Okay, this bit will sound a little arrogant and selfish, but I think honestly is an important point:
Should someone's 5-points-10-minutes-voting opinion really take precedence over someone's 40-points-2-days-writing opinion? :\ To me, that seems a little selfish. To put it harshly, if you don't want to vote, then don't vote. You're losing a lot less than saying I can't write for something even if I want to, unless I want to jump through hoops for it.
The other thing I just thought of was -- despite the fact that quite a few people voted for restrictions, no one's really saying anything other than Eilia. So... what exactly do the rest of you guys want restrictions for? Fic? Graphics? Art? For the same reasons as her or for different reasons? To put it more rudely, do you really have an opinion or are you just voting it for a kinda "yeah, might be nice I guess" kind of thing?
Again, arrogant and selfish, I apologize, but I feel like our actual spoken opinions should count for more, including opinions for both sides of the argument. To me, it's kinda like, if you're not even willing to say anything about it, then you probably don't really care much about it.
And again, my point from before -- I think this comm's too small to have restrictions. The previous landcomm I was in had some 30-40 fic and 100+ icons for every challenge. I think if we have that level of participation, having restrictions would be perfectly sensible. But with 5-10 entries (closer to the 5 bit most of the time), participation would drop a-whole-lot. To me, this is more important than what we want, and what we don't want. If we were a bigger group, I'd say we should/can have restrictions even if I hate the idea. But I think, until then, we shouldn't.
Also, note for thedrowned -- wondering if you should have a poll for what people would be able/willing to write, too, not just what they can read and what they like? I think the results might possibly be a little more varied.
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Okay, this bit will sound a little arrogant and selfish, but I think honestly is an important point:
Should someone's 5-points-10-minutes-voting opinion really take precedence over someone's 40-points-2-days-writing opinion? :\ To me, that seems a little selfish. To put it harshly, if you don't want to vote, then don't vote. You're losing a lot less than saying I can't write for something even if I want to, unless I want to jump through hoops for it.
The other thing I just thought of was -- despite the fact that quite a few people voted for restrictions, no one's really saying anything other than Eilia. So... what exactly do the rest of you guys want restrictions for? Fic? Graphics? Art? For the same reasons as her or for different reasons? To put it more rudely, do you really have an opinion or are you just voting it for a kinda "yeah, might be nice I guess" kind of thing?
Again, arrogant and selfish, I apologize, but I feel like our actual spoken opinions should count for more, including opinions for both sides of the argument. To me, it's kinda like, if you're not even willing to say anything about it, then you probably don't really care much about it.
And again, my point from before -- I think this comm's too small to have restrictions. The previous landcomm I was in had some 30-40 fic and 100+ icons for every challenge. I think if we have that level of participation, having restrictions would be perfectly sensible. But with 5-10 entries (closer to the 5 bit most of the time), participation would drop a-whole-lot. To me, this is more important than what we want, and what we don't want. If we were a bigger group, I'd say we should/can have restrictions even if I hate the idea. But I think, until then, we shouldn't.
Also, note for