>> I won't be too harsh on people wishing for things in an "I wish a genie would grant me this" way, but some of these wishes are very doable with some effort! <<
If it was 1-2 people, it wouldn't bug me. Somewhere around 4-5 it got irritating, and after a dozen ... for fucksake people, you have enough for a whole community if you got together and just did the thing.
>> Snowflake is great, and I do love seeing the enthusiasm in January! But... very true how many people just... wander away afterwards. Like... if you want a sense of community, you have to BE IN THAT COMMUNITY, and if everyone who said they wished DW was more active was active on DW, DW could be pretty darn active, haha.<<
Nailed it.
>>I have definitely been trying to keep up activity on DW, both by posting and making sure I comment on other people's posts. Unsurprisingly, that's led to better connections and friendships than passively reading and never posting/commenting ever has. ;)
Go you!
I have connected with several interesting people this Snowflake season. I hope that at least some of them stick around.
>> Rec communities are a good idea for posting - with a bit of surfing through my bookmarks, I'm sure I could usually dig up something on-theme that I've enjoyed and would like to share.<<
That's a great idea.
>> Fostering a general community norm against bad behavior (but also having it ingrained in the formal rules, if applicable) is usually the most effective way to keep it from ever getting out of hand. It's great when stuff gets shut down before a mod even has to get involved! <<
Yeah. The moderation tools are useful, especially being able to friend-lock the comments to block spam, but it's the community that really matters.
>> That's a really good bit of verbage for shared works! I may start including something similar. <<
I'm happy I could inspire you.
>> That is some really impressive word/page count for some of your characters/series! It's great that some of them have developed such an enthusiastic following. I think that is a really good point about why it's so successful - the ability and willingness to include such a range of inclusive identities and worldbuilding! <<
Exactly. I like writing things out of the ordinary. So for readers who rarely if ever see themselves reflected in mainstream storylines, it's really nice to find someone who's willing to fill that gap. It's easy for one person to make a big difference just by persistently prompting and sponsoring poems in a given series. I have several series that were heavily developed by one or a few people, before other folks got on board.
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If it was 1-2 people, it wouldn't bug me. Somewhere around 4-5 it got irritating, and after a dozen ... for fucksake people, you have enough for a whole community if you got together and just did the thing.
>> Snowflake is great, and I do love seeing the enthusiasm in January! But... very true how many people just... wander away afterwards. Like... if you want a sense of community, you have to BE IN THAT COMMUNITY, and if everyone who said they wished DW was more active was active on DW, DW could be pretty darn active, haha.<<
Nailed it.
>>I have definitely been trying to keep up activity on DW, both by posting and making sure I comment on other people's posts. Unsurprisingly, that's led to better connections and friendships than passively reading and never posting/commenting ever has. ;)
Go you!
I have connected with several interesting people this Snowflake season. I hope that at least some of them stick around.
>> Rec communities are a good idea for posting - with a bit of surfing through my bookmarks, I'm sure I could usually dig up something on-theme that I've enjoyed and would like to share.<<
That's a great idea.
>> Fostering a general community norm against bad behavior (but also having it ingrained in the formal rules, if applicable) is usually the most effective way to keep it from ever getting out of hand. It's great when stuff gets shut down before a mod even has to get involved! <<
Yeah. The moderation tools are useful, especially being able to friend-lock the comments to block spam, but it's the community that really matters.
>> That's a really good bit of verbage for shared works! I may start including something similar. <<
I'm happy I could inspire you.
>> That is some really impressive word/page count for some of your characters/series! It's great that some of them have developed such an enthusiastic following. I think that is a really good point about why it's so successful - the ability and willingness to include such a range of inclusive identities and worldbuilding! <<
Exactly. I like writing things out of the ordinary. So for readers who rarely if ever see themselves reflected in mainstream storylines, it's really nice to find someone who's willing to fill that gap. It's easy for one person to make a big difference just by persistently prompting and sponsoring poems in a given series. I have several series that were heavily developed by one or a few people, before other folks got on board.