disgruntled

[ratcreature]

I have to say that the more I hang out in storyfinder comms that allow mixing specific with general searches (like the Star Trek one I follow, st_ficfinder) the more cumbersome and pointless the strict separation of the SGA comms in story- and genre-finders seems to me.

Because the rules are enforced rigidly, you frequently have dual queries: Either because a poster remembers a specific story, but wants similar ones right away too, or someone posts a general search first, then someone else remembers a story that fits but not its title, and has to make yet another post in a separate comm, wary of the mods' wrath if they asked others in the comments. And then shortly after you get another modly reminder post anyway, because someone else has forgotten yet again to keep the chocolate away from the hazelnuts.

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[schneefink]

It´s probably not necessary to be quite as strict as they are, but to be honest, I appreciate the distinction. When I´m bored I sometimes go through the tags on genrefinders to find stories I´d like to read, it´s quick and easy. I´d never do that on storyfinders because that one story someone remembered a tiny detail of doesn´t really interest me.
(I do think that answering a request at genrefinders with "there was this one story and it went like this" and answering should be allowed, because then the original requester can do the extra-work of asking for it on storyfinders himself, or else if someone recognizes it there it keeps dual posts down.)

[ratcreature]

The Star Trek search comm has tags as well, and those allow for easy browsing if you want to look for searches by genre, same for the SPN one. I use mixed story finder comms that have good tagging often just like you, and never had a problem on a practical level with the specific posts mixed in.

[schneefink]

I don´t use any other search comms except these ones, but that does sound like a workable. (Even more useful would probably be patk´s suggestion below ^^)