I will admit though, that as a writer, I honestly wasn't sure if my vote would be seen as a violation of the comm rules, since I'm not an artist. I mean, it seems strange to judge without participation, you know?
THANK YOU for sharing your thoughts because there is such a silence around contests and voting and why we do or don't. I have really been curious as to the "why" of it all but there's such a silence around that subject as if it were "unseemly".
Your reasoning does make sense. And I admit I was uncertain if I could vote in comms before I started participating because there is something vaguely "cliquish" about LiveJournal in general and comms in particular.
Rule of thumb - many voting pages will have an "open to all" or similar message and the profiles/rules will usually state it. Basically, if you can click a box in a comm you're not a "member" of , it's an open comm unless someone says otherwise.
I mean, it seems strange to judge without participation, you know?
I just took it for granted that it was the reverse of an artist voting in fiction contests like Sunnydale Memorial awards etc.
Do you think yours are common misconceptions? Now you've got me thinking, this calls for a poll! :D
This is also one reason I love mixed-media comms around a central theme. Because cross-pollination between writers and artists would benefit both parties.
I LOVE this idea, do you know of any successful ones I could peek at? I've had in mind the idea of a comm where artists make banners for a chosen story and vice versa, writers create a story to match a banner. Usually it's fic first, banner second but I don't see why it couldn't go the other way.
ETA: I meant to add that voting IS a form of participation. :D
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THANK YOU for sharing your thoughts because there is such a silence around contests and voting and why we do or don't. I have really been curious as to the "why" of it all but there's such a silence around that subject as if it were "unseemly".
Your reasoning does make sense. And I admit I was uncertain if I could vote in comms before I started participating because there is something vaguely "cliquish" about LiveJournal in general and comms in particular.
Rule of thumb - many voting pages will have an "open to all" or similar message and the profiles/rules will usually state it. Basically, if you can click a box in a comm you're not a "member" of , it's an open comm unless someone says otherwise.
I mean, it seems strange to judge without participation, you know?
I just took it for granted that it was the reverse of an artist voting in fiction contests like Sunnydale Memorial awards etc.
Do you think yours are common misconceptions? Now you've got me thinking, this calls for a poll! :D
This is also one reason I love mixed-media comms around a central theme. Because cross-pollination between writers and artists would benefit both parties.
I LOVE this idea, do you know of any successful ones I could peek at? I've had in mind the idea of a comm where artists make banners for a chosen story and vice versa, writers create a story to match a banner. Usually it's fic first, banner second but I don't see why it couldn't go the other way.
ETA: I meant to add that voting IS a form of participation. :D