rec me a reccing comm

[sophia_sol]

Does anyone know of a good general-purpose reccing community on dreamwidth? I like to share my rec posts where I can, because part of the point of recs is to help the visibility of fanworks I think are worth a look, but the various comms I know of aren't ones where my reccing style fits very well. And all of their specific focuses are super valid and understandable, as a way to narrow in on a niche! But.

The ones I know:

• bestthingever -- only wants recs for new works


• fancake -- only wants recs for works that fit their theme of the month


• recthething -- only wants recs that are for 100% fannish content with nothing else included (eg no professionally published short stories mentioned in the same post of recs alongside fic)


• gensplosion -- only wants recs for gen works


• and many fandom-specific communities which would only want fanworks for their fandoms, of course

And I like to rec just whatever I have been happening to read of late, without focusing in on any particular niche. It's what I find works best for me, and has me able to actually share recs the most consistently. But that doesn't fit with any of the usual sorts of reccing communities!

I wouldn't be surprised if this is a type of community that doesn't exist; most people are looking for a specific type of thing when they're looking for things to read, so a reccing community open to anything would cover too much territory for people to be interested in following it, due to the inevitable poor ratio of things they are interested in to things they don't care about.

But one can hope!

Comments

[seekingferret]

You could use fictional_fans for this?

[jesse_the_k]

I have a recs and raves tag on my journal! I love reading other people's

[kiki_eng]

vidrecs for vids
fanart_recs for fanart
recsrainbow is a notice board to advertise your fic recs but it's moderated and hasn't updated in about five years

I think you're likely right about it not existing. delicious was kind of this at the height of journal fandom.