Cori Lannam (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
corilannam) wrote2006-08-14 10:19 am
corilannam) wrote2006-08-14 10:19 am
A hypothetical question for you all....
Just because I'm really curious as to what kind of reaction this would get in various parts of greater fandom....
A quick poll -- Let's say....
You belong to a hypothetical LJ fan fiction community of approximately 200 people, which if left to its own devices would get between 1-3 posts a day including stories and chapters of WIPs. There are several different pairings represented (this may or may not be relevant, depending on your opinion on how fan fiction should be read).
The moderator implements a courtesy "suggestion" which requires that only one story or part of a story can be posted on the community each day. If one author posts something, everyone else has to wait for the next day in order to give the first author her "moment in the sun" and to keep readers from being overwhelmed by too many stories. This limit is not enforced except through peer pressure and occasional pointed reminders from the moderator.
My questions, based on your previous individual experiences with fan fiction communities:
1) Have you seen this kind of thing in fiction communities before?
2) Are these people on crack, or is this a reasonable and considerate means of increasing feedback, promoting community, and helping the readers?
I'd make this into a proper LJ poll, but my account ran out while I was off being a hermit last month. Oops. But if this goes well, I'll try a proper poll on OTP reading tomorrow. Whee!
A quick poll -- Let's say....
You belong to a hypothetical LJ fan fiction community of approximately 200 people, which if left to its own devices would get between 1-3 posts a day including stories and chapters of WIPs. There are several different pairings represented (this may or may not be relevant, depending on your opinion on how fan fiction should be read).
The moderator implements a courtesy "suggestion" which requires that only one story or part of a story can be posted on the community each day. If one author posts something, everyone else has to wait for the next day in order to give the first author her "moment in the sun" and to keep readers from being overwhelmed by too many stories. This limit is not enforced except through peer pressure and occasional pointed reminders from the moderator.
My questions, based on your previous individual experiences with fan fiction communities:
1) Have you seen this kind of thing in fiction communities before?
2) Are these people on crack, or is this a reasonable and considerate means of increasing feedback, promoting community, and helping the readers?
I'd make this into a proper LJ poll, but my account ran out while I was off being a hermit last month. Oops. But if this goes well, I'll try a proper poll on OTP reading tomorrow. Whee!
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I belong to a NUMBER of fiction communities and believe me, there's nothing abuot 'giving the author their time to shine' bullshit. This is not kindergarten. This is adults (hopefully) participating and sharing fiction online.
So what if I post and then you post. Are you saying that the reader is either 1) too stupid or 2) too overwhelmed where they have to make the monumental decision of which story am I going to read?
Please... I think it's stupid as all hell and very ridiculous. And I, as a reader and writer, do not appreciate to be treated with such stupid kid gloves.
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And yes! That's exactly what's bothering me. We're being treated like small children who all need to be praised equally and kept in line. Thank you, but I graduated from pre-school quite a few years ago.
And yeah, it cracks me up when some of them complain that as a reader, they find two stories being posted in a day to be just too overwhelming to cope with. How on earth they manage to clothe and feed themselves every day, I do not know.