Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25941663-20150119211557/@comment-24304936-20150122191211

MrDupin wrote: Do you really think that if something is good, it is guaranteed to get recognision? Maybe, in a perfect world. No, I don't. But I think it has a better chance over complete garbage if marketed correctly. MrDupin wrote: Also, are you really suggesting that users should go rogue about promoting their stuff? Because that's what you are basically saying. And? MrDupin wrote: You have become so detached from the regular user that you can't even see this. And you sir, have balls of iron for insinuating this.

Do you even know the amount of material we admins have to sift through on a daily basis here to make sure we have up to snuff material? Do you know the amount of upset people we deal with daily, insisting the well-below quality work they submit is better than the next Stephen King novel (I'm sure we'll see lots of them in your proposed new idea's submissions too)? The new stories we have to read everyday that people submit, whether we like the stories or not? Sorry if that seems detached from a "regular user" (whatever the hell that means; this is a community, not Nazi Germany).

Anyway, this is going off-topic and I'm not getting into a pissing match with you over it. If you want to propose the idea in a thread, go ahead. Just make sure everything is explained clearly. Banningk1979 wrote:

I think we are on to something with the 'Writer's Showcase' concept as well. I feel like this would be a positive step in assisting writers in getting exposure, while still maintain our core values as a literature community. My whole problem with this, is that I can see it becoming the next Writer's Workshop (which has a purpose and it serves very well). Everyone and their second cousin twice-removed are going to be flooding it with stories, then geting upset because it gets buried with the other stories coming in. In short, it would eat up a lot of bandwidth with stories that are already on the site.

Look, we already have a front page now with three stories on it. Being an amateur writer myself, I'd love to get more people to read my stuff too. The fact remains though (as you said and practice what you say), it's the writer's responsibility to get their stuff out there.