Sherlock60's Future

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Naturally LJ’s new TOS have left all of us feeling rather unsettled. However, the comm is definitely going to continue just on LJ, with a regular backup to Dreamwidth. The community aspect of the group is so important and there are so few active members, it wouldn’t be a good idea to run it in two places. And I know not everyone wants to get a Dreamwidth account.

However, this is probably a good time to talk about the future of the comm in general. Last August, at my request but with thesmallhobbit’s agreement, we decided we weren’t going to run another round after Round 5 ended. I didn’t take that step lightly—this comm was my first home on LJ, and my proper entry into fandom after lurking on the edges. This is where I’ve made my long-term fandom friends. But the comm takes up a fair bit of my time and I’d like to use that time now to try and write other things.

There may be someone out there who would like to take over for Round 6. If so, PM either thesmallhobbit or myself and we’ll discuss it. But that’s looking increasingly unlikely. So our plan is this. We’ll continue on as before until the end of Round 5. Then we’ll put the comm into semi-retirement. People will still be able to request to join, and members will still be able to post 60s. But there will be no more formal schedules and no more mod posts. It’s also unlikely Small Hobbit and I will be posting any more 60s ourselves. We would be keeping an eye on the comm though and commenting on any new 60s. Also at that point it would be OK for members to post further 60s over at the Dreamwidth sherlock60 if they preferred.

Mrs. Hudson has graciously agreed to join us at holmes_minor, where her poetry page would be appearing monthly, rather than weekly. And though we wouldn’t be having regular discussion posts, there is nothing stopping us having them occasionally—either discussing the canon itself, or a topic related to canon.

We’re not truly coming to an end—just moving sideways slightly. I’d just like to add here our thanks to spacemutineer, and to everyone who came and joined in with us over the years. I am very proud to have been, and to continue to be, a part of this marvellous community.