Green Room - Week 26 - Day 5

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

In case you missed the announcement at the end of last night's Green Room - there is now a facebook group for anyone interested in having something else to click "like" on.

The question was asked about if there was a way to set your fb privacy settings so that it didn't show up on your profile. I'll be honest, I have no idea - so I'm going to ASK DR LJ. Or I guess in this case "Ask Programmer LJ".

I'm not planning on really doing much with that group right now. It's mostly a placeholder to have a presence over there, hopefully to help direct people back here. :)

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Comments

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I know. In theory. Not having people in a frenzy is great (although I'm still getting plenty of questions/comments via email!)

But I'm still bound by my word not to post more than I *need* to post, and need to assess actual usage for the next few weeks. I'm sure the closer we get to the end the more active people will get again. That's how it usually works at least.

It's just kind of sad to see so much going on *behind the scenes* and so little "in front of the camera".

The twists are pre-set, so whatever is on tap for next week was always going to be there. :)

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

Assess usage of the Green Room? Or are you using that as an indicator of interest in the game overall?

I'm completely unaware of anything happening behind the scenes, and I kind of like it that way! :)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I tend to view Green Room activity as active interest level. That and comments on people's entries (although of course the more going on *here*, the better. After all, there are still, week after week, new people coming out to vote. The more activity that is visible in the community the greater the chance that they will pipe up and stick around to see what is so interesting. :D)

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

That's fair.

I have to admit, though, that I'm always a bit put off when you talk about Idol like a brand. I understand that it *does* have equity, and that it needs to *keep* and *build* equity to keep the community and the game going. But at the same time, I sometimes feel like we're ants in your ant farm, and you just want to maintain the conditions necessary for us to keep producing and recruiting new ants.