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buffyversetop5As we discussed in January's closing post, Top 5 is going through some changes this year. We have expanded our Halloween session to a 10 day period which will run from October 24 to November 2.
As in the past, this Halloween session will be open for Classic Recs. So we hope you'll share your favorite fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms. Content from all time periods before 2018 are eligible for posting and, as always, crossover content is A-OK.
But there's more! As this is the last year in which we'll run a separate (and abbreviated) 2018 session in January, we're going to have a new event -- FlashForward Weekend. On October 27 and 28, we'd like to encourage you to post your 2018 recs. We realize that the year won't be quite over yet but we think there should be plenty of fan creations to choose from in the first 10 months, and you can always add additional recs later in January or during 2019's session.
Do start preparing some separate lists as we'd like to see how much interest there continues to be for sharing current recs.
As with last year, Classic Recs is running on both LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. Post at whichever you wish, although there's no need to duplicate your posts on both sites since they'll be joined together once our session closes.
Based on suggestions made in January, we now have a Top 5 account on Tumblr to remind everyone that we'll be going live. We are also planning a special activity there unique to the site so if you use Tumblr, add us to your feed!
Lastly for those who are trying out Pillowfort, we have opened a Top 5 community there to see how much interest there is in a recs event. If you're looking for communities to join, add us!
Do letpetzipellepingo and me know here in comments if you have any questions.
As in the past, this Halloween session will be open for Classic Recs. So we hope you'll share your favorite fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms. Content from all time periods before 2018 are eligible for posting and, as always, crossover content is A-OK.
But there's more! As this is the last year in which we'll run a separate (and abbreviated) 2018 session in January, we're going to have a new event -- FlashForward Weekend. On October 27 and 28, we'd like to encourage you to post your 2018 recs. We realize that the year won't be quite over yet but we think there should be plenty of fan creations to choose from in the first 10 months, and you can always add additional recs later in January or during 2019's session.
Do start preparing some separate lists as we'd like to see how much interest there continues to be for sharing current recs.
Spreading Out
As with last year, Classic Recs is running on both LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. Post at whichever you wish, although there's no need to duplicate your posts on both sites since they'll be joined together once our session closes.
Based on suggestions made in January, we now have a Top 5 account on Tumblr to remind everyone that we'll be going live. We are also planning a special activity there unique to the site so if you use Tumblr, add us to your feed!
Lastly for those who are trying out Pillowfort, we have opened a Top 5 community there to see how much interest there is in a recs event. If you're looking for communities to join, add us!
Do let
petzipellepingo and me know here in comments if you have any questions.
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Date: 2018-08-31 08:12 pm (UTC)"But since we've been importing content since 2009 it should exist here even if it's gone there." Good point. VERY nice...
"(although I've noticed that not everything that gets tagged with something on Tumblr ends up showing up in the tag feed -- no idea why."
Yes, that's a thing! Because tumblr staff believe it's helpful to skip some posts if there are many similar ones or something. Also maybe because users can choose to hide from search results. I know people do manage to run plenty of events on tumblr using tags, but I don't TRUST that system. :D Maybe that's just me. For Seasonal Spuffy, I asked people to @mention the blog instead. We had a total of one participant on tumblr, though, so I'm not sure how much people like that idea.
"So it would be better to submit links through an ask for reblogging)."
I hope you're aware people would have to mutilate the links. If tumblr recognizes something as a link, the ask won't go through.
There are submissions, if one enables them in the blog settings... I find them creepy for submitting whole posts, because the blog owner has complete editing access to the post and the original author isn't automatically credited iirc. But. They could work for submitting links.
Actually, I think the obvious way to send someone links on tumblr is messages.
Um. Sorry? I just started rambling at you about tumblr. I hope it's not a bother.
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Date: 2018-09-01 07:10 pm (UTC)That's helpful though, thanks. And I also thank you for the Tumblr rambles because Petzi does not use the site at all and my use of it has been limited, so that while I do sometimes post and I view it regularly, I've hardly ever interacted through it.
There are submissions, if one enables them in the blog settings... I find them creepy for submitting whole posts, because the blog owner has complete editing access to the post and the original author isn't automatically credited iirc.
Huh. I submit links to an MCU blog regularly and did not realize that this could be an issue. Though since they're other posts I've seen, not my own, all I submitted was the address for reblogging. It looks like their form would allow you to submit text and other content as well, but I guess I never thought it would be used that way.
I also didn't realize a message was different from an ask? So you can include links in those?
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Date: 2018-09-01 08:39 pm (UTC)"It looks like their form would allow you to submit text and other content as well, but I guess I never thought it would be used that way."
Oh, neat! I've only seen them used that way, like e.g. here: http://incorrectbuffyquotes.tumblr.com/tagged/submission
I think people typed text/quote/chat format posts into the submission box of incorrectbuffyquotes, and then by default it appeared as a normal post by incorrectbuffyquotes. The blog owner used tags to indicate that it's a submission and to credit the author. As soon as someone reblogs the post, the author credit is gone. Not Ideal.
"I also didn't realize a message was different from an ask? So you can include links in those?" Oh, yeah! :) I messaged buffyversetop5 on tumblr just now with a link. The downside is you can't get email notifications for messages... I *think*. You'd have to check tumblr in order to notice them.
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Date: 2018-09-01 08:51 pm (UTC)The blog owner used tags to indicate that it's a submission and to credit the author.
Yeah that was something I had to get used to when using Tumblr. I always expected tags to be fixed regardless of whether they were reblogged which is obviously untrue (and yet it would correct so many problems).
Here's what the one I was thinking of looks like. The dropdown allows for various formats including simply a link.
But it sounds like an @ or message would be the simplest solution.
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Date: 2018-09-01 09:13 pm (UTC)"But it sounds like an @ or message would be the simplest solution." I think so too. Plus, an @ would be almost the same as what people usually do for events. And I think it might be the most comfortable option (apart from tags) if people feel shy about interacting with you. Con: I believe you wouldn't get a notification about an @ either, because it's not your main blog. You'd see it in the activity page for the blog. *has missed an @ and panicked the next day*