locking query

[salixbabylon]

ok, so i'm still not back home yet, but ever since the last bout of asshatiness, i'm starting to consider options and insanejournal and semagic and crossposting and other stuff.

the easiest step would be locking my fics though. i've always resisted that because i think it sucks when people have to friend you (read: when i have to friend people) just to get to their fics. and i don't want the pain in the ass of having a fic journal separate from my real one, and it would have to be locked anyhow, so that's not really saving me a step and i'm all about the lazy.

so what i'm asking in my babbly way is - those of you reading, what do you think of locked vs unlocked journals? it will cover my ass a bit, but is it really worth the hassle?

discuss.

Comments

[imogenelovelace.livejournal.com]

I won't lock my fic, because I want as many people to be able to find and read it as possible. (If it was locked, maybe 5 people would ever read what I write.) Granted, I don't think I write anything that would bring the harpies swooping down on me, so perhaps I have less reason to be worried than some people might.

While you've got quite a list of regular readers, so tons of people would still read your fic even if it's locked, new people will miss out on reading your stuff. I generally don't ask to be on an flist to read fic unless I've been able to read at least one thing first and liked it.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Agreed - I haven't locked my fics for just those reasons -- I think I'd lose a ton of readers. For now, I'm not locking, and am focusing more on backups and duplications. I'll revisit going FO when needs must, I suppose.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!