First of all, thank you for your patience in the beginning process of getting the group active again! School has been very stressful, and I'm in the middle of moving to California.
It's been almost 2 months since I uploaded
this journal, so I hope everyone who wanted to provide their input has gotten the chance to.
Survey Results- How do you feel about this group?
Half said they liked it as it is, while the other half would like more interaction.
- One person said that they liked the idea of using Google surveys as polls, so I suppose we'll continue to use them
- From a scale of 1-5, how much would you like to see the following group features?
- Commission Promotion: 1 person submitted 2 and 5 people submitted 3
- I suppose we'll let go of this idea!
- Contests: 2 people submitted 4 and 4 people submitted 5
- News Updates: 1 person submitted 3, 1 person submitted 4, and 4 people submitted 5
- Contest Preferences:
- 50% would like another halloween themed contest
- 50% would like year round contests for each holiday
- 0% would like to have no holiday themed contests
- 66.7% would like contests only from time to time
- 66.7% would like different ideas every year for each holiday contest
- 33.3% would like same ideas every year for each holiday contest
- Other questions or suggestions people would like to speak on:
- I'm pretty new to deviantart so I don't really know how it works. Is something like an active group forum possible?
That's a really good question! Deviantart Forums are a thing, but I'm not sure if others would like that idea or are comfortable with the forums at all. In fact, I'm not even familiar with how they function. So I'll leave you all to decide (I'll get back to this later)
By those results, we can all think of multiple ways to meet halfway with everyone.
If half of the people would like the group to stay as it is while the other half would like more interaction, then we can operate the group in a way so that people who'd rather just like to submit art into the gallery will not be obliged to participate in the group's activities. We'll keep our notifications for contests and other features limited, and the titles for such things won't be demanding unless it has to do with a change in rules, major modifications in the group that would effect everyone regardless, etc.
We will not be featuring commission promotions for now, but if there is a high demand for it later this decision can be negotiated.
Contests will definitely be a must! Please read the whole journal if you want further input regarding on how we will do contests!
In order for the least amount of notifications for those who would not like new updates, we will only upload news when they are warranted.
If you have a Madoka Magica resource that you think would help contribute well to this feature, please let us know.- If Madoka Magica news becomes rapid, a monthly update shall take place.
Access to blog entries will have to be talked out with, I'm afraid. If you have something to say about this one, please stick around till the end of the journal!
Holiday themed contests will be the same every year, BUT, we will think of different contests throughout the year between the holidays. In my opinion, not all holidays should be subject to contests here, like Thanksgiving or St. Patrick's Day, but please keep reading the journal in order for your input on this to be made
If there are any ways that you think would be a better solution to compromising with all of the opinions shown in the results, please comment on the journal!
More suggestionsEver since my journal before, more suggestions for the group have been reached out to us that I failed to touch on.
- Art features: Admins will choose their favorite art submitted in the month that will be featured in a journal.
- Pros: Unrecognized artists will get recognition for their work!
- Cons: Clogs up more notifications
- Critiques: Members of the group will reach out to us that they'd like their specific art to be critiqued by other members.
- Pros: Artists will be able to have a thoughtful discussion between eachother and will take good strides to improve, and especially helpful for those who do not have premium membership for the critiquing feature. And again, unrecognized artists will get recognition for their work
- Cons: Again, clogs up more notifications, and people may abuse their power to do this by bashing others or technically having their art featured (in the case that both features to the group are agreed to be added)
- WIP Folder: An additional folder for artists to submit their work in progress.
- Pros: Artists can take a look at the creative process of other artists
I've made another Google Form that will help you easily send your opinion on each of the new aforementioned group suggestions, along with opinions for which holidays to be made as contests and on access to blog entries here!:
goo.gl/forms/QiIp6FJxernX2U4W2If you would not like to speak on all of those things, then you can of course just write a comment on the journal :]
Again, thank you for your patience and I hope everyone who has something to say will come out and tell their piece!
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