Green Room - Week 39 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I can hear the sounds of them working on the Banquet Hall. Putting all the tables in place... Making sure the ceiling perfectly reflects the night sky… Keeping the House Elves in line…cueing up the dogs to take care of your meddlesome kids once and for all… oh wait, that was my outside voice! Nevermind about that last bit.

The actual thing is that the time of the Green Room is about to pass. So if you have left any personal belongings behind, make sure that you pick them up/try to get them off the ceiling fan. The staff will be coming in soon to clean this place. Although I have no idea how they are going to get some of those stains out!! We may just have to set fire to the whole thing and hope the wind is favorable!

But for now – you are still here! There is still time left to gather together in the Green Room, read the entries as they are posted: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/603168.html and enjoy what you have, before the door closes and the eternal darkness consumes all of you!!

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Comments

Re: Question for the Community

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I've considered the sponsor angle. But I do wonder if the first time that I call someone a damn foreigner or worse, someone decides that a word used by someone in the Green Room is the most offensive thing ever, and I don't immediately ban them to their satisfaction, that the sponsor will get angry emails and decide that it's just too much trouble and move on. I'd hate to put them in that position.

The affiliate link was definitely on my short list though. I like the idea of encouraging people to buy books!

Re: Question for the Community

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

So I think the challenge is to find sponsors who are edgy themselves or pro-free-speech, and I have some ideas :) The other thing is, present it up front - say, hey, we're going to sell you sponsorship of a weekly vote post, 400 people will see it, minimal edginess. We're going to sell you sponsorship of today's green room, 200 people will see it but will be on the page longer and more interactively, and we do not police discussions. And as long as they know what they're buying up front, it's probably OK.

I'd guess that sponsorship of specific posts - like, Topic or Vote - will be less open to offensiveness.

I'll start thinking of a list of possible affiliates, too. Amazon, for sure, but also maybe Think Geek and there must be other places that would appeal to our crowd.