Weird.

[ratherastory]

So the pingback_bot informs me that After the End made it onto the SPN News Letter. Which is really cool, but... I don't get it. Why that story and not others? I've been on there a couple of times (which, no, really, yay!), but I cannot for the life of me tell what sort of criteria they use.

Confused cat is confused.

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[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

I've posted 3 h50 fic to the same coms and only one got caught. *shrug*

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected! ;D
I still don't know how either place does it though, there is just so much stuff produced.
By the way I loved "Ask and Tell" and I thought blowing up Danny's car with Steve's horrible taste in music was inspired ;)

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. :)

What I found interesting about the newsletter is that it picked up my PWP but not "Ask and Tell" so I had no idea what it was looking for. Either way I was glad "A Close Shave" got picked up but I'm not placing much importance on it. It's a nice tool but I'm still reading through the coms myself so I don't miss anything. :) Obsessively reading through them....

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Well I'm trying for the obsessive part ... but I always feel like I'm missing something ;)

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. I'm obsessively bookmarking everything into my diigo every night to read later with the intent of thoroughly tagging it all and now I have like 200 unread fic just waiting for me. And that's just from a month and a half. I'm never going to catch up. But it sure is fun trying. :)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I missed the boat with SPN, but I am obsessively bookmarking every H50 story I come across for future reference.

Hey, is there a storyfinders comm for H50?

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

There is a fic finder com:

http://community.livejournal.com/hawaiificfinder/

It made me very excited when my obsessive diigo tagging actually meant I knew a fic that was requested. It's the small things in life.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! It makes me all fuzzy inside when I find a fic at spnstoryfinders.

Thanks! *runs off to add*

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

I wish there was a rec comm for H50!
Not just a list of whats out there.
But it's all good cuz I'm still getting caught up on fic and there is more coming all the time!

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

If there's not one we could always make one. ;)

How do they usually work?

(What am I saying? I have never modded a com...but it could be fun. This fandom makes me crazy.)

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Well it basically boils down to : read everything and tell people what you liked. Do you know about crack_impala or j2_recs? They basically post what they think is the best. There are several different formats.If you were thinking about maybe doing this I might be interestted. PM if you decide to think about it more seriously

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Do it!

I will cheer you on. I can't take on another comm (I still have ohsam and one other comm that's going to go up soon, as soon as I finish writing the intro posts), but H50 needs a rec comm!

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

OK well we are seriously maybe probably gonna but we are both dilettantes when it comes to running a comm, so let me pick your brai. What are a couple of pit-falls to avoid when starting this!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. Okay. Why don't you guys email me dbrune4 @ yahoo . com, and I'll fill you in. Comment-boxes are NOT suited for my kind of long-windedness.

:)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know ther was a H50 newsletter! Link, please? :)

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

I didn't know newsletters existed at all until it picked me up. I'm kinda new to the whole LJ fandom experience.:)

http://community.livejournal.com/hawaii5_o_news/

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Oh boy are you ever in for some fun!

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

I avoided the crazy of lj for 8 years of fandom. Just skimming the surface. Dabbling a little here and there but now I am being sucked down like a whirlpool. This fandom will be the death of me. But I'll die happy.

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Well dude I'm still in SPN fandom so I I know there are levels to this. H50 is totally sucking me down to though. SO MUCH FUN!

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Apparently I was mistaken. The newsletter did catch all of my stories. The ping bot thingie only notified me for one of them. I wonder why that is?