More questions on GenRemix
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multificOkay, I've decided that, yes, I will run a gen "remix" ficathon, and I've even started a community, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
gen_remix. I've been working on writing up rules for it. I've decided to go for the "no pairings" definition of "gen" for the purposes of the ficathon. Also, since most people seemed to either not want anonymity or didn't care about it, I'm not going to go the anonymity route.
However, I have a few more things I need feedback on.
There are a few different ways that stories could be posted.
a) people host their own stories; there is a master-post in the community where people comment to give the links to their stories
Advantages: easier to organize
Disadvantages: stories come in in dribs and drabs, no real central place hosting the stories
b) people post stories to the gen_remix community (or a sister community) with tags
Advantages: one place to look, comments on stories are easy
Disadvantages: stories come in in dribs and drabs, long stories need multiple posts
c) I host all the stories on my site (as I did for the Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel); people email stories to me and I put them up, not revealing them until all the stories are in, and then putting "comment" posts up for people to give their comments on the stories.
Advantages: one place for stories, one "reveal"
Disadvantages: more work for me, more work to set up story comments
d) I set up my fiction site so that participants are given logins so that they can post their stories there themselves.
Advantages: one place for stories
Disadvantages: stories are not hidden, more work to set up story comments, users need to learn how to use the system
e) I set up my fiction site so that helpers are given logins, so that they can help put up stories there and reduce my workload.
Advantages: one place for stories, one "reveal"
Disadvantages: more work to set up story comments, helpers need to learn how to use the system, there may not be any volunteers to help anyway
Which do you think would be better? Other suggestions?
gen_remix. I've been working on writing up rules for it. I've decided to go for the "no pairings" definition of "gen" for the purposes of the ficathon. Also, since most people seemed to either not want anonymity or didn't care about it, I'm not going to go the anonymity route.However, I have a few more things I need feedback on.
There are a few different ways that stories could be posted.
a) people host their own stories; there is a master-post in the community where people comment to give the links to their stories
Advantages: easier to organize
Disadvantages: stories come in in dribs and drabs, no real central place hosting the stories
b) people post stories to the gen_remix community (or a sister community) with tags
Advantages: one place to look, comments on stories are easy
Disadvantages: stories come in in dribs and drabs, long stories need multiple posts
c) I host all the stories on my site (as I did for the Multi-Fandom Lyric Wheel); people email stories to me and I put them up, not revealing them until all the stories are in, and then putting "comment" posts up for people to give their comments on the stories.
Advantages: one place for stories, one "reveal"
Disadvantages: more work for me, more work to set up story comments
d) I set up my fiction site so that participants are given logins so that they can post their stories there themselves.
Advantages: one place for stories
Disadvantages: stories are not hidden, more work to set up story comments, users need to learn how to use the system
e) I set up my fiction site so that helpers are given logins, so that they can help put up stories there and reduce my workload.
Advantages: one place for stories, one "reveal"
Disadvantages: more work to set up story comments, helpers need to learn how to use the system, there may not be any volunteers to help anyway
Which do you think would be better? Other suggestions?