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merlinrpf2020-08-19 04:57 pm
mrs-leary.livejournal.com) wrote in merlinrpf2020-08-19 04:57 pm
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Moving the Prompt Fests to AO3...?
Hello, fellow RPFers!
I've long been a fan of AO3, and since earlier this year have been volunteering with OTW - which has certainly been a learning experience. One thing I didn't know about was that Collections on AO3 can be set up as Prompt Memes or Gift Exchanges.
While I am still not abandoning LiveJournal, it's fair to say that we only really use this community for the annual Promptacular Fests, and there tends not to be much if any discussion in between times. I'm still happy to also copy our posts over to Dreamwidth, but having a "mirror" community there hasn't really boosted our activity, or not that I'm aware of.
So I wondered whether it would be worth running the annual fests via Prompt Meme collections on AO3. I would still post about them here and on DW, and you could of course continue to use this community as you wish (within the rules!). However, running the fests on AO3 might (a) be a bit less clunky in terms of technology, and (b) be a bit more visible to other RPF fans.
And then I had another thought: I would be happy to go back through this community and post (probably anonymously) any unfilled prompts to an AO3 subcollection. That way we're not losing anyone's good ideas, and it might help spark a few more fanworks!
I'd love to hear from you, whether you're for or against either idea, and of course all queries and concerns are welcome. What do you think...? Feel free to use the poll and/or comments to let me know!
[Poll #2104250]
I've long been a fan of AO3, and since earlier this year have been volunteering with OTW - which has certainly been a learning experience. One thing I didn't know about was that Collections on AO3 can be set up as Prompt Memes or Gift Exchanges.
While I am still not abandoning LiveJournal, it's fair to say that we only really use this community for the annual Promptacular Fests, and there tends not to be much if any discussion in between times. I'm still happy to also copy our posts over to Dreamwidth, but having a "mirror" community there hasn't really boosted our activity, or not that I'm aware of.
So I wondered whether it would be worth running the annual fests via Prompt Meme collections on AO3. I would still post about them here and on DW, and you could of course continue to use this community as you wish (within the rules!). However, running the fests on AO3 might (a) be a bit less clunky in terms of technology, and (b) be a bit more visible to other RPF fans.
And then I had another thought: I would be happy to go back through this community and post (probably anonymously) any unfilled prompts to an AO3 subcollection. That way we're not losing anyone's good ideas, and it might help spark a few more fanworks!
I'd love to hear from you, whether you're for or against either idea, and of course all queries and concerns are welcome. What do you think...? Feel free to use the poll and/or comments to let me know!
[Poll #2104250]
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For the second question, I answered "yes" but if some people want it to be anonymous, I'm okay with that too :-)
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