Scene discussion poll -- what next?

[china_shop]

Round Six of scene discussions is coming to an end soon. We really like having the regular posts to keep the comm active and feeling lived-in, but we're heading into a busy time of year for a lot of people. Please fill out the poll (and elaborate in comments!) to say what we should do next.

Poll #26294 Plan for the rest of the year

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What would you like to happen on the comm for the rest of the year?

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another round of scene discussions!
0 (0.0%)

a round of scene discussions MIXED WITH other post types (more general meta, squee, rarepair or friendship ship manifestos, etc)
9 (75.0%)

something else which I will tell you about in comments
0 (0.0%)

take a break till the new year
3 (25.0%)

I will sign up to make a post

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for another round of scene discussions
4 (80.0%)

for a round of scene discussions mixed with other post types
4 (80.0%)

Comments

[shadaras]

Ooh, yes, recs would be awesome!! For me, the only downside with having them in place of a scene post is that they don't provide a lot of scope for discussion, and I really enjoy the interactions and digging into things on the scene posts. But we don't have to have recs every week.

Does everything need to have scope for discussion, though? It's kinda nice to also have some posts where it feels easier to engage by just going "Oh, cool, thanks!" (which one could do on the scene discussion posts, but isn't how most people interact). (Both are good! I love the in-depth discussions! But it's nice to see other things too, y'know?)

(Fwiw, we had a themed reccing meme a couple of years ago, and I've been vaguely wondering about suggesting that again. I don't know if now would be the best time, though, given exchange season.)

Oh, that's neat! :) I think it'd be fun to see rec lists hosted directly on sid_guardian, either in posts or comments, but that's probably because clicking through a lot of links is less fun for me than just reading the recs directly.

And now I'm wondering if there's a way to do some kind of interactive reccing fest, maybe with prompts?

That sounds fascinating and something that I would probably just observe without interacting with. xD; I don't read enough! But it does sound cool :)

[china_shop]

Does everything need to have scope for discussion, though?

*nodnod* You're right. (That's actually what I meant by "we don't have to have recs every week", but I now realise that was extremely unclear! :-)

I think it'd be fun to see rec lists hosted directly on sid_guardian, either in posts or comments, but that's probably because clicking through a lot of links is less fun for me than just reading the recs directly.

*nodnod* Back in the day, the idea was to gently encourage content to stay out in the wild, so that more people would catch glimpses of Guardian's shininess and be lured in. I still have a slight leaning that way -- if everything happens on the comm, the fandom is more likely to shrink from natural attrition. But I also get you re the convenience -- I feel that too.

That sounds fascinating and something that I would probably just observe without interacting with. xD; I don't read enough!

Ha, now that you say that, I realise I'm the same. (I still haven't read all the 520 Day fic, let alone the Wishlist collection!) I don't think a fest thing would work unless there were quite a number of enthusiastic reccers -- might be something to gauge interest in at a later date. But yeah, no reason people can't post recs (or rec lists) at any other time, including as part of the next round.