Personally, I'm a true believer in "tools, not rules," which is to say: people go where the tools are, and the best tool (unless there are anti-trust shenanigans like Microsoft engages in) usually wins. LJ, in this case, is the current leader.
And tools tend to inform the community they create. If a tool encourages linking (such as LJ does) people will link. If the structure of the tool forces people into isolated threads (such as LJ does) then it's more difficult to centralize the information. That's why my proposal.
In a way, what I am proposing is in keeping with OTW's precepts. We'll be using LJ's resources for our indexing.
If someone makes a better tool, it might take a while, but I do believe people will start shifting over. I'll try to make my tool flexible enough that it can handle multiple journaling sites (e.g., greatestjournal) and do the parsing based on their respective syntices.
I think I will proceed with creating the various accounts and start working on the script. Even if I can't get writers to participate, I can use it for my personal archiving purposes.
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>"but I'm already doing that!"
Personally, I'm a true believer in "tools, not rules," which is to say: people go where the tools are, and the best tool (unless there are anti-trust shenanigans like Microsoft engages in) usually wins. LJ, in this case, is the current leader.
And tools tend to inform the community they create. If a tool encourages linking (such as LJ does) people will link. If the structure of the tool forces people into isolated threads (such as LJ does) then it's more difficult to centralize the information. That's why my proposal.
In a way, what I am proposing is in keeping with OTW's precepts. We'll be using LJ's resources for our indexing.
If someone makes a better tool, it might take a while, but I do believe people will start shifting over. I'll try to make my tool flexible enough that it can handle multiple journaling sites (e.g., greatestjournal) and do the parsing based on their respective syntices.
I think I will proceed with creating the various accounts and start working on the script. Even if I can't get writers to participate, I can use it for my personal archiving purposes.