In the couple of past cases where people have shared fiction here, it’s been on the frontpage and people haven’t generally seemed to mind.
Presumably we are expecting a much higher volume than in the past. It might be a bit strange for newcomers to the movement, expecting to find a forum for serious idea discussion, instead find themselves on a strange version of AO3.
edit: perhaps entrants should have [Creative Writing Entry] as the start of their title, so it is easy to distinguish on the frontpage?
That’s a solid idea. We could also set a default filter alongside the default Personal Blog filter, so that newcomers don’t see the fiction unless they choose to see it (though they’ll still be able to see it at the tag page if someone links them to it). I’ll talk to the tech team and see if that’s reasonable.
Presumably we are expecting a much higher volume than in the past. It might be a bit strange for newcomers to the movement, expecting to find a forum for serious idea discussion, instead find themselves on a strange version of AO3.
edit: perhaps entrants should have [Creative Writing Entry] as the start of their title, so it is easy to distinguish on the frontpage?
That’s a solid idea. We could also set a default filter alongside the default Personal Blog filter, so that newcomers don’t see the fiction unless they choose to see it (though they’ll still be able to see it at the tag page if someone links them to it). I’ll talk to the tech team and see if that’s reasonable.
A tag is probably enough, but you could also maybe ask people to put some copy about the contest at the top of each submission?
Why hide stuff from newbies? They are here to see the forum, and this is a cool EA thing happening on the forum.