Stupid mailing lists

[serafina20]

I decided to join a mailing list yesterday since I figured I'd be closer to fic that gets updated than lurking on the archive of the list. Now I'm thinking it was a mistake. There are something like 20 rules, and one of them is you must be active on the list. I really don't like rules that say I have to participate. If I send feedback, 9 time out of 10, I'll do it off list. My feedback isn't great, and I don't so much like reading other people's, "Hey, that was good. Can't wait to read more," or whatever, so I figure off list is the way to go.

Then there's all the restrictions to the fic. It can be S/Mc as long as it follows all these rules. I'm fine about the no Kirk rule, but, at the same time, if people wanna write it .... But, then it's the mod's list.

It's the "How not to write S/Mc" that I take exception to. Especially with title headings like, "Insane Writer," followed by something that is like a fic a newbie would write. Way to encourage people to get better.

I have a feeling this isn't going to work.

Comments

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

If the only way a mailing list can be active is to force people to post in order to be on it, then that's a pointless mailing list, in my opinion. And, yeh, UGH.

Lurk, I'd say, lurk!

This is why I love LJ.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Well, it looks fairly active, but not necessairly because of the 'forced' posts. I've actually been on a list before that required 3 posts a month. Of course, I've been assured numerous times that that particlar list mod was insane and it was a way to get more feedback for her stories. We'll see what happens with this list. So far, 12 e-mails, no fic.