Karen ([identity profile] odditycollector.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] otw_news2007-05-30 12:48 am
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Once and future things

Considering recent events, has there been thought at all about having LJ(or other blog)-like journals as part of the site?

It'd be even huger, but it'd give us somewhere to go (if we do indeed end up wanting one) and has the potential to bump the archive a level above an awesome fannish hub. It'd give us a place to *live*.
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[identity profile] kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, just look at how robust JF is... :-/

Plus, I don't know about other people, but I have non-fannish friends on LJ, and I have years and years of history on my journal; if I felt I had to get a journal on this archive to participate in fandom there, I would, as I have done with GJ And JF, but it would never be my home.

[identity profile] almostnever.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's a good point, but at the same time, I don't think JF is a fair test case for the idea of a fan-run journal system. Nothing against what Robin and ZR have achieved, but other people did try to help improve JF and for whatever reason, the JF admins couldn't integrate those efforts into the site.

I hope the Archive project will have more luck at putting fannish volunteer work to good use.
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[identity profile] kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
True. And presumably the archive would have more personal journals rather than extremely high traffic comms like f_w.
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