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Modly: new mods, direction of the comm
Apr. 27th, 2007 11:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pithI'm going to be in England for the month of May (plus a day of April, not that that's relevant), and since I'm one of the few people who doesn't own a laptop, I won't have Net access and thus can't mod. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tsula and windiain have kindly offered to be temporary mods for me. If you need to contact them, DO NOT use the general community address. For the month of May, please use lashermodsATgmailDOTcom instead. Also, take it easy on them. If you have a tough question or want to be an affiliate or something, just wait 'til I get back and I'll take care of it.
They each have a lot of fandom experience (and since they're both in the LJS fandom, a lot of experience dealing with whining and stupidity). Please treat them . . . nicely. I was going to say "with the same respect you'd treat me", but to be honest, there are some people who think the FAQ is just another link and they can post whatever they please. That's definitely not the majority. (Oh gods, I'm going to sound like LKH here, aren't I? ARGH!) Out of 500+ people, it's maybe . . . 20 or so. I don't keep charts. That said, follow the rules—when I'm here, when I'm not here. If you want to contest a rule and can do it civilly (and sorry, I don't think "fuck" has any place in a civil argument), I'm more than happy to discuss it with you personally.
While I'm gone, I'd like you to think about what you'd like this place to be. Obviously, it's changed from what I had intended years ago, when it had maybe 15 people. A plan for 15 people clearly won't work for 500. But if you have ideas or opinions, please let me know. (THOSE can be sent to the normal lkh.lashouts address.) More challenges? No more challenges at all? Icons? Art? Articles? There is one thing I know I'd like to revive here and it's . . . quality, for lack of a better term. I know ragging on LKH is dead easy, but there used to be a level of scathing wit and intelligence that has kinda given way to the OMG!!!11!!1 mentality. Anyone can be an irrational fan; I'd always hoped Lashouts would stay rooted in some semblance of brains. (Not real brains, obviously. I mean, that would attract the zombies, and zombies, while a source of cinematic delight, are not good houseguests.) So I'm not saying we have to turn this into Criticism 101, but it would also be nice if it were more than bitchy book reviews. (Although bitchy book reviews have their place too, and are amusing. But if that's all we do, how are we any different than a hate community?)
To close, a line from Kelley Armstrong's latest novel, No Humans Involved, which is, coincidentally, aimed at a necromancer (though this one actually does necromancy on a regular basis, rather than just flash the term around for cred—and unlike a certain necromancer, this one does not shag anything with a penis):
"[H]er cunny's so well used it's like fucking a bucket."
Hmm. Perhaps Kelley did know that LKH named a lackey werewolf Clay. *g*
tsula and windiain have kindly offered to be temporary mods for me. If you need to contact them, DO NOT use the general community address. For the month of May, please use lashermodsATgmailDOTcom instead. Also, take it easy on them. If you have a tough question or want to be an affiliate or something, just wait 'til I get back and I'll take care of it.They each have a lot of fandom experience (and since they're both in the LJS fandom, a lot of experience dealing with whining and stupidity). Please treat them . . . nicely. I was going to say "with the same respect you'd treat me", but to be honest, there are some people who think the FAQ is just another link and they can post whatever they please. That's definitely not the majority. (Oh gods, I'm going to sound like LKH here, aren't I? ARGH!) Out of 500+ people, it's maybe . . . 20 or so. I don't keep charts. That said, follow the rules—when I'm here, when I'm not here. If you want to contest a rule and can do it civilly (and sorry, I don't think "fuck" has any place in a civil argument), I'm more than happy to discuss it with you personally.
While I'm gone, I'd like you to think about what you'd like this place to be. Obviously, it's changed from what I had intended years ago, when it had maybe 15 people. A plan for 15 people clearly won't work for 500. But if you have ideas or opinions, please let me know. (THOSE can be sent to the normal lkh.lashouts address.) More challenges? No more challenges at all? Icons? Art? Articles? There is one thing I know I'd like to revive here and it's . . . quality, for lack of a better term. I know ragging on LKH is dead easy, but there used to be a level of scathing wit and intelligence that has kinda given way to the OMG!!!11!!1 mentality. Anyone can be an irrational fan; I'd always hoped Lashouts would stay rooted in some semblance of brains. (Not real brains, obviously. I mean, that would attract the zombies, and zombies, while a source of cinematic delight, are not good houseguests.) So I'm not saying we have to turn this into Criticism 101, but it would also be nice if it were more than bitchy book reviews. (Although bitchy book reviews have their place too, and are amusing. But if that's all we do, how are we any different than a hate community?)
To close, a line from Kelley Armstrong's latest novel, No Humans Involved, which is, coincidentally, aimed at a necromancer (though this one actually does necromancy on a regular basis, rather than just flash the term around for cred—and unlike a certain necromancer, this one does not shag anything with a penis):
"[H]er cunny's so well used it's like fucking a bucket."
Hmm. Perhaps Kelley did know that LKH named a lackey werewolf Clay. *g*
