ADMIN: Taking a poll...

[virtualinsomnia]

I thought that more people might answer a poll, since it takes less time than writing out a comment. I'm leaning towards flocking everything at this point, since it really does seem safer, but I do want to get as much feedback as possible. Also, the second question is possibly even MORE important than the first, as it will help me figure out how I'm going to go about implementing things if I decide the flocking is definitely a go. It's all hypothetical at this point, of course, but it helps me plan more accurately, seeing as locking down the whole comm is going to be a HUGE undertaking.

Please, please, please vote! And vote honestly. That is crucial. Even if it's to tell me that you hate the idea of friends locking so much that you'd leave the comm over it, I still want to know. I want as much feedback as possible, good and bad. It's the only way to make an informed decision.

Thanks guys! :-)

[Poll #1036003]

Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, on question 2, option 2: when I say "a month" what I mean is a month's worth of fic. Like, you'd be assigned one month of past entries, and your job would be to check and see what fic hasn't been locked and comment on the posts in question requesting that the authors lock them. And then maybe check back in a few days and see if it was done.

It doesn't have to be exactly a month's worth, either. If you felt you could handle 2 or 3 months, that'd be awesome! And if you could only do, say, a week's worth, that would still be very much appreciated. Even a DAY'S worth would be helpful! *g*

ETA: We might not actually need people for question 2, option 2. kernelm is working on a script that might take a lot of the work out of it. But please still answer that question honestly, if you don't mind. For if the script doesn't work, we'll have to go back to plan B and assign months (or weeks or days) to people.

Comments

[dknightshade.livejournal.com]

I kind of wanted an option that was something between 2 and 3 on the second question. Since you offered up modly powers as part of the third option, I wanted to say that to me it would seem to be more efficient to give volunteers modly powers for a day or two to go back and just lock all the posts in a given month (or 2 or 3 or whatever they signed up to do). I'm sure there are stories by people who aren't active in fandom anymore or who've dropped off the net. But obviously that's only if you feel comfortable with that.

But in reading things over again, I think that for now that comm is pretty safe. I could see that changing though...

[virtualinsomnia]

Honestly, the modly powers thing doesn't help for the actual locking of the fics. Mods can't change security settings for posts that they themselves didn't post. They can just delete them if need be. So regardless of how the mod thing turns out, the authors themselves will have to lock down the posts, which means that I and anyone who's willing to help me will be going back and commenting on a lot of the posts to remind people, I'm sure. The modly powers bit would just help for when somebody's dropped out of fandom/LJ and the post in question ends up having to be deleted. (And believe me, the mere fact that such a thing has to be considered in the first place upsets me a lot.)

I've just been thinking about finding additional mods for a while now, and I was testing the waters. This comm is so huge that it really is hard for one person to manage it, and I don't feel I do the best job sometimes. :-\

[dknightshade.livejournal.com]

Oh. I didn't know that. I assumed that mods could change the security settings. That does make things a lot more complicated, doesn't it?

Maybe, given that deleting is on the table, it would make sense to only worry about the adult content back stories and just flock from here forward. I'm not trying to make things difficult for you or anything, just throwing out suggestions.

It is a huge comm and I don't blame you a bit for wanting help, but I think you're doing just fine on managing it.

[dknightshade.livejournal.com]

Also, just read the responses above, so I get your position on locking just adult content. It might still be easier for being backwards to only lock the older adult content, but I see your point about having to set up a people to monitor it in the future. Maybe make it locked as default, but in the user info, let people know that they have the option to unlock safe posts. Although, that would still need to be monitored. *sigh*

[virtualinsomnia]

*echoes your sigh* It's a mess, any way you look at it.

And I just now had the thought that maybe I should do the proposed back up first, since I'd want to do that before I actually did any deleting of old stories whose authors won't or can't comply with the lock down. I'd want the back up to have the most complete coverage of stories possible! So that is going to be a chore in and of itself...

[virtualinsomnia]

Yeah, it definitely makes things more complicated. Sigh.

I would be okay with that, if it wasn't for the fact that people who post PG-13 and lower rated stories from here on out would probably be upset if their stuff had to be locked, but the earlier stuff wasn't, you know?

And no worries! I really do appreciate everyone's input! I wouldn't have asked for it if I didn't want it. :-)

Aw, thanks. I'm glad to hear somebody thinks I'm doing a good job!