Comments | jlh: Four thoughts on LJ-ettiquette

jlh

Four thoughts on LJ-ettiquette

Oct 13, 2005 15:22

Comments 19

heinous_bitca October 13 2005, 19:29:00 UTC

That's Browncoats, btw. ;)

And I think you should post it in one community or journal, and then post links to other communities telling them where it is.

jlh October 13 2005, 19:32:11 UTC

Thank you! However, I understand that there was a big fascist following for Serenity.

That's actually what I meant by cross-posting; most people post in one place and then post with fake cuts every place else.

*runs to edit*

heinous_bitca October 13 2005, 19:41:39 UTC

Ah, okay. I thought you meant people posting the same fic in multiple place, which I have seen.

Then all at once, please!

ecwoodburn October 13 2005, 19:33:26 UTC

I have no problem with cross-posting all at once, until you're spamming, say, 10+ communities at the same time. (I've mostly seen this on various spirituality-related comms, but I'm sure it happens elsewhere, too.) If you feel the need to cross-post that many times, 1) at least have the decency to cut, and 2) if it's a poll/survey, I'd almost prefer you spread it out over a couple of days -- it'll probably be easier to deal with the data that way, anyway. IMHO, it shows you're actually interested in the results, not just spamming to see how many responses you can get.

ali_wildgoose October 13 2005, 19:34:12 UTC

Hmmm....what CHUD wank do you speak of? I totally missed this.

Also, it's actually "Browncoats," and if you care I'd be happy to explain the term in less than a paragraph ;}

ali_wildgoose October 13 2005, 19:35:10 UTC

whoops! looks like i was beat to the punch ;}

jlh October 13 2005, 19:37:54 UTC

No, I fixed it, though as I said to Jules I did understand that Serenity has a significant Fascist following.

Serenity wank explained on FW. Just, you know, avoid the comments to avoid the usual yadda yadda.

ali_wildgoose October 13 2005, 19:38:40 UTC

many thanks, my dear ;}

aome October 13 2005, 19:35:39 UTC

*nods in agreement with most of what you've said about being for something, against something, and having your own mind about something ( ... )

jlh October 13 2005, 19:41:32 UTC

I totally see what you're saying. I would say that I think this gets under people's skin only on LJ where if you have all the comms friended then you suddenly get like, 35 entries of the same thing. I think the headers should be edited, and actually, I think you should say that it's been cross-posted as that seems polite, but whatever.

I am enjoying school when you know, I'm feeling all confident and happy about it, and I'm not enjoying it nearly as much when it is horrible drudgery and writing a paper is like pulling teeth, like today. But it's not only better than dentistry, it's better than anything I could ever possibly be doing, so really, not so bad. Thanks!

chinawolf October 13 2005, 19:56:38 UTC

The thing about cross posting is when some idiot posts to every comm under the sun. Say, a fic of the usual everybody's gay! variety. Say, to about twelve comms. And yes, I am thinking of someone specific. *headdesks*

I am annoyed by crossposting, but I know I would do it too, and there's no better way. So there. :)

jlh October 13 2005, 20:03:25 UTC

Okay, the honesty in that final line is so awesome.

Now of course I yearn, I yearn to know who you mean. tease!

I was thinking of this today when Rhysenn posted part 2 of her story to her LJ, oh_no_nicky, grisslash and gil_nick_slash, all of which I have friended, so that suddenly boom boom boom boom there was the fic four times. And I thought, well, it actually isn't annoying, as if I didn't want to read it then bam, this is me scrolling past all of them at once, and if it had been spread out over some days then I'd be confused as to which part I had read and which part I hadn't, you know?

iscaris October 14 2005, 04:30:09 UTC

So, I'm kinda confused about what your preference actually is. It actually sounds as if you're not for crossposting at all.

And I should say this is probably fandom specific - in CSI everyone crossposts to at least 3 different comms since there are many comms for character/pairings - and no one really gets annoyed about it because most authors do that, and so I do likewise. If it were HP fic, though, I'd probably only post to my own LJ and perhaps one comm, if it's applicable. So this kinda thing can't be generalized across fandoms, it really depends on the norm is in that particular fandom you're talking about.

jlh October 14 2005, 04:38:05 UTC

Oh, of course, you can't see my vote. I'm 100% for crossposting, and voted the first option there. Sorry that this wasn't clear in the original post, or that my reply here made it more unclear. Someone on my flist had said a few days ago that they found it annoying and I didn't really think about it until this morning. So as I said above: I thought, well, it actually isn't annoying, as if I didn't want to read it then bam, this is me scrolling past all of them at once, and if it had been spread out over some days then I'd be confused as to which part I had read and which part I hadn't, you know?Also, I think that the fandoms differ depending on where you're at in them. I liked Callie's xposting philosophy above for HP, where she'd post in her fic LJ, the het or slash general comm or FA if it isn't smut, and the pairing comm. Which, really, is what you did this morning. After all, I have them all friended so I can be sure to catch all the stuff-and anyone xposting is doing so to make sure they catch all the readers, so it's ( ... )