I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


SailAweigh - Oct 03, 2004 10:19:55 am PDT #2305 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I wouldn't mind a TV thread. I'm all sucked into Lost, already. I'd like to have somewhere to discuss it. As it is, my need leaks into Bitches. I don't think the few of us who've nattered about it have been too annoying, but I'd like to be able to discuss it more in depth. Also, I'm still watching Nip/Tuck like the great train wreck that it is and wouldn't mind somewhere to talk about that one, too.


Lyra Jane - Oct 03, 2004 10:23:40 am PDT #2306 of 10001
Up with the sun

I'm all for a TV thread, possibly more than one.

Idea: What if we did a (nonbinding) poll to see what shows people are watching/plan to watch/would like to discuss, and then started threads for the top 2-4 votegetters? Everything else could stay in Natter or Boxed Set, and there wouldn't be the spoilage problems that come with a general TV thread.


Kate P. - Oct 03, 2004 10:29:21 am PDT #2307 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Lyra Jane, I think that's a good idea, but then, I'm pro-proliferation. How much of an impact would that have on board health (technically speaking)?


Lyra Jane - Oct 03, 2004 10:35:58 am PDT #2308 of 10001
Up with the sun

How much of an impact would that have on board health (technically speaking)?

That's definitely the most important question. I don't want to do anything that would compromise board health, so if my idea would cause major problems, it's out.


DXMachina - Oct 03, 2004 10:46:15 am PDT #2309 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I don't know for sure. However, traffic in the Buffy and Angel threads is way down, so a general thread, or even a couple of show related threads could be okay.


Lyra Jane - Oct 03, 2004 10:50:22 am PDT #2310 of 10001
Up with the sun

a general thread, or even a couple of show related threads could be okay

Thanks, DX.

My concern with a general TV thread is, it doesn't eliminate the whitefont problem -- it just relocates it. (Unless we want to decide that nothing aired in the U.S. is a spoiler for purposes of that thread, but I know that would make too many people too unhappy. It would make *me* unhappy, for that matter.)

We might also be ready to close Angel spoilers, Previously, and Angel Quotables (I'm not sure how close to done the Deathmatches are), which would also slightly reduce the server load.


DXMachina - Oct 03, 2004 10:55:04 am PDT #2311 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yeah, I agree that a general purpose TV thread would have to follow the same rules as in Natter. I do like the idea of the poll just to see if there's any shows that people really want to talk about in more detail than Natter really allows.


DebetEsse - Oct 03, 2004 11:37:52 am PDT #2312 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Maybe (just thinking out loud), it might be better to group shows into a couple/few threads, rather than one big tv thread. I'm not rightly sure what goes well together, but it seems like that would be easier to manage, as readers, unless there are basically only going to be postings about a show on the night of and day after, but, for Lost, at least, that doesn't currently look to be the case.

But, yeah, a "what are we watching" poll is, I think, a good first step.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 03, 2004 12:08:31 pm PDT #2313 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Just as a benchmark, for the past week and a half I've been spending more time at TwoP's Lost forums than I have among the entirety of Buffista threads. If there are more than a few people who are likewise enthralled it might be worth at least adding it to Boxed Set, if not giving it its own NAFDA thread.


Katie M - Oct 03, 2004 12:26:14 pm PDT #2314 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

(I'm not sure how close to done the Deathmatches are)

We've got to finish Spike and do Wesley and Angel, then we're done.