Friday Night Picspam and a question

[erinptah]

'Sup, all?

I've just been appointed punditfic's new evil overlord fearless leader, by virtue of the fact that nobody volunteered.

Here's the agenda I've come up with so far:

1) A brush-up of the tagging system
2) Expanding this community's purpose and identity beyond "being a cheap knockoff of FNFF, with fewer fics and no conversation"
3) More Jon Stewart in a tux

In the interest of fulfilling point #2, I would love to hear what the rest of y'all want to see happening here. There isn't much fakenews/punditry fandom on Dreamwidth yet, so there's no need to break it into niche comms - we can cover pretty much any kind of fannish activity, depending on what you guys are interested in.

The one bright idea I've come up with so far: picspams. Which is why most of the rest of this entry will be dedicated to a picspam of Jon Stewart. (Incidentally, this also addresses point #3.)







Remember the '90s, when we thought that was as stressful as politics could get? Oh, '90s.





The man looks good in a tux.







But he can rock the grey shirt, too.





Or a wetsuit. Or a snowboard. (Stephen wasn't the first one to get into winter sports...)



Pretty, pretty man.




From this point, feel free to:
a) post picspams of your own
b) brainstorm in the comments about what you want to see in punditfic in the future
c) wallpaper your house with that last image. (...what?)

Comments

[sarcasticsra]

Well, if it's monthly, 1,000 words isn't a lot. I was just thinking about a word minimum to make the challenges distinct from OT ficlets, which are usually no longer than 400 words.

Other thoughts: What about community-wide chats? Maybe live chats for the shows, or for special events, or just for fun?

Theme days: whatever the themes are, they should be interactive. But...I'm kind of lost on specific ideas. Maybe one day could be a meme day, like a survey or drabble offerings or whatnot?

[erinptah]

Hm. That's a fair point. (Any chance you want to help run this thing?)

I feel like there are enough live threads on LJ that there wouldn't be much value in duplicating them here. But we'll see. Maybe as activity picks up.

I can definitely do memes and surveys. They sound like they'd make good OT topics, too.

[sarcasticsra]

By "this thing" do you mean the challenges, or the community? I'm game for either, if you want help.

Oh, I meant actual chats, like on AIM or something. Just to shake things up.

Definitely! They're interactive, and you can learn a lot about people.

[erinptah]

I was thinking the challenges, but I could use backup with the comm too! Want a mod hat? (Well, after you take the oath of office: "I do solemnly swear that if anyone brings an issue to me about the comm or my co-mod, I will discuss it with said co-mod so that we can attempt to find a proactive solution. RAmen.") (...and also, it would be nice if you linked your fic here =P)

Eheh, you know how bad I am about signing on to AIM. That's one thing I would never be able to pull off ^_^;

[sarcasticsra]

Haha, I will take a mod hat, sure. (I thought the oath was "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good"? Is that a different oath? =P) (And I've been meaning to link my fic here. I just...keep forgetting. *shifty eyes*)

I actually suck at AIM too. Y!M is my bread and butter. But I think AIM is more popular? Maybe? Which is why I said it. I dunno, 'twas just a thought that might be fun if we can organize it.

...hey, once I have Official Mod Powers, do you mind if I fix the double-commas? With the tags? They make me sad. =P

[erinptah]

Done! (Yeah, that too XD)

I hereby designate it Your Project. Which I will attempt to join in if I can =P

Yes, please, fix the double-commas! I've been meaning to sit down and figure out how for a while now ^_^; (We should probably have a full-on New Layout contest at some point, too.)

[sarcasticsra]

Done! (They showed up on my personal layout once, so I knew how to best them. =P)

A New Layout contest sounds fun. Good idea.