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imeeji_backstage2019-03-19 07:15 pm
worldlyafflictions) wrote in imeeji_backstage2019-03-19 07:15 pm
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MEMORY THREAD FORMAT CONSIDERATIONS
HEY IMEEJI
A quick idea I wanted to float before another memory mingle goes up!
PROBLEM
DO YOU EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY ENGAGING WITH MEMORY MINGLES? Does the cognitive dissonance of having your character witness a memory and then ICly go hunt someone down to talk to them about it when they probably wouldn't want to bother someone about their difficult experience put you off tagging? Does feeling inundated with too many memories or like engaging immediately doesn't make IC sense make it difficult to even bother reading through people's memories to see if there IS anything you'd want to tag?
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. Or at least, I have had these problems with memory mingles for... since I got in! and have heard from a few others that they feel similarly--SO. I have a few solutions I want to try, but the one I need the most help with OOCly is an adjustment to how we mark memory threads!
PROPOSAL
I would like us to start using the subject lines in memory posts to mark a memory thread as either TH, WN, or T&W
TH (Threading): This means the memory is open to being jumped for threads! This is basically the default way we've been handling memory threads, where people tag in expecting to thread about the memory or memory-adjacent-ish things with the top-level character.
WN (Witnessing): This is basically a memory top-level made specifically for just getting the memory written up and posted in public for characters to potentially see. You would reply to a top-level marked "WN" with maybe an OOC note to the player or a quick IC reaction so that they know your character saw the memory. This is so that the OP will know who might be interested in having the subject of their memory come up more naturally in future threads. Hopefully having an option like this reduces the need to immediately engage with a memory while still creating opportunities to play with it later on! Also hopefully this makes it less scary to wade through a memory mingle to see if there's stuff that would ping your character.
T&W (both): And of course marking a thread with both means opening a top-level to both threading immediately or just letting people tag in with having seen it.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY and me-proposed, so it's not gonna be like OFFICIAL EVERYONE HAS TO DO THIS (I'm not a mod!) so I'd need the cooperation of whoever thinks this is good idea! I WANTED TO LIKE put this up at the same time as my own memory mingle specifically for testing out this formatting but also I have too many memories to write up so THIS COMES FIRST I GUESS... (to be pimped again later when I have my shit together enough to do a memory mingle for everyone that I can actually top-level in.)
A quick idea I wanted to float before another memory mingle goes up!
PROBLEM
DO YOU EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY ENGAGING WITH MEMORY MINGLES? Does the cognitive dissonance of having your character witness a memory and then ICly go hunt someone down to talk to them about it when they probably wouldn't want to bother someone about their difficult experience put you off tagging? Does feeling inundated with too many memories or like engaging immediately doesn't make IC sense make it difficult to even bother reading through people's memories to see if there IS anything you'd want to tag?
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. Or at least, I have had these problems with memory mingles for... since I got in! and have heard from a few others that they feel similarly--SO. I have a few solutions I want to try, but the one I need the most help with OOCly is an adjustment to how we mark memory threads!
PROPOSAL
I would like us to start using the subject lines in memory posts to mark a memory thread as either TH, WN, or T&W
TH (Threading): This means the memory is open to being jumped for threads! This is basically the default way we've been handling memory threads, where people tag in expecting to thread about the memory or memory-adjacent-ish things with the top-level character.
WN (Witnessing): This is basically a memory top-level made specifically for just getting the memory written up and posted in public for characters to potentially see. You would reply to a top-level marked "WN" with maybe an OOC note to the player or a quick IC reaction so that they know your character saw the memory. This is so that the OP will know who might be interested in having the subject of their memory come up more naturally in future threads. Hopefully having an option like this reduces the need to immediately engage with a memory while still creating opportunities to play with it later on! Also hopefully this makes it less scary to wade through a memory mingle to see if there's stuff that would ping your character.
T&W (both): And of course marking a thread with both means opening a top-level to both threading immediately or just letting people tag in with having seen it.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY and me-proposed, so it's not gonna be like OFFICIAL EVERYONE HAS TO DO THIS (I'm not a mod!) so I'd need the cooperation of whoever thinks this is good idea! I WANTED TO LIKE put this up at the same time as my own memory mingle specifically for testing out this formatting but also I have too many memories to write up so THIS COMES FIRST I GUESS... (to be pimped again later when I have my shit together enough to do a memory mingle for everyone that I can actually top-level in.)
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I'll try this out next time I post a memory!