Green Room - Week 25 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Good morning.

Before we get to anything else this week, there is an important piece of business from an Idol alumni. She asked if we could boost the signal, so I am doing that. I hope other people follow the lead:

http://users.livejournal.com/astriana_/213874.html

So, if you've got some spare bone marrow just sitting around, and you aren't really doing anything with it other than adding to your bone marrow collection like a hoarder. . .

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Back in the realm of Idol proper - yesterday had a lot of ups and downs. The downs being losing people: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/459301.html

The ups being the new topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/459809.html

I'm not sure where people taking the chance of putting their necks out for Round Two fits in, but it should be fun! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/459721.html

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It was brought up in a few comments in the results thread, and I thought this was an interesting question to put out there, meta about meta:

Did Video Kill the Radio Star?
How does reading meta commentary from folks impact how you view certain subjects? How does it impact how you view certain contestants?

Comments

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

I don't think the meta this week affected my voting - I really wasn't thinking about groups of who had or hadn't won before. I will say, though, that the discussion from a few weeks ago about what constitutes writing to the topic has affected me. I'm more lenient than I used to be. So meta can definitely have an effect.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

about what constitutes writing to the topic has affected me.

Honestly, when I decide whether to vote for an entry, how it relates back to the topic is so far down on my checklist, it's not even funny. A lot of the time, I tend to forget about the topic when reading! I don't really see the topic as being something you *must* write to. I think it should relate in some way, since that's what this game is all about, but it doesn't need to be an obvious connection. Not for me, anyway.

[the-vernacular.livejournal.com]

I agree. The only time this affects me is when someone clearly is ignoring the topic on purpose.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

And I agree with you! I don't think I've come across too many that have done that this season, though, which is good.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

:nodding: I'm not a fan of "hitting your readers on the head with the topic", but if you at least make the effort of incorporating the topic in some fashion, I'm more apt to give your more consideration when I vote.

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

Not a fan, either. The only kind of entries I don't like to vote for based on connection to topic are those that ignore the topic completely, or ignore it, but include the topic, word-for-word, somewhere in their piece and say that's the connection.