[FFML] Rebuilding FFML Community (was Just a note on configuration)

[Kevin Callahan]

The issue here is that many of us old timers just don't write any
more. Not fanfiction at any rate (I do write professionally now). I
lurk, I read, but I haven't written fanfiction in earnest in probably
five or six years. My main years were really, honestly 1997-2001.
FFIRC did indeed play a part (heck I remember the FFIRC before nabiki,
can't even remember what the old server was at this point, but log
entries can certainly tell me if I bothered to look) but not quite as
big, I think as the con scene and personal webpages prior to these
massive archives.

I remember when fanfiction panels were held in earnest, but now... I
serve on several, and I'm a relic. I sometimes realize there are
people who have have been anime fans for less time than I've
essentially been "retired." And so many us moved on. Myself, Quu, and
Phade went on to build up the anime music video community, and now Quu
has even retired from fandom entirely. I haven't seen or heard from
Tyd in like three years. I could go on...

I mean, honestly, what do you suggest? I don't think we have much of a
pulse, and haven't for a few years now...

On 7/2/07, Jon Rosebaugh <fanfic at inklesspen.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Bastion wrote:
>
> > Also, I think we need to consider seriously setting up a web-based
> > ML or discussion board or something that can be browsed to attract
> > some new blood here.  Currently mm.org has one but I really don't
> > like how they have it setup and at least on a discussion board you
> > can have endless threads of nonsense but at least in stays in the
> > thread and doesn't clog up your mail box unless you want it to.
>
> If you check the FFML website, you'll see that there's not one but
> two web archives set up. In particular, I think http://www.mail-
> archive.com/ffml at chez-vrolet.net/ is pretty friendly to new users,
> and I'll be setting up a third archive with all the back archives as
> soon as I can.
>
> I am a leaf on the wind.
> Watch how I soar.
>
>
>
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Kevin M. Callahan

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