So Pinboard comes with a fee, a one-time amount that depends on the number of users (it's currently $9.44), and not everyone in fandom has the luxury of spending money on fic bookmarking. I'd like to use this community to connect people who want Pinboard accounts but can't afford them with people willing to purchase gift accounts in exchange for content such as fic, art, icons, etc. Before I charge on forward with that, I want to get people's input on the idea, since this could be seen as monetizing fandom. Anyone have thoughts on the matter?
I'm thinking if we go ahead with the idea, it will look something like this: we'll make content-categorized entries in this comm (probably one for fic, one for art, and one for other things like podfic and recs lists). People willing to buy accounts can post comments describing the content they're looking for, and people seeking accounts can post comments with the content they're offering. This will be participate-at-your-own-risk; obviously the community can't be responsible for people flaking out.
All suggestions and discussion is welcomed!
EDIT: Okay, Aja linked this post, so I guess we'll just do this here. Comment if you want an account or if you'd be willing to buy one for someone, and include what you're offering or requesting.
I'm thinking if we go ahead with the idea, it will look something like this: we'll make content-categorized entries in this comm (probably one for fic, one for art, and one for other things like podfic and recs lists). People willing to buy accounts can post comments describing the content they're looking for, and people seeking accounts can post comments with the content they're offering. This will be participate-at-your-own-risk; obviously the community can't be responsible for people flaking out.
All suggestions and discussion is welcomed!
EDIT: Okay, Aja linked this post, so I guess we'll just do this here. Comment if you want an account or if you'd be willing to buy one for someone, and include what you're offering or requesting.

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What I'm looking for: Fanfiction links. Lots of them. Preferably from people I know have high standards and good taste.
What I have to offer: I'm afraid that at this point, I don't have much to offer back. I'm quite new to the Inception fandom and the delicious community as a whole; I haven't had the chance to gather as many bookmarks as I would've preferred. However, I can promise to be an insanely active member. I read a lot. A LOT. I'm compulsively obsessive about organizing, and my tastes are quite varied, be it in fandoms, pairings, or genres--I have no doubt that given sufficient resources and some time, my account will have a ridiculous amount of bookmarks that reach nearly every corner in every fandom I'm into.
Thanks in advance to anyone who'll take the time to read my entry.
~Maya
Let me know if that sounds like a fair exchange!
Would prefer for obvious reasons to do this for people who genuinely want an account but can't get or buy one. Requires a willing to spend a while on this!
Let me know!
I'm open to any of the following in exchange: fic, art, crafts, organizational help for my 4k+ bookmarks that are a huge mess now, fic questing [i.e.- help me find fic to read in several fandoms I'm just getting into], coding - if you have that skill set [skins for pinboard especially, but layout help would be fantastic], or basically anything else that you can think of to offer!
Just reply to me here, or send me a PM, and we'll work it out. :D
I didn't see anyone taking you up on your offer, does it still stand?
i'm afraid I'm just a lurker, so I can't offer anything creative, but I'm a really fast reader, I've been at this for quite some time, I'm exceedingly open-minded and appreciative of either skill or enthusiasm, so I'm confident I'd be pretty good at helping with tag organization or hunting up stuff to rec you in a fandom of your choice, to your specifications. In fact, the latter would probably be a lot of fun.
I love that people are doing this, it's so fandom.
In exchange...well, honestly, you don't have to do anything. But if you have any recs for coffeeshop AUs, a la Black Coffee on a Lonely Night or I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile, I would love to hear them. :o)
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yea like i guess you can have my like gratitude
i am so pissed about delicious fucking up bookmarks so i dont have any recs to give off the top of my head. what fandoms do you read? just the ones in your profile?
Mostly, I just enjoy browsing through others' tags especially those that tag links with keywords telling me what it contains. So, if you happen to be, or want to be, or going to be doing that and don't have an account, please don't hesitate to ask for one because I want to raid through your tags.
I tend to favour things so I will give them higher priority. But on another note, not many people tag like this so I'll probably give out accounts in general anyway. I like people who tag for themselves, not for me.
I guess the exchange I want is just being able to browse your tags :) Sorry this was long.
I can pay for 2 accounts for people who are willing to contribute (or already contributing) to fannish infrastructure, such as
* volunteering for a kink meme bookmarking service
* helping with the google doc
* modding comms
* publishing rec lists
* volunteering on fannish sites, wikis or newsletters
* writing user scripts or tutorials
* etc etc, you get the idea.
I don't care what fandom you are in.
Feel free to send me a message!
Edited at 2011-10-01 06:12 am (UTC)
I keep my tags pretty organized. If I read a lot I don't rec everything, only what I like the most. I don't consider myself tied to a particular fandom. ( SPN, STXI, H50, DW, SGA etc.) Even if I'm reccing more Supernatural and J2 than The Losers Fanfiction nowadays. Hum...Crossovers hold a special spot in my heart, as the courtship fics.
I offer to look out for the type of fics you like while browsing and tag it for you!
Or if you have another idea I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks you for you time! :)
Send me an email at christycorr@gmail, I'll hook you up!
I'd be using it fanfiction, for the most part, as well as a few tumblr links and miscellaneous. I'm into SGA, X-Men: First Class, Star Trek, The Dresden Files, and Merlin (plus a few other fandoms I dabble in).
What I can offer back: my artistic ability is zero, and my writing ability is...plain, at best. I'm good at finding fics - or fic recs for fandoms I'm not in - and I'm willing to search for fics posted on deleted livejournals, as long as the author isn't against their fics being shared.
I've always loved going through your Delicious links (not to mention the recs you've given over at
I would really like a pinboard account, but I don't (and won't) have the money to spend on one.
Things I can offer are basically limited to fic. My main fandoms are Harry Potter, Inception, Suits, Demon's Lexicon, and Hunger Games, though I'd be willing to do others (True Blood and Firefly are at the top of that list, but I can be enticed into several others). You can find a list of the ones I'm most likely to do (and the accompanying pairings) on this post in my LJ: http://khasael.livejournal.com/232683.h
Kinks/squicks not really listed anywhere comprehensive, but I'm most comfortable with angst, flangst, humour, crack, drama, and smut. Not so big on pure, unadulterated fluff (you're more likely to get flangst, or crackfluff, or smutty fluff). My squicks are some of the harder-core things, but there's only a few things I absolutely can't write. If you're interested, please feel free to PM me, and we can see if there's a good match.
(Caveat, however: I am swamped in fest deadlines, and modding a fic/art exchange in Suits fandom, as well as one in HP fandom. I wouldn't be able to deliver said fic until late February, most likely. Depending on length and bunny cooperation, however, I might be able to get something done closer to December or January).
Send me an email at christycorr dot gmail! :D
Offering (Any one of your choosing of the following):
- A set of recs in any of my fandoms. You can see examples of recs I've done (Fangirl Tour Mixed Bag, Fangirl Tour Doctor Who, Halfamoon 10 Kickass Women, and Yuletide)
- At least 1000 words of fic in a fandom and/or pairing of your choosing. All fandoms listed on my AO3 account that I've written are up for grabs.
- A fanmix for a fic, fandom, or pairing of your choosing. I cannot promise quality cover fanart accompanying it, but you'll get a minimum of 10 songs on it.
Squicks: I'm pretty cool with anything but mpreg, watersports, scat, non-con, and heavy blood/gore.
Thanks so much, guys. Fandom's an awesome place sometimes.
SO.
If you promise to gift another user with a pinboard account and provide me details, you can request one of the offerings above. I hope this is incentive for more generosity.
-M
What I can offer you:
I can write you a fic in any of the following fandoms (probably under 1000 words as a short, but possibly a longer chaptered fic, depending upon where the muses take me, you would see results within two weeks in the form of either a chapter or the whole fic): Stargate: Atlantis, Torchwood (pre-Children-of-Earth), X-Men (Evolution, Movieverse, possibly First Class, comicverse (though not up to date on current events)), Sherlock
I can read fic and tag it. I read while knitting, so I read for hours every day.
I can make you icons for your LJ (willing to negotiate for quantity/content).
Quality IM roleplay with a literate human being.
I am willing to negotiate other things as well.
I'm willing to subsidize someone's pinboard account for a well-selected or curated list of links on how to knit.
I have crocheted since I was 4, and am well familiar with yarn handling basics, etc, and can cast on. I have tried to teach myself from a very very old knitting book I have, but managed to spontaneously and independently invent combined knitting.
My end goal is to make an ugly ass sweater. Give me links to accomplish this, and the pinboard is yours.
I just started teaching one of my SILs to knit yesterday and should probably collect some info to give her so even if you're offer is not still standing I'd be happy to send a list of links I find your way. I'm a self-taught knitter and I'm still figuring stuff out myself.
I am willing to write fic for whoever is willing to do this for me. Fandoms I can write for:
Harry Potter: Gen or Harry/Draco
SGA: John/Rodney
Smallville: Clark/Lex
NCIS: Gibbs/Dinozzi
Thanks so much for putting this post together!