Discussion: This comm. What do we want from it? What is possible?

[pink-cass.livejournal.com]

Okay, so it's apparent that frequent updates will be a definite problem here (note: This is a neutrally stated observation, not a complaint. I'm totally including my own nonposting lack of activity in this). However, since jammerlea was so kind to made a sticky post with links to the most important sites to check for updates, plus the fact that the activity in recent update threads was mostly low, I'm not sure if the lack of updates posted directly to the comm is still a problem, or not so much.

In addition to this question, because it got me thinking: What exactly do people expect from or desire for this comm? What would be interesting to most of the members or visitors here? Obviously, one thing this comm is very nice for is fan discussions. We could have more of those. Personally, I like them very much, so if anyone has a good theory or topic for a discussion, please never be afraid of posting it. (I'm not a mod, but I think they would be fine with this. If not, please correct me.)

What else would be interesting for the majority of us? Future events? Should the main comm hold event threads again where chitchat between updates is allowed? There were problems with this in the past, but now that fewer people are around, I think the thread pace could be more managable.
Other ideas? What kind of things do you other members think would be nice to have (and good to create some interaction within the threads)? What do you mods think would be possible, or what do you think might look nice on paper, but actually be a rather bad idea?

Comments

[yuuago]

I agree that there is a lack of feedback, but I don't think it's specific to this community. I've discussed this with people I know in this fandom and in others and there seems to be a downtrend in comment culture in general.

But! More people posting fanwork here would be a good thing. It's nice to have variety in the kind of posts a community gets.

Prompt-based fests of the kind that surstrommiakki is would probably be difficult to run here (they're a lot of work, I've run that kind of thing before and it's hard), but themed months sound like they might be a good idea.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

That's kinda sad. Especially in a place like this, where you can't fave a piece of art or a story. At least with a fave, you can tell someone liked it & it's a kind of feedback.

I agree! We do need more fanworks here. Maybe I should post one of my drawings. XD *used to post stories here*

What they do there, would be hard, since the mod is giving everyone their own set of prompts. But themed months where you produce fanworks about your fave characters/pairings would be nice. :D