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Or: Jax Has Terrible Ideas (Again)
So, because I'm immensely lazy right now, you guys get the short of it. I'm thinking of fun things to do with the FF&W. No, I'm not proposing to run any of these; if someone wants to expand on these ideas in a new thread, go for it. b)'')b
Monthly Awards
What if we brought in some kind of awards thing-a-ma-jig to PC's fic forum? Yes, I know I've said in the shiny past where I was an asshat that awards = drama, but I'm sure if we worked on it, we'll hammer out all the oddities, right?
I'm thinking of two possibilities to be specific.
First possibility is Fanfic of the Month. Now, I know we've tried it in the past where we put a lot of responsibility on the mods for handling the entire voting process, and that sort of fizzled out. However! I'm thinking why bother the mods? There's two ways to do this: one being that we have an anonymous poll made on the first of every month containing titles of fics that were updated/posted in the month before it. That way, votes are anonymous, obvious, and easily counted. The other is that we send all the ballots to someone (or more than one someone) who's fair, not known for lying/cheating, and isn't necessarily a mod. Either way, we get those votes counted, and they're put on a shiny, shiny list of Fics of the Month that could be stickied or whatever. I'm not sure whether or not we should let fics be voted for that position more than once a month; I really haven't planned that much.
Second possibility is just bringing back the SWC full-time, only with more voting and shiny emblems.
Personally, I prefer the former because, you know, it'd be open to any fic posted within a month, not just those posted for a certain theme. But we could do both at once, too! If someone was willing to run it, that is.
Reviewer Profiles
I wrote this in response to someone else on my LJ, and I've suddenly had the itch to try it out.
Copypasta time! \o/
Tl;dr, reviewer profile thread, where we post our reading lists (i.e., whatever fics we've already reviewed/are currently reading), what we normally read, our kinds of reviews, etc. Also, potential feedback thread (incorporated into the same place?) where people stop by and say, "Oh hey! This person gave a really awesome review!" or "This person sucks at reviewing, and by the way, they completely blew me off for a long time." So, the more of the former you get, the higher you rank in terms of reviewers, and the more of the latter you get, the more your score gets knocked down.
Downfalls? Drama. Also, the fact that it might just be a little redundant, what with the beta thread and all. But mostly drama. Any thoughts?
If not, what if we brought back the reviewing chain? Or should we just stick to the reviewing challenge?
Writing Challenges
Hey, anyone remember An Exquisite Corpse? Anyone want to do it again? And while we're at it, what do people think about one-sentence fic challenges or ficlets written under obscene timeframes? In short, writing games. Awesome ways to stir activity in Writer's Lounge, y/n?
So, yeah, these are just basically quick sketches of ideas that've been bouncing around in my head for a bit. If anyone's got any feedback or ideas to pitch for things that would be fun in the FF&W, feel free to derail and commandeer this thread.
Meantime, the poll is only relevant to show how an anonymous poll thing would work.
Edit: "An orgy" is not a valid proposal.
So, because I'm immensely lazy right now, you guys get the short of it. I'm thinking of fun things to do with the FF&W. No, I'm not proposing to run any of these; if someone wants to expand on these ideas in a new thread, go for it. b)'')b
Monthly Awards
What if we brought in some kind of awards thing-a-ma-jig to PC's fic forum? Yes, I know I've said in the shiny past where I was an asshat that awards = drama, but I'm sure if we worked on it, we'll hammer out all the oddities, right?
I'm thinking of two possibilities to be specific.
First possibility is Fanfic of the Month. Now, I know we've tried it in the past where we put a lot of responsibility on the mods for handling the entire voting process, and that sort of fizzled out. However! I'm thinking why bother the mods? There's two ways to do this: one being that we have an anonymous poll made on the first of every month containing titles of fics that were updated/posted in the month before it. That way, votes are anonymous, obvious, and easily counted. The other is that we send all the ballots to someone (or more than one someone) who's fair, not known for lying/cheating, and isn't necessarily a mod. Either way, we get those votes counted, and they're put on a shiny, shiny list of Fics of the Month that could be stickied or whatever. I'm not sure whether or not we should let fics be voted for that position more than once a month; I really haven't planned that much.
Second possibility is just bringing back the SWC full-time, only with more voting and shiny emblems.
Personally, I prefer the former because, you know, it'd be open to any fic posted within a month, not just those posted for a certain theme. But we could do both at once, too! If someone was willing to run it, that is.
Reviewer Profiles
I wrote this in response to someone else on my LJ, and I've suddenly had the itch to try it out.
Copypasta time! \o/
Well, for one, there is as you've said a profile system. It could be set up with both reviewer profiles and review requests – as in, people could submit profiles to state that they're happy to review X kind of story, while other people could simply submit their stories to be reviewed. It's sort of like the Beta Thread, as I've mentioned not too long ago. On the one hand, the word "obligation" is taken completely out because the people who post profiles don't necessarily have to respond with a review; they can deny any request that comes through to them for any reason with no social obligation or need to cite a standard of guidelines. On the other, yes, this also means that we'd need to implement a way to encourage people not to deny requests for no apparent reason. A feedback system could offer that kind of incentive (like, the more reviews you give out and the better feedback people leave you about the way you handled the exchange, the higher rank you get – or even something like just emphasizing that the more you do it, the more likely you'll be nominated for the Best Reviewer category come the annual fic awards). In other words, I guess you could say it's the exact kind of system that you were describing in the discussion thread, only with fewer strings attached (like the entire word "obligation" anywhere in the post). It's better to just say that it's encouraged to do something, rather than that someone must do something because, let's face it, some of us are intensely lazy.
Tl;dr, reviewer profile thread, where we post our reading lists (i.e., whatever fics we've already reviewed/are currently reading), what we normally read, our kinds of reviews, etc. Also, potential feedback thread (incorporated into the same place?) where people stop by and say, "Oh hey! This person gave a really awesome review!" or "This person sucks at reviewing, and by the way, they completely blew me off for a long time." So, the more of the former you get, the higher you rank in terms of reviewers, and the more of the latter you get, the more your score gets knocked down.
Downfalls? Drama. Also, the fact that it might just be a little redundant, what with the beta thread and all. But mostly drama. Any thoughts?
If not, what if we brought back the reviewing chain? Or should we just stick to the reviewing challenge?
Writing Challenges
Hey, anyone remember An Exquisite Corpse? Anyone want to do it again? And while we're at it, what do people think about one-sentence fic challenges or ficlets written under obscene timeframes? In short, writing games. Awesome ways to stir activity in Writer's Lounge, y/n?
So, yeah, these are just basically quick sketches of ideas that've been bouncing around in my head for a bit. If anyone's got any feedback or ideas to pitch for things that would be fun in the FF&W, feel free to derail and commandeer this thread.
Meantime, the poll is only relevant to show how an anonymous poll thing would work.
Edit: "An orgy" is not a valid proposal.
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