TV_Talk Grand Reopening!

[yourlibrarian]

Many thanks to colls for offering to pass on this community to new mods, and for keeping it open! misbegotten and I are looking forward to getting some activity going, both in this community and also in other TV fandom communities on Dreamwidth.

This space has been used in different ways over the years, and while we would like to continue some of them, we also think that TV viewing has changed a lot since tv_talk began. Shows are shorter, more scattered, with long hiatuses and uncertain returns (even, sometimes, when renewed!) There are also many more of them than there used to be, making it less likely that many people will be watching the same ones -- at least at the same time.

So we want to make this a space for fans to find one another as much as one where we're focused on a lot of posts being made. This is what we're planning:

==> TV Tuesday: A day for activities centered on TV fandom. This might mean polls, questions, fandom cage matches and more. We're open to suggestions!

==> Speak Up Saturday: A prompt post for people to talk about what they're currently watching -- the good, the bad, the frustrating and the exciting!

==> Meta, Reviews, Recaps and Primers, or General TV-Related Discussion: Any day of the week you can post your thoughts about TV old or new and try to get new people to watch 🙂

==> Watch Party: Want to hold a post for episode reactions? Maybe it'll be for a new show, the kickoff of a new season, or the start of a rewatch. Feel free to do it here!

==> Community Promos: It's tough to make single-fandom communities active here on Dreamwidth, but some mods are giving it a go. We'd like to help you find new participants!

We only have a few rules which you can read in our profile. We also need your help!

We would like to determine how members would like to handle spoilers. It is more likely than ever that people will not be watching in real time, might be binging a season, or might be coming to it years late. In order to decide what our spoiler rules will look like, we will be running a poll here on Saturday and encourage you to give us your thoughts.

How else can you help? Let people know we're open for their posts and comments. Let's have some fun!

Comments

[adafrog]

Cool.

[yourlibrarian]

Hope to see you around!

[skieswideopen]

Thanks for taking over and keeping the community alive!

[rocky41_7]

Ooh, glad to see activity here! Looking forward to the new stuff :D

[scintilla10]

Looking forward to TV conversations! Thanks for taking over the community.

[svgurl]

Thanks for taking over! I'm excited to participate in the near future. :D

[dickinsons]

Looking forward to this!

[acari]

So great to see this comm revived!

[yourlibrarian]

Fingers crossed we can goose it to life 😉

[yourlibrarian]

We're so glad people are looking forward to it!

[yourlibrarian]

We're looking forward to it too!

[yourlibrarian]

So glad to hear that!

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks for the support!

[yourlibrarian]

We hope it'll take on a new life!

[linky]

Looking forward for what's to come for the comm! :D It's very exciting!

[feurioo]

I love the sound of Speak Up Saturday. Also looking forward to all the recs!

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, thanks for saying so!

[yourlibrarian]

We are too!

[swingandswirl]

Thanks for taking over the comm! I'm looking forward to participating.

[makamu]

I'm excited for the community to get off the ground, not least because most of my current fandoms are TV. Good luck!

[yourlibrarian]

We're looking forward to having you here!

[yourlibrarian]

Good timing for everyone then 🙂

[makamu]

It certainly looks that way :)

[veritas_poet]

Does Dreamwidth allow cuts like LJ used to have? That's how we'd always do things back in the day. Give a warning, put the spoilery stuff behind the cut, and then the rest outside of it. It would probably be a good idea to clarify what would count as spoilers here, especially when talking about older shows. I know there's a lot of things I've never seen and still want to. I don't want to hear about a character death or a giant twist. I know it can get tricky, especially with older shows. But if you just put yourself in the shoes of someone who's never seen something, it's not so difficult.


Thanks for keeping the comm alive! I am mostly watching old shows these days. But it will be interesting to see what people are doing.

[yourlibrarian]

It does! And yes, that's the simplest method, is just a tight cut tag and then spoiler beware for the post and comments.

Given the move to streaming, while there have been problems with show access, I think it's also given new life to a lot of old shows. Probably people wouldn't have subscribed for them but once they have the subscription, they discover them.

[feurioo]

Sorry to comment on this old post but I just wanted to ask this in a place where both of you mods can see it and answer if you want to: Are there any plans for a weekly "What are you watching?" post?

I'm aware of the fixed Tuesday/Saturday posts but I'm still unsure about the etiquette/whether it's appropriate to post a TV update even if the main discussion topic is something else (example: the recent discussion about sex scenes). If you are not planning to have them, would you be okay with me doing a trial run?

An old LJ community of mine used to have these weekly posts, and I really liked knowing that there would be a specific day of the week when I could dump all my useless TV opinions in one place and look for recs in other people's comments. Obviously, I have no idea if other users feel the same, but that's why I'm asking here.

[yourlibrarian]

Hi feurioo, we could ask this Saturday and see if people would prefer to divide the two types of posts so that there is an ongoing day for just a "What are you watching?" post.

[feurioo]

Thank you for replying! I guess it is not immediately necessary to have separate posts. I just felt somewhat rude for talking about the other TV stuff in that sex scene post when nobody else did. I'm still not sure if it was technically allowed, even though the previous Saturday post made me think it would be okay. :/

[yourlibrarian]

Everyone can talk about what they want for sure 🙂 And as it was a "comments at your own risk" there was no reason not to go ahead.

[flareonfury]

Hi! Not sure where to put this, but hopefully here is okay? Sorry I have so many as well, but I tend to make a lot. I tried to stick to TV related:

Did you want to affiliate with tvfanfiction galorechallenge alicehatter dg_cain nciscrossovers chloe_otp xmen_heroes uc_xmen xmen100 and xmen15? (if you want to cut any out, that's fine, I have a lot LOL)

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks for getting in touch! Our affiliates are for general fandom discussions for particular fandoms or linked fandoms rather than fanfic communities. However given that tvfanfiction is open to any TV fandom I'd be glad to add it to our affiliate list 🙂

If you happen to know of any other active general TV show community, do send them our way!

[flareonfury]

Thank you for adding at least tvfanfiction ♥