It’s weird, isn’t it?
I wonder if making it an official community would make it more acceptable. Or a challenge. How do all of those writing prompt posts work?
Maybe posting a short paragraph template that people could complete would allow for more expansion.
私の好きな季節は( )です。なぜというと、( )が( )からです。
With an explanation of key expressions.
I’ll think about it some more.
I thought about making it into a "community", but I was thinking more of one central place for everyone to comment and even feed off each other's comments, etc.
If it were a community, could you make a weekly post, pin it to the top of the community page, and then have people comment and chat the way you described above?
That might give it a little more structure.
Yes, it could be pinned, however people may post into the community instead of feeding off the main post (which isn't necessarily a problem but), going against my original plan which was to have one central post to keep all the comments in one place and thus encouraging a back and forth between interested people creating a synergy of sorts.
It’s one of those things where, if it were a community, you’d have to outline your expectations clearly in a place that people could easily find.
If it’s working for you now, then I don’t see any need to fix it.