New community...

[bloodytearslife.livejournal.com]

copykween and I were talking and we decided that a rec community sounded like a good idea since a number of the recent posts have been asking for fic recs. Therefore I have created find_buffy_recs when your looking for any types of recs, from fanfiction to videos.

So I'd just like to take this moment to restate that this community is to find specific fics/art/etc that you have already read or seen. It is not a community to find fic recs. If you are looking for fic recs, please go sign up at the new community and post there.

Thank you!

X bloodytearslife

Comments

[copykween.livejournal.com]

We actually just wanted have a community for each; to be more specific and steamlined for each need.

It seemed more and more folks were requesting recs, as opposed to looking for something specific. And to be honest, it says in the userinfo that this isn't a community for recs....it's for seeking out specific things you've seen/read etc. in the past.

Nobody's goal was to force members into joining a second community.....I really hope that isn't what you all think we're trying to do.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

IMO, One community that serves both needs *is* streamlined and it works *perfectly*! Kudos to you for setting it up, but I hope someday you'll revise the policy because I *adored* that this place was one-stop-shopping for knowledge of all things Spike related regardless of which it is a specific fic or a type of fic.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: what last which should have been a whether.....

[copykween.livejournal.com]

I actually talked with quite a few people about the possibilty of either changing the guidelines to also allow req requests or just making a seperate community. Every person I talked to said they would prefer a second comm, so that is the direction we went. We'll see how it all plays out....but I think the rec comm will be very popular as well. I think there are already more than 20 members!

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

Yeaha. Unfortuantely it's too wide an interest base for me. I don't want my friends list flooded with reqs that have nothing to do with Spike. %^

[copykween.livejournal.com]

Hehe....actually this community is also for anything from "Buffy" and "Angel" as well. The name might throw some people off, but as per the userinfo, you can certainly look for non-Spike items. :)

As for flooding flists....that is also also something that I was wanting to avoid for this community as well. As I said, I created this LJ for a specific purpose. And it seemed like a lot of folks were using it for a different reason...ergo the second community.

This decision has been brewing for a while. I'm sorry if a community for just recs might not seem like a good idea for you. Buuuuut, our userinfo does state that this is a place to look for specifics. So if anyone has joined with the intent of ONLY asking for general recs, they were basically disregarding the guidelines that we've had in place since day one.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I joined the day you announce the community having read the requirements at the time primarily because I've been reading Spuffy fic for 7 years and thought I could help. I turned out that I got more than I gave from the community as more and more fics were sought that I hadn't read. As the community went on some people asked for general recs instead of for specific fics and either I could help or I discovered another fic I had yet to enjoy.

The number of requests has never been more than one or two per day and that volume never bothered me.

I'm surprised that there *were* people it bothered. I'm saddened that you won't even consider opening up the guidelines to all requests because I felt that the list had been doing a great job lately helping people find what they were looking for or helping lurkers just find new fics that others had asked for. I wish you'd ask the desires of the whole community before pigeonholing it.

However, this is not my community so I'll abide by your wishes. I'm just saddened by them.

[copykween.livejournal.com]

I'm not really sure what else to say here. I'm sorry that you are dissapointed by the change. And like I said in an earlier comment, if things need to change and/or the new community doesn't work out, changing things here is something we'll have to take a look at.

I don't really think there is any pigeonholing at work here. You said you don't want to see your flist bombarded with rec requests for things not Spike-related. However, if we let people start asking for recs, that exact thing could potentially happen here. Like I mentioned, this commnity is for fics/art/etc for the *entire* Buffyverse, not just Spike (despite the Spike-centric name). Sure, he's my favorite character, but this community exists for all of the other characters as well.

I guess what I'm saying is....I'm sorry that you aren't pleased, but I'm glad you are sticking around. :)

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that you aren't pleased, but I'm glad you are sticking around. :)

Thanks for listening to me moan. It really *is* a great list!