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A community thought
Jun. 16th, 2011 05:07 pmI wonder if there would be any interest in a DW community in which people can ask for fic recs?
- you might be in the mood for something from a specific fandom
- you might want a particular button pressed
- or, something else?
My idea is that if so, you could post asking for recs along whatever lines you happen to be looking for, and hope for the best. Not the same thing as a fic-finder comm in which you want to find that particular story you just can't identify, but a more general itch-scratch. Not the same thing as a story request comm, either - though I personally wouldn't mind if readers used the requests as inspiration to write new fic.
If there is already such a comm, please tell me!
If not, do you think there should be one?
If so, should it be called ijuswannareadthis or itch_scratching? (Or, not?)
Also, if you can see Horrible Pitfalls Ahead for the foolhardy soul who decides to start up such a comm, what would these be?
- you might be in the mood for something from a specific fandom
- you might want a particular button pressed
- or, something else?
My idea is that if so, you could post asking for recs along whatever lines you happen to be looking for, and hope for the best. Not the same thing as a fic-finder comm in which you want to find that particular story you just can't identify, but a more general itch-scratch. Not the same thing as a story request comm, either - though I personally wouldn't mind if readers used the requests as inspiration to write new fic.
If there is already such a comm, please tell me!
If not, do you think there should be one?
If so, should it be called ijuswannareadthis or itch_scratching? (Or, not?)
Also, if you can see Horrible Pitfalls Ahead for the foolhardy soul who decides to start up such a comm, what would these be?