's been written on a regular basis. It's lots of fun to see all the requests, but unless you bookmark each one you never get to see the results. Would it be possible to do a summary post once a week with each request, a link to the story, and notes on which ones still need to be filled?

[ephemera-pop.livejournal.com]

Is the new-format weekly recap format working for you? Or ar you saying you'd prefer to see it all mixed in together?

[tallories.livejournal.com]

The new format is great! I really like it.