At 01:58 AM 7/19/97 -0500, Richard Lawson wrote:

Tempest wrote:

        Well.. you know, Mark Doherty has this REALLY 
nifty WEELY SYNOPSYS thing, and well.. if EVERYONE were 
to use it, there would be a growing list of Fanfics, 
Genre, Type, Author, and short commentaries.

Well, this would be good, but it would require two things:  that
everyone send a synopsis to Mark, and that he have the time to compile
them all.  Neither is guaranteed to happen.  I sent in a synopsis once;
it never appeared.  And, when I have perused the list, it contains less
than half of the fics sent to the FFML, which means a lot of authors
don't bother.  

And it doesn't do a thing for people who have been unsubbed, and therefore
have not gotten any of said lists.

I kinda think this is something that is doomed to fail.

I don't know if its in there, but perhaps this should be in
the FAQ for the list.  Make it SEEM to be required...

^_^  Well, you can *try*, but I bet it won't work too well.  People are
too gosh-darned lazy - myself included.  :)

Or the Archiver doesn't work for them, so they can't run things down via
that route. And does the Remailer even work anymore? The last time I sent a
request, I got no response from it. So that's not a good thing either. 

"Laziness" may be an easy accusation, but it isn't necessarily a true one.

Sorry I'm not being too constructive here.  I don't have a good
solution; I kinda think there isn't one.  Finding someone to voluntarily
post weekly lists of authors and fanfics seems the most likely solution
- if such a volunteer can be found.  I know *I* wouldn't want the job.

And what happens when the volunteer goes back to school, or gets too swamped
at work? I think we all know the answer to that one.


Jeanne Hedge

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