a proposition

I've been thinking about this since before New Year's, but I wasn't sure how to logistically go about putting it together or how to present it.

This blog is not a K-pop source and I hope I haven't given the false impression that I am at all knowledgeable about K-pop. I am, at heart, a HyoYeon fan and by extension an SNSD fan and pretty happy in that bubble. It's what I spazz about here. I would have never expected that one day my spazzing would attract thoughtful, playful, serious, challenging, and crack-filled discussions. When we take ourselves seriously (rofl), the comments have been wonderful, well-informed, and broadening--and I get the sense that many of the visitors here have a lot to say, especially analysis and meta re: SNSD, K-pop in general, A-pop, A-pop in the US, etc.

I don't post about all this stuff (though we've touched on these subjects in comments) but I was wondering if you guys would be interested in creating a space where you and everyone else can, like an LJ community say. People who want to post would have to get an LJ account, but it would be a space where we can kind of collect meta, discussions, etc. I know there are SNSD LJ comms out there, but they don't seem big on discussion?

I don't have any knowledge on the forum, WordPress, and other community-like boards fronts, so I don't know how to set something up like that. Of course, I will continue to spazz in my little world of HyoYeon and SNSD love here, but making a comm or something along those lines is an option if you guys feel like it'd be a nice way to share meta and thoughts. Another solution is just to friend each other up and everyone post on their own journals. I just feel like you guys have a lot to say on all sorts of fandom topics that I'll probably never touch on myself and I want to read these thoughts, too.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas? Who cares, we've got open threads?

ETA: LOL, guys, if we're going to come up with a comm name, can we not be so fail?

Read please: Alright, so if we do this, I think the comm will be trial and error for a bit. To see what works and what doesn't. The important thing is that people would be willing to post on the comm. Personally, I'd like a comm that's more meta/analysis based. I don't think that's all that should be posted there, but I think it would prevent clogging up flists. For example, people have talked about posting up compilation posts (weekend roundup type deals) but combining that with analysis and performance reviews. I think that's a perfect example of spazzing and meta combination. Otherwise, really, I don't need OMNTD doubling up on my flist; that would be like adding ONTD again (aaaaaaaaaaah!).

Yay? Nay? Name suggestions?

LOLOLOL, I give up you guys. Have fun in the comments. :D (Why are there 400 comments in the other post?)

In THESE comments you'll find:
- on-topic discussions about a comm
- discussion about the new album since news came out that a full album will be released February some time --> speculations & SNSD conceptual stuff
- Moar HyOnew shipping
- f(x) talk [1 2]

open for business?

- - - C L I C K - - - > snsd_metacrack < - - - C L I C K - - -

I took the liberty of using the name that AG suggested as I think it sums things up nicely (I had a hard time between that and craver_manly_cheesecake_for_hyonews_wedding) and I'm going to go with iacus's suggestion that, for now, no rules. We'll figure them out as we go and I think people are considerate enough not to spam? (Well, in posts, not comments. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.) If it gets out of hand, I'll throw moderating on. Bear with me please. :D

Oh, yes, I have mod powers. I guess? I haven't done this before so . . . if you want to make this pretty because, as you can tell, I'm not too concerned with housekeeping around here, let me know and I'll . . . give you powers? And we need a comm icon?

It's also asking me for scary things like a title and whatnot?! I haven't changed the title of my journal in years, so y'all gonna have to help out with that and the comm description--if anyone cares, lol.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my SNSD fandom might migrate over to the comm if we actually manage to get it off the ground. We'll see. I'm hoping that the comm'll turn out to be a playground like this one.

I know that tagging is also going to be an issue, but we'll cross those bridges if/when we get there. Though I figure open posts will be the norm, do know that you can friends lock entries to restrict them to be viewable only by those who are part of the comm. Just a heads up.