BAKERSTREET: PROBLEMS

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PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS

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PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS

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Comments

Re: http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/3618704.html

[thelongcon]

Thank you for your feedback.

The mods are aware of the difference in activity levels in the two memes, since this has been something that's been brought up before - either as the number of picture-related prompt memes posted at the time, or more directly. It's also rather unfair that all other picture prompt memes have to be posted on one day in the week - which may also need to establish some kind of rotational schedule. The posting earlier to prevent the other memes from being posted situation is one that may be cropping up there.

Having it on a longer schedule can be something that we look into too, and since mid-month is about two weeks from now - there will be time to chance things. A quick check to when the reverse meme was first posted (Feb 2014, also when a lot of other reverse memes were popping up) - it did fall more along a monthly/biweekly timeline and had more comments than it gets now, and slowly got posted more and more often.

Another solution I had offered included combining both the reverse and regular smut memes into one - allowing players to choose whether or not to leave prompts in their own top comments - and to allow others to tag in with their own prompts.

If other people want to chip in their opinion, feel free to do so.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

again, to be frank here, I think people are already fully aware that you can blend the memes. I have seen on more than one occasion, people using the smutty picture prompt meme and putting up a top level with a couple of suggestions along with saying they were open to prompts. like any meme, people can put up their own starters if they want. most just don't want to. and the ones that do, do. there really honestly doesn't need to be a reverse smut meme other than it's a smut meme and people can't let things go.

I personally would be comfortable with an addendum at the bottom of the normal smutty picture prompt meme that says that people can also top level with their own prompts, but it's not something that generally needs to be said, because as I mentioned, the people that want to, do it. the fact that the reverse meme gets so little play in comparison to the regular meme should speak for itself. I mean, in the end, it's just a week where people don't get to play in the meme they want, but it still seems incredibly unfair when it doesn't actually break any rules and this feels, to me, like it's falling into nitpicking rule-making. I respect that you and the mods of this comm are trying to cater to a wide variety of needs/wants, but potentially cutting off one of the actually popular memes (popular enough that it was one of the reasons there was a schedule implemented in the first place) because a second meme made back when it was a fad has lingered and is shambling along like a few of the older and less popular memes feels like the exact opposite of appeasing the community.

Which is just my opinion and I know there's other sides to it and you and the other mods will do what you see fit. but I felt like adding my 2c. It'd be one thing if they were competing popular memes, but they're not. when you also take into consideration how many texting memes there are a week, this particular decision seems incredibly unbalanced. and I say that as someone that actually likes the texting memes and picture prompt memes of all flavors. 2-3 picture prompt memes a week vs 3-4 text memes a week (depending on tfln overflow)... they're popular for a reason. if they peter off, let them peter off. people can and do scroll past what they don't want to play.

Re: http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/3618704.html

[(Anonymous)]

Another solution I had offered included combining both the reverse and regular smut memes into one - allowing players to choose whether or not to leave prompts in their own top comments - and to allow others to tag in with their own prompts.

Please, yes. The anon above me said that it would be unnecessary to do so, because it should be an obvious option, but in light of how quick some folks are to make super-specific-just-this-one-scenario type memes despite already HAVING memes that fit what they want, it would be best to just note "HEY TOP LEVELS WITH PORN ARE GOOD TOO THIS IS NOW EITHER/OR ETC ETC".

In bold, 70p font if you have to.