Feedback post & poll
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That's it, the exchange is over, everything has been posted. A masterlist has been compiled [Poll #1796008][Poll #1796009][Poll #1796010]
Since this is the first time I've organised an exchange, some feedback about what you liked or disliked would be nice. Did you dislike anything about the organisation? About the sign-up form? About the posting schedule? About the way I generally ran things? Just let me know. I'm not saying that I will agree with every suggestion, but I definitely want to hear and think about them. ^^ Feel also free to leave any other sort of feedback on the exchange, if it made you discover new pairings, if you want to tell people about your favourite fic/art, whatever.
Oh, and one last question: depending on how much time will pass until the next exchange, would you be interested in participating in a kinkmeme or commentfics or writing challenges here on this comm to tide us over until the next exchange? I'm just asking because I wouldn't mind organising something, but there's no point to it if nobody wants to participate anyway.
Since this is the first time I've organised an exchange, some feedback about what you liked or disliked would be nice. Did you dislike anything about the organisation? About the sign-up form? About the posting schedule? About the way I generally ran things? Just let me know. I'm not saying that I will agree with every suggestion, but I definitely want to hear and think about them. ^^ Feel also free to leave any other sort of feedback on the exchange, if it made you discover new pairings, if you want to tell people about your favourite fic/art, whatever.
Oh, and one last question: depending on how much time will pass until the next exchange, would you be interested in participating in a kinkmeme or commentfics or writing challenges here on this comm to tide us over until the next exchange? I'm just asking because I wouldn't mind organising something, but there's no point to it if nobody wants to participate anyway.
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Date: 2011-11-18 04:59 pm (UTC)Positive feedback- The signup forms were the most complete of any exchange that I've seen, especially the option to list who we'd prefer to write about. That definitely helps to pair gifter/giftee up, especially if someone wants something eclectic.
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:05 pm (UTC)Thanks, I'm glad that worked out. I suppose they were so ridiculously long because I felt like I should know as much as possible to give everyone the best possible gifter and giftee.
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:09 pm (UTC)And maybe not allowing people to cross post until the fest was over would keep your comment count up. I know I saw some of these appear in other communities before the fest was over and some of the comments may have ended up there rather than here.
Also, I'm sorry that you had people continuing to reassure you that they were still contributing only to disappear. That makes modding insanely hard because you want to believe that people will come through, so you give them every chance to turn in, and then when they don't it sends you scrambling to find a pinch hitter and a pinch hitter scrambling to churn something out quickly so that no one gets left without a gift. RL things happen, but stringing a mod along in such a manner is so frustrating.
The only thing I would add to the sign up form for the next round is a slot so we can tell you who we wrote for this time, so we'll get someone new the second time--although I'll request that my gifter not be allowed to do that so that she can be stuck with me again because my gift was lovely! *wink*
This was my first exchange in this fandom and it could not have been a more welcoming and lovely experience. ♥
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-18 05:18 pm (UTC)I could ask people not to crosspost before the entire exchange is over, that's a good idea. But of course I have no way of keeping them from doing it, and if posting isn't anonymous, they probably do whatever they want anyway.
Yep, I was so ridiculously angry about that. I wrote a huge angry rant on my personal LJ because I didn't want to ruin the mood here on the exchange comm, but I was so angry. It's okay to drop out, I don't blame anybody for having more important things to do in their lives. But stringing me along like that and then not even having the decency to reply to my emails, that's just disgusting behaviour. It's why I'm so incredibly grateful to the pinch hitters.
I don't think I have to add that to the sign-up form because I know about it anyway. ;) I'll try to have some variety next time, but at least people who want rare pairings may end up together again. I don't have that many Greyjoy and Bolton fans to choose from. But I promise I'll take it into consideration when I assign the prompts next time.
Thank you. :D I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself, and I'm very grateful for your feedback.
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:19 pm (UTC)No, I appreciate the attention to detail. I was nervous on the other exchange because it wasn't as thorough (but it did work out).
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Date: 2011-11-18 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-18 05:21 pm (UTC)Yep, I think especially the "do not want" category is important because many people really have things they can't stand in fanfic.
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Date: 2011-11-18 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-18 06:41 pm (UTC)My one thing has to do with the signup form. I REALLY wish that there had been a place to specify if you wanted book or show verse (or either). And the same goes for what you'd be willing to create. A lot of us only know this or that, or have seen the show and read only a book or two. So I wish that that would have been one of the questions. I mean, I did specify what I wanted, but I wasn't able to put it in it's own little spot. :P
As for commenting... :(. There was a lot I wanted to look at or read. But I couldn't because of book spoilers. Sorry!
I wouldn't participate in a kink meme or commentfic thing. Those just aren't my cup of tea. :P
Thanks again!
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Date: 2011-11-18 06:46 pm (UTC)Also, I know when I cross-post things for fests I ALWAYS link back to where the fic was originally posted on said fest. I also make sure to include a link to the community. So that's a little advertising for you.
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Date: 2011-11-18 06:48 pm (UTC)I did include a question about whether people have read the books, or not, or only some of them, but maybe I should have made it a bit clearer when people want only show-verse. I could add that next time, maybe something like "Have you read (all) the books? Please specify if you have any book vs. show preferences." But I did include it, and I told everyone whether their giftee had read the books or not.
As for the creation part ... the problem is that the large majority of all participants had at least read some of the books. I think there were only three or four people who hadn't read any of the books, so most people ended up asking for at least a few prompts that require knowledge of the books. I tried to make sure that everyone had at least two or three prompts they could actually work with, but I can't promise that everyone gets only prompts they can fill. :/
I understand, I wouldn't want anyone to spoil themselves, or to read things they don't want to read. It just makes me sad when people DO read fics, and then don't bother to leave a comment.
Okay, cool. :) Looking forward to having you around again for the next exchange. ^^
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Date: 2011-11-18 06:50 pm (UTC)Advertising is always good, I appreciate that. ^^
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Date: 2011-11-18 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-11-18 10:48 pm (UTC)I love how (almost *sight*) everyone participated and was in a really good spirit. First time I did something like that and it was very very pleasant :).
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Date: 2011-11-18 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-18 10:56 pm (UTC)And I'm really happy that so far in the poll a lot of people are like, "let's do this again right away!" ^^
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Date: 2011-11-18 10:57 pm (UTC)