The poll results are in. What's next?
Ha! I like how you guys are as undecided about what to do next as I am - 50% want to continue while the remaining 50% want to pause/stop. And since I'm confused, I haven't voted in the poll myself.
Folks in the chatbox as well as in the comments section of that post raised some very pertinent points which essentially boiled down to this - continuing to be normal is the best way to get through a crisis. This is true. That's why movie and music sales soar during a depression cycle because that's how people escape their miserable days. In this case, they make valid points that continuing to entertain people with funny Gintama posts as always, will only lighten the mood and even bring smiles to grief-stricken faces. I can totally get this.
But there's exactly 50% of you who think it's better to wait for things to cool down a bit. Although I was on the grounds as part of my college's Relief & Rescue team when the disastrous 2004 tsunami hit South India and can tell you horrible tales of that side of both nature and humans that you can only see during unimaginable disasters, I'm still an outsider as far as this Quakenami is concerned. So I understand the sentiments of the 50% who want to hit the pause button.
So, what do we do next? Here's my plan:
I'm gonna push the pause button on my posts, but I'll accept community submissions (For example, Nijibug just submitted a really good post here) during this time. As usual, submissions need to be good, great, awsm, rare etc so people who visit this blog feel that it is worth their time to visit this blog again, and again, and again.
Meanwhile, I'll use this time to bring the Mind=Blown Image Macro Generator out of ALPHA and get it ready for launch.
Profit!
Kidding. The last part of the plan is that I hope to resume the blog when it feels like the time is right. And when I do, I'll update this blog of-course but also, the Gintama LJ community, my twitter @vijei and also this specially crafted status page.
Other small changes that I plan to make are:
Add a 'Donate to RedCross' button so people can be encouraged to help the people of Japan living through this crisis.
Finish that damn footer. It's been long overdue but between my work schedule and the blog posts, it's been neglected so far. Not anymore. I want to use it to thank the people who supported me while I was setting this blog up.
Put a sticky link to this post somewhere on top.
Tie up miscellaneous loose ends.
That's pretty much it. Sometime later today, I'll be having one last post before I leave - a thank you post for all the people I had the good fortune to meet during my short stay here.
