Sep. 5th, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Folks, it's time to call a halt to the summaries.
I started writing the summaries in August 2005 so people who didn't have time to check the comm, which was then very large and busy, could keep up with the plots. When it got too big, Kel and Maru started to help, then we developed a summarising team to do it. Many thanks to Sam, Kris and Ceil for all their efforts over the past year but I think we can all agree that it's a thankless and pointless task.
It was worth doing when a] the comm was very busy, b] everyone was interested in everyone elses stories and c] people read the summaries to keep up. I don't now believe that in the majority of cases, any of those things apply any more. So we're going to try something a bit different.
Twice a week I'll make a 'Pimp Your Own Threads' post. If in the past few days you have taken part in a thread that is especially plotty, or you really enjoyed, or of which you're particularly proud, please comment to these posts.
It seems fitting that this should happen when there is SO much plot about and, let's face it, nobody spots plot better than the people responsible for it.
I've summarised up to Thursday 4th September, and we can start the pimp threads with the concerts.
So ( last summary ever! )
I started writing the summaries in August 2005 so people who didn't have time to check the comm, which was then very large and busy, could keep up with the plots. When it got too big, Kel and Maru started to help, then we developed a summarising team to do it. Many thanks to Sam, Kris and Ceil for all their efforts over the past year but I think we can all agree that it's a thankless and pointless task.
It was worth doing when a] the comm was very busy, b] everyone was interested in everyone elses stories and c] people read the summaries to keep up. I don't now believe that in the majority of cases, any of those things apply any more. So we're going to try something a bit different.
Twice a week I'll make a 'Pimp Your Own Threads' post. If in the past few days you have taken part in a thread that is especially plotty, or you really enjoyed, or of which you're particularly proud, please comment to these posts.
It seems fitting that this should happen when there is SO much plot about and, let's face it, nobody spots plot better than the people responsible for it.
I've summarised up to Thursday 4th September, and we can start the pimp threads with the concerts.
So ( last summary ever! )