Please to pay attention for a second, thanks!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

It's been a few days since we implemented the new rules and so far I'm happy that all of you have made your posts accordingly. I don't think we're asking too much and it's great to see you're all being so fantastic about interacting here. :)

That said, imbecamiel has made a suggestion that I personally find very sensible:

The majority of searches on here are slash, but there are also quite a number that are open as to whether they want gen, slash, het, etc. or that prefer one genre (or specific pairing) but will take others.

Especially for those who are looking through old searches before making their own, it might be really helpful (and help cut down on potentially redundant searches) if you asked that, where the request is open like that, those replying with fics specify whether the fic they're reccing is slash, gen, het, etc. A few do already, but most don't.

I think that's a very good idea, so I'm going to ask you to please mention in your comments whether the story you're recommending is het, gen, slash or femmeslash if that isn't clear from the request post. The same goes for pairings: if someone's asking for, say, slash recs in general, it'd be nice of you to mention if the story you're reccing is Dex/Lorne or Beckett/Zelenka or McKay/Sheppard (and so on).

This won't be a rule I'm going to enforce; it's a request. But I do think this would make browsing the posts a lot easier for everyone, plus it takes barely any time at all.

I also want to use this opportunity to thank everyone who takes the time to dig through their bookmarks, memories, tags, rec lists or simply favourite journals to make recommendations and help find more stories for the genres people are looking for. Thank you! You're amazing!

Any comments/suggestions to this post and the rules in general are always welcome.

Comments

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

I totally second this; hopefully it will have some effect on everyone, as I for one would love to see more detailed recs around here. :-)

_{Also, maybe 25% of new posts are tagged, the rest is still all me. Still, it's progress; so far there were less than 5% with any kinds of tags in average. Oh, and did I mention that the other potential-mod has resigned from the running, so it's just you and me for now? I thought I had forgotten that tid-bit. >.<}

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Well, any progress is great. I'm sure it'll get better still. :)

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Also, re: my comment on your post about difficult colors on lj - apparently, I've dug my own grave and now am bound by my own words to change the color layout, as it's been pointed out to me that the current one isn't all that eye-friendly.

Frankly, this is one rare layout that is both dark and readable, for me at least, but now it appears it'll have to go.

I have no idea how I'll swing all the CSS-ing required, but what the heck. Off-white background with almost-black letter will be good, right?

*scratches head* And just when I was rejoicing in finding a way to remove the stupid calendar, too. Pooey.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

If it's CSS, can't you just switch the colour codes for the background and the font?

But yeah, I certainly would appreciate a different layout. Which doesn't mean you have to change it, of course. :)

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

I can certainly do that, but the result is not as readable as you'd expect. In fact, even after lightening the background and darkening the text, plus upping the font one size up, the result is less than estatically pleasing.

Anyways, I will give my tweeked CSS a try tomorrow evening, as it's way past my bedtime now, and the stupid lj CSS is just ticking me off now.

A new layout would be a much simpler solution. I will look into those tomorrow, as well.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Can I just add my thank you to everyone who makes recs & the mods for this great comm - it's a wonderful resource.

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

As long as there are awesome posters out there to come up with new and interesting requests, it's a pleasure to be on the other side of board, as it were. :-)

[desolta22.livejournal.com]

I want to also Thankyou for this great site.Its invaluable and so friendly.

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

The thanks go to you and everyone else who keeps it that way with their posts. :-)