Streams, Again
I haven't really hyped it, because a) it's not done and b) it's not done because I'm not sure how to finish it [which is my answer, now that I think about it, below] - but try Streams. The idea is, you get a starter word, and you "stream" - stream of thought, stream of consciousness, from that starter.
When you're done, you can link to it. Here's a stream I did for the starter, Spider. Cool huh?
I wanted the goal to be getting at stories deep down. Stuff we've forgotten. Hence, at the end, you can also "tell a story".
It's kind of a writing tool, kind of a creativity tool, kind of a memory tool or a feeling tool - a way to probe deeper into one's own memories/feelings, and a lot of things. I'm not sure if I should let it be ambiguous, or if I should say "it's definitely a writing tool, and feelings be damned!" or visa versa.
It would be nice to see a community form around it, but there's not enough there. It needs more meta stuff. More links. Right now it's kind of one-on-one and a little private, and that's good, but it's almost too private.
I think the answer to my problem (above) is to "keep going" and get a few more things up there and see what sticks. I'm currently in paralysis by analysis.
Some thoughts I've had.
- There is a daily starter. Everyone streams on that one. It would be like "song fight".
- Voting for cool streams. Or Thumbs-up or something.
- The latest streams which are "done" on the home page.
- Members/login/etc. "my streams" and so forth.
- Trying to play up the "stories" aspect, and have the latest stories on the home page
Your own thoughts? Try it out and let me know what you think.
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