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chacushaHi everyone! Believe it or not, in four days, it will have been one year since we started the Quodo in Every Episode project (I posted the challenge information on March 23rd, and our first discussion was on March 24th). In the time since, we have discussed 47 of ST:DS9's 170 episodes (or 28%). The season with the most episodes discussed is season 1 with 10/20 episodes, while the season with the fewest episodes is season 4 with only 4/26.
Now that we are approaching this one-year milestone, I'd actually like to take some time to check in and ask if this event is working for you. Participation has dropped off quite a bit since the start, and for a while now, I've been the only one responding to episode discussions. I don't mind talking to myself (I will always enjoy a DS9 rewatch and I have fun discussing each episode with my partner), but it also makes me wonder if the interest is still there and, if so, if there are some obvious and easy things I could do to make it easier for people who want to participate to do so. Namely:
- Should I switch the discussions to be in chronological (broadcast) order? Originally, I decided on a random order because (1) I thought the random order would make it easy for someone to drop in and out of the event as their time allows, as missing some episode discussions wouldn't affect your ability to join the next conversation without having to catch up, (2) the element of surprise of what episode is under discussion each week, and (3) to mix things up between early and late seasons for the sake of variety, especially since early seasons Quodo is very different from late seasons Quodo. However, I think the main issue with doing the random order is that if someone is using this event to watch DS9 with someone who hasn't seen the show before, the random episode ordering just really doesn't work.
So: would people prefer to switch to a linear ordering of episode discussions? It would be a fairly simple change. I would probably just go through each episode in order and post a mix of catch-up posts and new episode discussions. For example, I would start with a catch-up post for the first three episodes (1x01/02 "Emissary" and 1x03 "Past Prologue") where people can watch or review the episode transcripts and post their thoughts on those on existing discussion posts, before moving on to a new discussion for 1x04 "A Man Alone", then the next week, I'd post a catch-up for 1x05 "Babel" plus new discussion for 1x06 "Captive Pursuit", and just keep progressing like that.
- Should I slow down the pace and give people more time to add their thoughts? Currently I do one episode a week but I'm happy to slow down the pace. I'm not in a rush, and it would give me more time to peruse Quodo fics lol.
- Something else? Change up the format, add some fic-writing challenges to encourage people to write or chat about what they're writing, something else preventing you from participating that I haven't thought of?
Let me know if you have any preferences about or issues with the way this challenge is run. Are people just shy? If so, let me know what would help with that. Or if people aren't particularly interested in the challenge anymore, that's fine and also helpful for me to know! Let me know what you think!
Now that we are approaching this one-year milestone, I'd actually like to take some time to check in and ask if this event is working for you. Participation has dropped off quite a bit since the start, and for a while now, I've been the only one responding to episode discussions. I don't mind talking to myself (I will always enjoy a DS9 rewatch and I have fun discussing each episode with my partner), but it also makes me wonder if the interest is still there and, if so, if there are some obvious and easy things I could do to make it easier for people who want to participate to do so. Namely:
- Should I switch the discussions to be in chronological (broadcast) order? Originally, I decided on a random order because (1) I thought the random order would make it easy for someone to drop in and out of the event as their time allows, as missing some episode discussions wouldn't affect your ability to join the next conversation without having to catch up, (2) the element of surprise of what episode is under discussion each week, and (3) to mix things up between early and late seasons for the sake of variety, especially since early seasons Quodo is very different from late seasons Quodo. However, I think the main issue with doing the random order is that if someone is using this event to watch DS9 with someone who hasn't seen the show before, the random episode ordering just really doesn't work.
So: would people prefer to switch to a linear ordering of episode discussions? It would be a fairly simple change. I would probably just go through each episode in order and post a mix of catch-up posts and new episode discussions. For example, I would start with a catch-up post for the first three episodes (1x01/02 "Emissary" and 1x03 "Past Prologue") where people can watch or review the episode transcripts and post their thoughts on those on existing discussion posts, before moving on to a new discussion for 1x04 "A Man Alone", then the next week, I'd post a catch-up for 1x05 "Babel" plus new discussion for 1x06 "Captive Pursuit", and just keep progressing like that.
- Should I slow down the pace and give people more time to add their thoughts? Currently I do one episode a week but I'm happy to slow down the pace. I'm not in a rush, and it would give me more time to peruse Quodo fics lol.
- Something else? Change up the format, add some fic-writing challenges to encourage people to write or chat about what they're writing, something else preventing you from participating that I haven't thought of?
Let me know if you have any preferences about or issues with the way this challenge is run. Are people just shy? If so, let me know what would help with that. Or if people aren't particularly interested in the challenge anymore, that's fine and also helpful for me to know! Let me know what you think!
