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Originally posted by valeriebean:
I suppose I should tell you, all who fear that not being on the front page will hurt your popularity... I don't choose the fics I read from the front page (hence my not noticing the first flood). I visit the Blue Sun Room, browse the archives by genre, or pick from whoevers work is being quoted up top. So it is VERY IMPORTANT to choose good quotes and to accurately classify your genres! If I like one thing you write, I will tend to look for more.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

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Originally posted by valeriebean:

I suppose I should tell you, all who fear that not being on the front page will hurt your popularity... I don't choose the fics I read from the front page (hence my not noticing the first flood). I visit the Blue Sun Room, browse the archives by genre, or pick from whoevers work is being quoted up top. So it is VERY IMPORTANT to choose good quotes and to accurately classify your genres! If I like one thing you write, I will tend to look for more.

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I can count on one hand the number of times I've had comments once my work had dropped out of easy visibility. 'Easy visibility' seems to be roughly halfway down the 'show me more' page or, for pictures (which most of my work is) having no thumbnail visible. There are not all that many spaces available, really, and flooding can bump you down very quickly. I think it would be nice if thumbnails popped up at the tops of the pages the way fanfic quotes do, but it's not set up that way. Once your thumbnail is gone, it's gone. Wading through all of an artists work, even an artist you like, is a long process and a bit of a hassle, and it can also be hard to find an artist or writer that you like to check and see if they have anything new if you don't spot it on the front page. Front page visibility is key.

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Originally posted by valeriebean:
One thing I worry about with limiting myself to posting 3 chapters a day is that suddenly instead of flooding the room once, I risk dominating the board every day for a week as I slowly post. I'd rather flood once than crowd out a week's worth of talented writers. My last flood did not dominate the main page for more than a few hours (it was a busy day).

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Originally posted by KayleeGirl:

Seems like we're all asking for plain good manners and common courtesy (which sometimes isn't all that common, of course). There will always be exceptions (like limited internet access) but flooding doesn't seem to be a good practice to me.

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

I left a comment on someone's graphics that it was kind of bad form to flood (I was happy to see them posting in this thread at one point; sorry, can't remember names right now) but I got really offended because someone else posted a comment after me saying I was a pot calling the kettle black.
Oddly, this has dried up a bit of my desire to post/inspiration
At least I made my point to the poster.
I don't flood, do I?

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I don't flood, do I?

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Originally posted by MAGhaffar:
Whoa... Good etiquette...

I have a related question, kinda...
What exactly does FILK mean? I've been assuming it means some parody lyrics
or song lyrics related specifically to the 'Verse / FF / BDM...
Yay or nay? Cuz I've seen a lot of "poetry" and writing that is...
well, basically, personally-related stuff. Not about the 'Verse per se but about the
author's own 'Verse.
Can there be a separate section for posting anyone's non-FF/BDM-related stuff?
Not saying the non-FF/BDM stuff is bad, just saying it's not FF/BDM-related
and I'm not generally expecting to see that sorta thing in the FILK section
if the FILK section is for FF/BDM-related stuff is all...

And speaking of FILKs [shameless plug coming]...
Check out my FILK of Paul Simon's
"Still Crazy After All These Years" titled (what else)
"Still Shiny After All These Years"...

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Originally posted by Julesong:

Please folks, post your poetry in the correct section, not in the filk room.

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