I have a question Ken, If I may. How do you go about getting fandom reaction to the episodes and the writing. Such as, how are you finding out what fans feel about this episode. I'm not trying to ask something dangerous to answer, like what you think of it, or what credence you or the rest of the TBTB give it, but how you go about getting it.
I'm asking this because SGA fandom is very different from SG1 fandom, and most fans aren't on Gateworld, they're on Livejournal. (A set of interconnected blogs that revolutionized all the fandoms that came after its inception in the same way blogs revolutionized the Internet. But is unmodded and aimed for fans not the TBTB.) Gateworld is home to certain groups of fans, while Livejournal has very different groups and thus usually a completely different average opinion to things. Such as with Damian's 'Tao of Rodney' which got a cautious positive on GW whereas Livejournal went *insane* with adoration (averagely). Gateworld came out before LJ and so opinions and fan groups on SG1 is more balanced. And now you have Hewlett's new forum on adogsbreakfast.com (ADB). While there is some overlap between particular groups that divide their time between GW and LJ, (or now ADB) most fans IMO don't cross over.
How do you go about gathering fan opinion for an episode such a 'The Ark' when there are significant differences not only between fan groups (such as characters and Ships) but fan areas, particularly between Gateworld, Livejournal. and ADB. Particularly since LJ, the largest, is difficult to navigate and makes no effort to moderate itself for TBTB.
(I'm so going to get in trouble for this from LJers, the first rule of LJ is not to talk about LJ. But I'm curious dangit, with SGA fandom made up and distributed completely differently than SG1 fandom, I wonder how the TBTB are going to deal with fandom now that SG1 is off the air.)
I'm asking this because SGA fandom is very different from SG1 fandom, and most fans aren't on Gateworld, they're on Livejournal. (A set of interconnected blogs that revolutionized all the fandoms that came after its inception in the same way blogs revolutionized the Internet. But is unmodded and aimed for fans not the TBTB.) Gateworld is home to certain groups of fans, while Livejournal has very different groups and thus usually a completely different average opinion to things. Such as with Damian's 'Tao of Rodney' which got a cautious positive on GW whereas Livejournal went *insane* with adoration (averagely). Gateworld came out before LJ and so opinions and fan groups on SG1 is more balanced. And now you have Hewlett's new forum on adogsbreakfast.com (ADB). While there is some overlap between particular groups that divide their time between GW and LJ, (or now ADB) most fans IMO don't cross over.
How do you go about gathering fan opinion for an episode such a 'The Ark' when there are significant differences not only between fan groups (such as characters and Ships) but fan areas, particularly between Gateworld, Livejournal. and ADB. Particularly since LJ, the largest, is difficult to navigate and makes no effort to moderate itself for TBTB.
(I'm so going to get in trouble for this from LJers, the first rule of LJ is not to talk about LJ. But I'm curious dangit, with SGA fandom made up and distributed completely differently than SG1 fandom, I wonder how the TBTB are going to deal with fandom now that SG1 is off the air.)
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