Oh. Check out the Flashfic's current challenge (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/568775.html?mode=reply). Back stories? Who can resist that?
A lot of recs get picked up from the Flashfic challenges. I know the popular story recommender thefourthvine reads there regularly. When TFV recommended a story of mine, people came out of the woodwork.
Re: "Who are these people?"
A lot of recs get picked up from the Flashfic challenges. I know the popular story recommender