IMPORTANT MOD POST

[themodawakens]

Last week, I made a mod post with a couple of new rules. The rules were:

1. prompts must not exceed ~250 words, if you're not sure how long your prompt is you can check here and here. Obviously if your prompt is just "Poe and BB-8 fake date!" there's no need for that.

2. no prompt-hijacking

3. try to leave fewer than 5 prompts per page

I also mentioned looking for volunteers to bookmark prompt to the delicious account. I'm still looking, btw!

Now, in light of some recent events, I'm adding more rules:

4. no more backseat modding. I appreciate you guys want to help and care about people following the rules, I'm not being sarcastic here, but if you see a prompt/fill/someone breaking the rules you should let me know by commenting on the Ask a Mod post and then let me deal with it. Do not engage.

5. reposting prompts from post one is not currently allowed. I don't know how you'd prefer to deal with reposting:

- reposting from prompt post one can start in post 4, reposting from post two can start in post 5, etc

- special post for reposted prompts once we hit prompt post number [whatever]

- no reposting ever.

Let me know!

6. This has not happened yet, but I figure it's only a matter of time: no prompts based on real life tragic events. That means no 9/11 AU, no segregation  AU and absolutely no "AU where Hux is literally Hitler" I know the movie sort of went there, but fictional space nazis ≠ actual irl nazis who lived and killed actual people.

7. the most important new rule is PLAY NICE.

Lastly, by popular demand, we're having a short prompt freeze.  The kinkmeme will be once again open for prompts on Friday 22nd. eta: I didn't realize it might look this way, but the prompt freeze is not punishment for bad behavior or whatever! It's only to encourage filling/reading.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If there's gonna be reposting, I vote a special post just for those prompts. Otherwise it'll be too easy for people to spam new prompt posts with old prompts, and the shiny new prompts will get lost.

Also, if you put in the main body of the post that prompts are currently frozen, don't forget to make a point of saying the freeze is specifically to encourage people to fill prompts or comment on existing fills. :)

[themodawakens]

You're right. I didn't realize how it might look!

[(Anonymous)]

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It isn't just because "it might look like a punishment"--you specifically need to remind people that it's for reading and writing fills, or else people will just continue to think of prompts and hoard them and wait for the freeze to be over, instead of proactively shifting attention to fills.

[(Anonymous)]

+1