Discussion Due South Communities

[mekare]

Hey everyone! I love the new influx of people and seeing new comms come into existence! I have been reading a lot because of the recent Tumblr purge and a post talked about how hard it is to get activity going in comms and to keep them alive. We are a tenacious lot here and I am confident we’ll keep the noticeboard going.

But since our fandom is pretty small over here (though probably growing, there’s a new comm imported from Tumblr dsvirtualbar) I was thinking what to do with ds_flashback. And just, if we should keep comms as broad and open as possible or give them definite uses? Like, noticeboard is for basically everything (links to recs, meta, cons, discussions etc), duesouth which has a lot more members (though not much activity) for fanworks and keep ds_flashback as an archive of older recs? I have no influence on duesouth as helen78 is mod there, and for ds_flashback I am only a comod.
Basically I would like this to be a central gathering place, though I’m not sure it is in reality. I’m trying to see this from a newbie’s perspective, it might be helpful to know where to find what kind of fanstuff? What do you all think?

Comments

[thisaintbc]

I agree that a community directory of some sort would be great, & I'd be thrilled for the dsvb to affiliate with ds-noticeboard! Clevermanka, Teal, & I will be putting together a "welcome package" for any newcomers who've found us through the DW comm here in the next week or so, as well, & I put out an open call (on tumblr) for ideas about what to include in that--as you're a member of the dsvb that includes you!

I didn't think that you were, don't worry! But I have to admit that as a member of a very loosely defined & organized comm, I had some concerns about potential implications down the road, the way I read your original comment. I try not to make any unilateral decisions about the dsvb or speak on the comm's behalf without their input - beyond basic interactions like deciding to affiliate with another C6D blog/comm or to say that I'll put an idea out there to see how folks react to it - but I have to admit I was also a little concerned about what it would mean for me as a mod. I was the president of a club that got folded into a larger club in college, and it was a less than ideal situation, so I may have overreacted slightly just due to a bad prior experience, as well--sorry!