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[seventhe]

OK, that was pretty much the shortest ff_press entry of all time.

Seriously though.

and I only omitted one thing, because it didn't have a character list.

HELLO, FANDOM!

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[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

It would be cool to have a listing of fans, where they post, and what fandoms they usually write for. Since FF is such a splintered fandom.

Maybe I should get Nay in on this!

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

I mean, the key to it working is the fact that you don't have to update the linklist all the time. USE THE TAGS. USE THEM WELLS.

Shit, I've even set up my computer under a tag system and am trying to abandon folders. INSANITY.

I thought about just being like, "hey, who wants to help me make this" but then I held back. XD But I'd be willing to help if the idea gets off the ground. Because lord knows it's hard to find people, especially now.

~Cendri

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Hell, if you've got webspace and are trying to keep LJ from being bitchy at you, you could even got Wordpress software and easily run it from another site, so long as you give people posting access (which isn't hard).

Been playing with wordpress a lot myself lately, only reason I mention it. And it has tags.

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

What about the del.icio.us tag system? Nay has fallen in love with that one, and it would only be a series of links, so we wouldn't have to worry about questionable content or anything like that. Although then again you wouldn't have a central post for each author where they could list their information. Hmmm.

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

As you can tell, I am commenting as things come to me.

Yes, there can be several tag bundles (you know that you can bundle on there, right?). One for the 'fan name', which can essentially but whatever the hell their alias is. So, I would put up four links, say. One for my GJ, one for my FF.net account, one for my SEC.net account, and one for my blog. (possibly one for my fanlisting, you get the idea)

when you click on the tag 'Cendri', you get all those tags on a page, and you see that there are related tags (like that I'm in FF7, FF8, and FFX, I'm a writer but not an artist, and I rant a lot). Next to my entry for my GJ archive it would also have the tags "fic" and "icons" or somesuch thing.

So that technically IS a central post.

Duh, I don't know why I didn't remember that sooner.

Here's an example of the related tag structure that I use for my work links

God, that's even simpler. It even alphabetizes for you. Win.

You guys should do that. XD Seriously, it would help people like me that like to browse more than see stuff updated all the time (not that the newsletter sucks, and I've found awesome stuff through it, but it's got its limitations).

~Cendri

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

when you click on the tag 'Cendri', you get all those tags on a page

I mean LINKS. You get all those LINKS on a page, god I can't type.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Well, Nay is currently working to transfer all of the ff_press archives/memories into a del.icio.us archive for browsing. Which is why I thought of it in the first place. XD http://del.icio.us/ff_press/

But I really like the idea of using the del.icio.us system as an author database, where you could figure out all the places X or Y might post. ("Does he/she write original fic?", even! We could have a link to that.)

OK, so assuming that I can get del.icio.us installed in my computer (I can call in a favour!), would you be interested in helping me out with this a little?

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Sure, I wouldn't mind helping. And even if you can't get it 'installed' you can still use it as an account (no nifty shortcuts or buttons, but it is web based). We should make some kind of page somewhere that says if someone doesn't want to be listed on the directory and are they can get removed or something.

And I've seen the ff_press directory. Not bad, and a good way to be like "I saw this one story on the newsletter, what was it" but ya, author/artist (because I don't want to leave out some fanartists, you know?) finding is always win.

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Well, I was thinking of a voluntary sort of thing -- like you were talking earlier, some kind of form you fill out listing everywhere you would like us to link to. We could then advertise the hell out of it through LJ and FF_P and the other journal systems. It could be either a community, where users post their own information, or it could just be a single post which people would post comments to.

In fact, we could do it both ways - an LJ community like you were talking before, with a tag archive system, and then you and I could work on transferring users' links over to a del.icio.us archive for those who don't like LJ.

This is a better idea the more I think about it, too. You could find, say, writing LJs for your favourite ff.net authors that you didn't know existed. Or something!

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Actually, ya. Ya. That was my original idea, some sort of comm but you can maintain both at the same time without it EATING YOUR LIFE because people are posting for you. And I think we should let people post other people (for the cases of old favorite authors that no longer write but left their stuff up) or something.

Yes, I'm all about things that don't require five billion hours to maintain. You're an engineer too, you understand lazy. XD

Can you tell I've been wanting a fandom project? XD

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I think that'll work nicely, because people can post to their heart's content in the community, and then you and I can update links in del.icio.us whenever we have time, and we won't feel pressured to get a move on it.

because i support the lazy! basically.

OK, we're on. As soon as I finish this damn batch of polymer - stupid work! - I'll rope us a community, something like ff_fanlisting or something.

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Sounds nifty. XD We are such bad workers, doing fandom business on the clock, lulz.

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

yeah, seriously. i'd feel guilty but they gave me a raise recently, so I must be doing something right >.>