On further reflection, I wonder if this could fall under the umbrella of some sort of private messaging system. (I don't know if there's already a plan in the works to allow users to send direct messages to each other.)
I think what I'd prefer is the option to send a comment straight, and only, to the author's inbox, preferably still with sort of referring link to the work that notifications have now, so that when an author with 30 works gets a comment about a misplaced word, there's less chance for ambiguity.
There's a bit of awkwardness about posting something screened when you don't know whether or not its going to remain screened. It's no more fraught than your average comment on a journal, but at least in my head, AO3 is a low-confusion, less-drama space. There's no telling what you'd end up with when you explicitly open up to concrit though, so whatever.
The rest of this is all off the main topic, but your comment sparked something...
I just had a thought about the beta-reader thing, actually. I know that you can indicate coauthors when you're posting a new work, but I'm not sure whether that means that a saved draft is editable by any or all of those authors before it goes live. You'd have to communicate outside of that to avoid simultaneous editing, and drafts are only saved for a week.
I know that Fanfiction.net hosts beta reader listings, but I can't remember whether they have an internal display of works for beta readers, or whether you have to communicate outside of that.
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Date: 2011-04-13 10:38 pm (UTC)On further reflection, I wonder if this could fall under the umbrella of some sort of private messaging system. (I don't know if there's already a plan in the works to allow users to send direct messages to each other.)
I think what I'd prefer is the option to send a comment straight, and only, to the author's inbox, preferably still with sort of referring link to the work that notifications have now, so that when an author with 30 works gets a comment about a misplaced word, there's less chance for ambiguity.
There's a bit of awkwardness about posting something screened when you don't know whether or not its going to remain screened. It's no more fraught than your average comment on a journal, but at least in my head, AO3 is a low-confusion, less-drama space. There's no telling what you'd end up with when you explicitly open up to concrit though, so whatever.
The rest of this is all off the main topic, but your comment sparked something...
I just had a thought about the beta-reader thing, actually. I know that you can indicate coauthors when you're posting a new work, but I'm not sure whether that means that a saved draft is editable by any or all of those authors before it goes live. You'd have to communicate outside of that to avoid simultaneous editing, and drafts are only saved for a week.
I know that Fanfiction.net hosts beta reader listings, but I can't remember whether they have an internal display of works for beta readers, or whether you have to communicate outside of that.