club_joss

I've been reading all the links on metafandom about the new SGA fic-discussion group thecuttingboard and it got me to thinking about club_joss. thecuttingboard and club_joss are not the same kind of comms; in fact, on further reflection, the two are actually very different (CJ encourages author participation, TCB doesn't allow it; CJ requires author permission to discuss a fic, TCB doesn't), but we do have the same goal in mind of creating meaningful, interesting conversations about fanfic beyond the comments an author receives at the end of a fic. This post isn't about thecuttingboard (I haven't read any of the posts beyond the one linked to in several discussions in which the comm rules are explained), but the polarized conversations about the comm have caused me to really step back and think about club_joss and what I think it's doing.

You guys have read in this lj and in posts to the comm itself, that discussions don't always take off like a runaway train and that I'm always trying to think of ways to increase participation. But that said, I've been overall very pleased with the way club_joss works, and I look forward each week to the new discussion.

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