Reccing Guidelines

[snickfic]

Welcome to Rec the Thing! This is a comm for reccing fanworks you love and requesting recs for fanworks you're looking for. Recs for fic, fanart, vids, and other forms of fanwork are all welcome here. Our definition of fanwork is very loose: if it can be posted to AO3, you can rec it here. :)

We have three kinds of posts here:
1. Recs Posts where you rec one or more things you liked. You can include recs in the post itself, or you can link back to the recs posted on your own blog/tumblr/etc.

2. Request Posts where you ask for recs of a particular type. These requests can very specific ("Vids about Sam Wilson, please!"), very broad ("Please rec me your favorite pining fic"), or anything in between. Other folks reply with recs that fit the criteria. Self-reccing is welcome here, as long as it fits the request!

3. Community Recs Posts every Thursday, where anyone who wants to can comment with recs.

General guidelines:

• All members may post recs. Become a member by clicking on the "Join Community" button in the header.
  
  
• All fandoms, ships, and kinks are welcome here. Read recced fics at your own risk.
  
  
• When reccing, please include fandom, ships, and medium (fic, art, etc). For visual media, also indicate whether it is SFW or NSFW. You are welcome to also include other information about the rec if you want (length, rating, tropes, content warnings, etc), but this is not required.
  
  
• Reccers are encouraged (but not required) to note if a fic is tagged with one or more AO3 major archive warnings: Rape/Noncon, Graphic Violence, Underage (sexual content involving a character under 18), Major Character Death. If it is not tagged with any warnings, you can also note that it is marked No Archive Warnings Apply.
  
  
• When making a Recs Post, please tag the post with the fandoms of the fanworks you're reccing. You can see a list of tags others have used here.
  
  
• Self-reccing is welcome on Requests Posts, where someone is looking for fanworks of X type. Self-reccing is not appropriate in Recs Posts or Community Recs Posts.
  
  
• Don't spam the comm. If you have multiple recs to make on a given day, put them all in one post rather than posting each one in its own post.
  
  
• Anonymous commenting is turned on, and anonymous recs are welcome in replies to Requests Posts and Community Recs Posts. You can also sign your anonymous comment if you want (for example if you don't have a DW account, but still want to participate under your own name).
  
  
• We define "fanwork" as a work made by a fan, ie a human being. Therefore AI-generated works are not appropriate for recthething. If you are aware that a work was made by an AI, please do not rec it here.
  
  
• Trolling, harassment, and other bad behavior will be deleted, and the users banned from the comm.

Feel free to comment in replies to this post if you have questions or concerns!

Comments

[schneefink]

Can I rec other people's rec lists?

[snickfic]

Sure!

[yuuago]

Are recs allowed for fics that are only very loosely fanwork? I'm thinking mainly of stuff written for Jukebox Exchange, where the canons (songs) serve more as a prompt/broad inspiration for mostly-original work.

[snickfic]

That's a great question. As far as we're concerned, if it can be posted to AO3, it counts as a fanwork. So yes, original works and stuff from Jukebox Exchange are totally welcome!

[doranwen]

I just happened to look at this post and saw that it said "where your ask" when I think you meant "where you ask"? (I've been proofreading a series of fics so my inner proofreader is especially on the alert right now, lol.)

[snickfic]

Good catch, thank you!

[kingstoken]

Question, I know we shouldn't self rec, but is it okay to rec something that has been made for us, like in an exchange?

[snickfic]

That is 100% fine. Rec away!

[yuuago]

Hi! I have a suggestion - could you add a link to the tags page in the sticky post?

On mobile, DW throws all of the navigation links (tags, profile, etc) to the bottom of the screen. So if you're on a phone and want to see which fandoms have been recced, you need to either type in the url manually, or do a lot of scrolling.

I'd find it very helpful. <3

[snickfic]

Done! That's an easy fix. :) If you have any other suggstions to make the site friendlier for mobile, I would be happy to hear them.

[ride_4ever]

Wondering why -- when I left a comment for a reccer thanking them for recs -- my comment was rejected with a "you have been banned from commenting" message. I am a member of this comm and I have never, ever trolled or harassed or in any way behaved badly in this comm or any other comm.

[snickfic]

You have not been banned by the comm, which is why you were able to leave this comment, so either you received the message in error, or the user you were trying to reply to has banned you. That is all the information we at recthething have access to, sorry.

[ride_4ever]

Thank you kindly, snickfic, for the quick and reassuring answer. I had checked with the reccer first before posting this question here, and she said she had not banned me, so that's why I proceeded to ask you. The reccer also said "maybe it was just a DW glitch" so yeah, since she did not ban me and since, as you pointed, here I am being allowed to comment so clearly I'm not banned here, it must have just been one of those cyberspace oddities.

[snickfic]

Happy to help! Glad the problem seems to have resolved itself.