Joys and pitfalls of compiling a recs list
At the Dreamwidth 
hikarunogo community,
troisroyaumes is collecting a list of everyone's favorite Hikago fics of 2010. Go contribute to it if you haven't already.
And, also at Dreamwidth, I learnt of
kaigou's panfandom fanfic survey,"Inspirations and Perceptions", which is already showing some interesting results and will only get better the more people take part.
hikarunogo community,
troisroyaumes is collecting a list of everyone's favorite Hikago fics of 2010. Go contribute to it if you haven't already.
- There are many Hikago fics from 2010 I haven’t read yet. (That’s not a bad thing, but it’s a bad thing for compiling a rec list when you stop to read them).
- There’s also fics I’ve read and like but haven’t commented yet (belatedly commenting also slows up the reccing).
- I ask myself whether authors mind me linking. It would be amiable to ask but it’s a lot to have to ask every single one.
- I need to keep a better track of things if I ever want to try anything like this again. I really haven't been noting things I liked, apart from in my head, and thats not much use to anyone else on the interwebs (I went off and got a Delicious account, learnt how to use it, played with it, etc. thereby further delaying the reccing).
- Manual coding for multiple links is a pain. There has got to be an easier way. MS Word should be able to do this without macros (I think I need a manual for Word 2010).
- Mediaminer is starting to look like a mueseum piece, but is still alive. On A03, Fics archived in 2010 may in fact be older. FF.net has tons of fic, but would it please the Dreamwidth audience? LiveJournal remains a maze where not everybody promotes their fic on the comms, but then that makes it like a treasure hunt, which is kind of fun, if a bit slow.
- Its difficult to organise recs. What do you choose as categories: character, genre, length, original challenge…? What is most helpful to readers?
And, also at Dreamwidth, I learnt of
kaigou's panfandom fanfic survey,"Inspirations and Perceptions", which is already showing some interesting results and will only get better the more people take part.