If I want no new threads but want a say in any thread we might get, then how do I vote?

Then you pick no new threads and the shows you'd vote for. I'm figuring there'll be some sort of subtraction performed to make sure you don't actually count towards the creating of new threads period, just that if they fly, you want to have a say in which ones.

LJ, Kat asked something I was wondering about. This is just a poll to see which, if any shows, Buffistas are interested in posting about.

When the results are tabulated, how are you going to construct the ballot? Will the people who want no new threads still get to enter that as a vote, somehow? I think I got confused, because the "no new threads" was on the poll, which I didn't expect. I thought that would be on the ballot. Also? I have a head cold which has moved to my chest, but not evacuated my head, and which is in the process of killing me, so I'm even more easily confused than usual (and probably more confusing, too).

Um...I hope I don't sound as foggy as I feel. Let me take this to example-ville. Let's say the poll results tell us that Lost, Veronica Mars, and Alias are the top three shows people most want to discuss, here.

What would the ballot look like? Will people still get to vote against any new threads, or only for one thread, or what?

There will (most likely) still be a vote - and there will be the opportunity to vote down any or all threads that come up to vote at that time. I see this as more of a way to get rid of some of the clutter before we get that far - discard the shows that we don't see much real interest in, but assuming there is interest in some of them, those show threads would then come up for a vote. At which point any of us are free to vote no.

What Brenda said. The actual ballot would work like the other thread-creating ballots we've had. Once the poll results are in, Lyra Jane (or anyone, really) can propose an up or down vote on each thread she thinks is worth voting on.

I'm sorry if the feeling is I didn't solicit enough feedback on the poll -- it seemed to me like not many people were commenting in Lightbulb, so I just went with my draft.

No, no, I didn't mean to imply that at all. I know how difficult it is to please everyone, especially when you're waiting for feedback in resounding silence. I should have read the LB discussion more carefully before carelessly questioning the poll. I'm the one who's sorry.

Once the poll results are in, Lyra Jane (or anyone, really) can propose an up or down vote on each thread she thinks is worth voting on.

This. I'll have to see the results before I can be more specific, Cindy.

Okee dokee. Thanks again, Lyra.

No problem.

I would love to have a specific mathematical formula in mind for counting ballots that include both "no new threads" and two shows vs. ballots that contain only "no new threads," and votes for "no new threads" vs. votes for each specific thread, but the truth is, my brain isn't that mathy, and I'd rather not make this any more agonizing than it already is.

What I can say is that if "no new threads" turns out to be the top choice, I'm not likely to propose show-specific threads, though of course someone else could.

I'm having trouble choosing which shows. I mean, I like both Alias AND Jack and Bobby -- but they're on at the same time.

Also -- if we vote for 3 does that mean we can still whitefont the others in Natter?

if we vote for 3 does that mean we can still whitefont the others in Natter?

Judging by past threading, I don't see why not. Hell, there may very well still be whitefont discussion of shows with threads in Natter, unless we explicitly make it not so.

I would love to have a specific mathematical formula in mind for counting ballots that include both "no new threads" and two shows vs. ballots that contain only "no new threads," and votes for "no new threads" vs. votes for each specific thread, but the truth is, my brain isn't that mathy, and I'd rather not make this any more agonizing than it already is.

I know what you mean, but I don't think that is necessary.

Example:

100 people respond to the poll.

75 choose Veronica Mars, 50 choose Lost, and 40 choose Alias (all other shows are chosen less frequently).

If 60 people indicate that they do not want any new threads, it doesn't really matter if all 60 who select "no new threads" are among those 75 who choose Veronica Mars.

We still know that 60 people out of 100 do not want any new threads, at all. Right? In that case, I would think you'd have your answer, and would not propose new threads.