Happy one year anniversary, Fallout Kink Meme! Y'all have been so busy making this place great with your prompting, filling and comment love that we're gonna have to celebrate with yet another new thread!
With it, though, we're implementing some changes in regards to how prompts and fills are done. It's nothing really complicated, but please take a few minutes to read through this and help us out.
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When prompting, put the character(s)/pairing(s) and applicable kink(s) in the comment title
This helps speed up archiving and makes it easier for other anons to find things they like to read about, avoid things they don't like reading about, and avoid spoilers for DLCs they haven't played yet.
When filling a prompt, list the character(s), pairing(s) and kink(s), plus a brief summary of your fill
These examples don't really have summaries, but they're helpfully tagged, which makes all the difference. We'd like you include both tags and a summary to help us more accurately (and speedily) archive your fill. The two mods who do the archiving don't have the time to read every fill, so pretty much everything that comes in only gets a quick skim at the most in order to determine the characters, kinks, and the summary. And if you've ever wondered why your fill doesn't have a summary on the Delicious, this is the reason. Help us change that, anons. :3
Multi-post Fill Formatting
This isn't a rule per se, but it will make navigating your fill far, far easier for readers, especially if your story is long.
Basically, when you post the beginning of a fill, do it as a reply to the original prompt. Then, as you begin updating your fill with additional parts, post them as replies to the first part of your fill. Confused? Check out these handy visual examples (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17861051/kmeme/replysample.png) to see the way LJ's nesting neatly lines up when you do this.
Fills should be posted under their original prompts, even if those prompts are in the older parts of the meme
We've talked to the mods at other kmemes who have access to LJ tracking stats, and they've told us that fills on the older parts of their memes get just as much eyeball traffic as the fills on their active page. This is largely due to Delicious archiving and email tracking offered by LJ*. The amount of comment love we still get on the older parts of our own meme backs this up as well.
So, for the sake of neatness and ease of archiving (having to cross-link between prompt and fill, find the old prompt in the Delicious and delete it, etc etc) we're asking all of you to reply to the original prompt from now on.
*If you don't know about tracking, go here (http://falloutkinkmeme.livejournal.com/2868.html?thread=4223284#t4223284) and read the part about the benefits of having an LJ account.
Unprompted sequels should be posted under the original fill
Not only will it make it your fills more convenient to archive, it'll also make it way easier for anons who enjoyed your fill to find more of your work. Though, if your sequel is a response to a completely different prompt, then just fill under that new prompt. But please provide links to the other parts of your series, both for your readers and so we can give you a series tag.
You are welcome to post a prompt for the sole purpose of autofilling it yourself
Just make sure the prompt is broad enough that other anons can take a stab at is as well if they want. And remember to let us know that you're the OP when you fill it!
Multifills are always welcome
You don't need to ask anyone's permission--just go ahead and fill.
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Aaaaaand that's pretty much it. Not too painful, right guys?
Lastly, we also have a new affiliate to announce, the Deus Ex Kinkmeme (http://deusex-kinkmeme.livejournal.com/)! Go check it out for all of your transhumanistic kink needs!
Stay awesome in the meantime, kmeme! Let's have another great year! ♥
MOD ANNOUNCEMENT - Some new rules, please read!
With it, though, we're implementing some changes in regards to how prompts and fills are done. It's nothing really complicated, but please take a few minutes to read through this and help us out.
When prompting, put the character(s)/pairing(s) and applicable kink(s) in the comment title
This helps speed up archiving and makes it easier for other anons to find things they like to read about, avoid things they don't like reading about, and avoid spoilers for DLCs they haven't played yet.
When filling a prompt, list the character(s), pairing(s) and kink(s), plus a brief summary of your fill
These examples don't really have summaries, but they're helpfully tagged, which makes all the difference. We'd like you include both tags and a summary to help us more accurately (and speedily) archive your fill. The two mods who do the archiving don't have the time to read every fill, so pretty much everything that comes in only gets a quick skim at the most in order to determine the characters, kinks, and the summary. And if you've ever wondered why your fill doesn't have a summary on the Delicious, this is the reason. Help us change that, anons. :3
Multi-post Fill Formatting
This isn't a rule per se, but it will make navigating your fill far, far easier for readers, especially if your story is long.
Basically, when you post the beginning of a fill, do it as a reply to the original prompt. Then, as you begin updating your fill with additional parts, post them as replies to the first part of your fill. Confused? Check out these handy visual examples (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17861051/kmeme/replysample.png) to see the way LJ's nesting neatly lines up when you do this.
Fills should be posted under their original prompts, even if those prompts are in the older parts of the meme
We've talked to the mods at other kmemes who have access to LJ tracking stats, and they've told us that fills on the older parts of their memes get just as much eyeball traffic as the fills on their active page. This is largely due to Delicious archiving and email tracking offered by LJ*. The amount of comment love we still get on the older parts of our own meme backs this up as well.
So, for the sake of neatness and ease of archiving (having to cross-link between prompt and fill, find the old prompt in the Delicious and delete it, etc etc) we're asking all of you to reply to the original prompt from now on.
*If you don't know about tracking, go here (http://falloutkinkmeme.livejournal.com/2868.html?thread=4223284#t4223284) and read the part about the benefits of having an LJ account.
Unprompted sequels should be posted under the original fill
Not only will it make it your fills more convenient to archive, it'll also make it way easier for anons who enjoyed your fill to find more of your work. Though, if your sequel is a response to a completely different prompt, then just fill under that new prompt. But please provide links to the other parts of your series, both for your readers and so we can give you a series tag.
You are welcome to post a prompt for the sole purpose of autofilling it yourself
Just make sure the prompt is broad enough that other anons can take a stab at is as well if they want. And remember to let us know that you're the OP when you fill it!
Multifills are always welcome
You don't need to ask anyone's permission--just go ahead and fill.
Aaaaaand that's pretty much it. Not too painful, right guys?
Lastly, we also have a new affiliate to announce, the Deus Ex Kinkmeme (http://deusex-kinkmeme.livejournal.com/)! Go check it out for all of your transhumanistic kink needs!
Stay awesome in the meantime, kmeme! Let's have another great year! ♥