Well, it's a personal choice, obviously. I'm not trying to twist the arm of anyone to make them rerecord something which has been recorded already.

I'm encouraging people to not hesitate to record /whatever they want/, regardless of this consideration. If you prefer to pick stories that have never been recorded, you're obviously free to.

I just think the words 'a waste of time', though of course they're always a personal assessment, tend to often carry with them the underlying assumption of podfics as an accessibility feature rather than as a fanwork in themselves. When you say 'I don't see the point' I have to wonder if you've ever loved alternate covers of songs, you know? As an artist you're perfectly entitled to never cover any song, but to say that you don't see the point seems odd to me.

I don't have, personally, an ever growing list, and most of the stories I'd really love to record have been recorded already. So I'm in a completely different boat, and it gives me a different perspective. *shrug*