Fandom Snowflake

[keiliss]

Day 4 Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them. Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!"

Okay, I wouldn't friend someone just to fill a prompt and I usually comment if I like something anyhow, but I did start following someone on Tumblr tonight purely because I liked a post and looked at a few more and thought oh, she's interesting. And then thought 'ooh, Snowflake!':D

Comments

[ysilme]

Okay, I wouldn't friend someone just to fill a prompt
This. This "interact to somebody new"-prompt of the challenge is the one I've come to find annoying. No matter if I'm participating or not, each year in January on the day of this prompt or the following days, I get friended/subscribed to by at least one person I'm totally unfamiliar with. Now I don't mind meeting new people at all, but they never do more than just add/friend me. No comment or message anywhere, nor any other attempt on interaction, more often than not also no common fandoms or interests. I can only assume that they're really just wanting to fill their prompt. *rolls eyes*
On the other hand I think this challenge is a lovely means to honour those who really do reach out to others, and perhaps need the encouragement of a challenge to get over their shyness or so.

[keiliss]

Oh, I totally hear you. I tend to ignore this one because certainly on DW and LJ I don't friend indiscriminately, though Tumblr is more of an open space. And the person showing up out of nowhere and vanishing off again later is not fun and not what was intended either - it's for people who are nervous to reach out or comment to strangers, just to give them that little push. Otherwise, no, this is the one challenge I think is misplaced and might be better expressed.

[independence1776]

I count comments made on previous days Snowflake entries because I'm also not one to comment just to fill a prompt. I understand the logic behind this challenge, but it's fraught in implementation.

[keiliss]

I think they might want to revisit the way this prompt is worded, maybe give people space to examine why they aren't doing these things (or at least not often).

[independence1776]

I'm not sure they realize there is a problem; it's certainly not the least popular going by post comment count (even using the rough divide-by-two to get an approximate participant. number).

[keiliss]

Possibly one of those old fandom/new fandom divides? I'd randomly follow a stranger on Tumblr if their blog looked interesting but I'd be less likely to do that here or on LJ.

[independence1776]

I don't think so? It's been a challenge for as long as I've been doing Snowflake. I suspect it's aimed at people who are both multifandom (so they have more people to connect without outside of their community) and more chatty with strangers.