[HP4GU-FAQ] Um... question on hubris.

[Susannah Myers]

The Captain wrote:

> Tom does raise an interesting question, though.  To
> date, FAQers have
> chosen to work on whatever was of interest to them. 
> Would it be better
> if we all tried not to work on something in which
> we've been intimately
> involved to avoid any accusations or suspicions of
> self-promotion?  I
> dunno.  I'm just tossing the idea out.

Nah, I don't think so. I think that, on the whole,
people will work harder, and work *better,* on a topic
they're interested in. 

And, since they will presumably have *read* a lot
about topics they like, they may be more easily able
to recognize FP's when they see them -- I know a
Fantastic Snape or Shipping post when I see it; I
couldn't tell you whether a post about, say, how many
students there are at Hogwarts was Fantastic or not,
because I wouldn't have enough knowledge of the topic
to judge. I'd just be going on my instincts, and
*that* could wind up being a lousy way to do things. 

Anyway, it's worked out okay before; as you mentioned,
TBAYers all wrote HA, and it's a very entertaining and
helpful FAQ; Porphyria co-wrote Snape -- IMHO, one of
the *best* current FAQ's we've got -- and half of the
posts in that thing must be hers. (Or if they're not,
they should be.)




Derannimer, who doesn't know, come to think of it,
that's she's ever written all that much about DE's


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