Our dear doctor, THX 0477 is trying to write a very scholarly paper about us. I’m all for being a guinea pig, how about you?
Here’s his note:
Ficlets is fun. That much is obvious. At least, it is to those of us here or we wouldn’t be here. But is it more? Could it be more? Is there something inherently psychologically healthy about not only pursuing a creative endeavor but pursuing it in such a collective and cooperative fashion?
This is the question I intend to explore in a research paper, hopefully for professional publication. But this is the edge of the digital frontier, and there is absolutely no research on anything like ficlets. Beyond that, there’s almost no research literature about the benefits of creative writing. In other words, I’m out on a limb here.
So, in an attempt to collect some preliminary data, I’ve created a survey. There are only 3 rating scale questions, one yes/no question, and an optional comment question. I would really appreciate as many people completing the survey as possible, even if you’re new to ficlets or even an occasional visitor to the site.
Your Friend,
THX 0477
If you’ve got a few minutes, help a doctor out and go fill out his survey
In only tangentially related news, The International Day of Awesomeness is approaching rapidly (it’s on Monday)!! Have you chosen your feat of awesomeness yet? I’m dying my hair blue, my wife is donating blood, my next door cubemate is making cupcakes with little Chuck Norris beards on them. What are you going to do?
Oh, and completely unrelated, you may have noticed a change to the Most Active list. It now shows the most active story (that’s some algorithm that takes views, counts, and comments into account) over the last 24 hours. Most Popular is over the last seven days, and uses slightly different data. Now, there should be quite a bit of difference between the two lists, and everyone should be happier. I know I am.
Sorry, one last thing… I made a ficlets shirt
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