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.

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)?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

I had posted this earlier in BaBB, I'm moving it here:

I guess the other reason I proposed adding Lost to the SG-1/Smallville/Stargate/Farscape thread, was because there is a great deal of whitefonting and discussion in Natter, and not everyone wants to wade through Natter to discuss the show. Having it's own or a shared thread seems like a good thing, as the interest is growing.