I do like the idea of a "recommended by (Buffista)" blurb along with a little bit about why the recommender recommended that piece. I would find that a lot more useful than just a link that leads off into the unknown.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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Anne W. - Sep 23, 2002 6:07:52 am PDT #181 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2002 7:02:56 am PDT #182 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Our current links page does do that -- it says who added the link, and there is a blurb. I mean, I guess if people want to do an extensive fanfiction recs page, that could go somewhere different...I dunno.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2002 8:09:30 am PDT #183 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just don't want to put the recs on the links page, since it could quickly overwhelm the page (see BBaBB).
Sophia Brooks - Sep 23, 2002 12:24:38 pm PDT #184 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I need to email allyson about the present-- is she allyson@fury.net or allyson@davidfury.net?
msbelle - Sep 23, 2002 12:30:36 pm PDT #185 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
the second one.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 23, 2002 12:31:23 pm PDT #186 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks!
shrift - Sep 23, 2002 2:40:41 pm PDT #187 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My reflex is that the recommended fanfiction should point to rec pages or to archives.
I agree. Pointing to the stories themselves isn't really a good idea -- links change, etc. And, yes, the list could become far too long for the purposes of the Buffista Links page.
Y'know, I could maintain a recs page if we wanted to have one.
Snerk. And here I thought I was the one who continually volunteered for insanely huge projects. There's the site design, deciding what content to present and how to present it, chasing down umpteen-bajillion dead links when people move or redesign their site structure...
I'd like to mention that although I will be attempting to learn PHP/MySQL, that doesn't necessarily mean I'll be any good at it. And even if I am, I kind of have way too many website projects to be considered reliable ita-backup. Unless I finally figure out how to get by without sleeping.
P.M. Marc - Sep 23, 2002 3:41:54 pm PDT #188 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2002 3:48:16 pm PDT #189 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2002 8:57:11 pm PDT #190 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My reflex is that the recommended fanfiction should point to rec pages or to archives.
To individual stories there you mean? Because a list of archives isn't really that helpful, to me anyway, but individual story recs would be.