Suggestion/Idea: Collaborator's Wanted Posts

1. Suggestion/Idea: Collaborator's Wanted Posts

   #1

   First off, I've noticed that the Advice Requested submission option either has a misleading description (These are finished subs but the author feels that they are missing something or need some work. They are requesting you to help them finish it.) or isn't being used as intended. There are lots of rough ideas and vague concepts that people want help with, want to collaborate on, or want someone else to finish posted there. This isn't an urgent issue, just something I'd like to see changed a bit.
   
   Could we clean up the description? Change the option's name (I like this idea) and keep stuff that people need advice on strictly to forum posts? Anyone else have thoughts on this?
   
   To be honest, sometimes I find an unfinished or short/sloppy sub that I could take far in a new direction. I think it's a great practice to share ideas we couldn't complete and see what others can do with them. That's what happened with MJS's Grinning Towers, and I think it came out wonderful. Wouldn't a Collaboration Wanted option for submissions be a good idea? Something I could search through, find something, and then contact the author about? We could limit the amount available like Advice Requested, too.
   
   Like I said, not a super important change, but down the road I think something should change in this are. Thoughts welcome.

2. Re: Suggestion/Idea: Collaborator's Wanted Posts

   #2

   Description and naming change are easy changes if there is a general agreement. Just let me know what you want it to say and what you want it called and it can be done!!
   
   The collaboration one, not so easy but doable if it will be a well used addition. I almost think chat and the forum would be good to do a shout out for assistance vs. another category of submissions. I think morph the advice requested to cover both of the thoughts would be more appropriate and then doing shout outs for assistance.
   
   At this point in the main site I need to concentrate on making the current features work as advertised, get documented so they are understood and used and make the site in general easier to navigate and comprehend. If we decide we want that category, no problem, but it won't be a priority to implement till other things get the treatment. However, some text changes is really easy to update. Hope that makes sense.
   
   As you know, I bow to the Strolenati. Your will is my command so if you want it as a group, I will try and make it happen!
   
   

3. Re: Suggestion/Idea: Collaborator's Wanted Posts

   #3

   I support the addition of a new Collaboration Wanted category because like Pieh said, there are a bulk of submissions that currently sit under Advice Requested that are just bare bones that might be inspiration for other people. I think in the long term this is helpful for creativity and increasing the amount of submissions posted.
   
   
   
   
   

4. Re: Suggestion/Idea: Collaborator's Wanted Posts

   #4

   Anybody else have any thoughts on this?

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