Why We Need Small Archives

[dawn_felagund]

I posted some data yesterday on my tumblr about commenting rates during the first two weeks of B2MeM versus on AO3 and the SWG. You can read the post for the full data and analysis, but the short version is that commenting on B2MeM is much better than on the other two sites (and commenting on the SWG is slightly better than on AO3). Based on my

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[shirebound]

Thank you for this thoughtful post. As someone who's been posting LOTR fanfic online since 2002, I read this with interest.

[lindahoyland]

I'm hopeless on Tumblr so am commenting here. I'm not much involved in fandom now but I really miss awards as it was such fun to take part. I wish the HASA birthday idea could be revived. Community is a very good thing as writers inspire and encourage each other.