We haven't used it as a haven in a year and a half. People seem to prefer PF. OTOH, if PF goes under it may be our only option.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
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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
DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 1:12:24 pm PST #3106 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 1:20:08 pm PST #3107 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The people I've heard opine the loudest seem to dislike PF. But that's too bullshit even for consensus.
As things have gone, PF has been haven #1, with extended downtime meaning a WX opening -- but it does need the opening.
At least, that's the way I've understood the ad hoc process.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2004 1:22:37 pm PST #3108 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How's PF looking, fundraising wise? Are they likely to go pay anytime soon?
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 1:30:10 pm PST #3109 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think they'll go pay. They'll either stay optionally free, or disappear. I'm not optimistic, but willing to be surprised.
DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 3:21:29 pm PST #3110 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I was just noticing that this bullet in the etiquette page is incorrect.
Don't post spoilers outside the spoiler threads. We consider spoilers to be anything that has not yet been broadcast. This includes TV Guide-type listings, actors' contracts, etc. --- basically, anything that has not yet been broadcast belongs in a spoiler thread.
Taken literally, all that white font in Natter would have to go. Right now, the only place we enforce the policy is in OMGWTF and Firefly. I think.
So, how do we reword this?
Kat - Dec 03, 2004 3:29:36 pm PST #3111 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Doesn't most (though not all) of the whitefont in Natter come from stuff that has been broadcast but it's whitefonted out of politeness for those who haven't seen it yet?
DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 3:33:01 pm PST #3112 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
D'oh! That's right. Never mind, then.
deborah grabien - Dec 04, 2004 8:45:01 am PST #3113 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I don't think they'll go pay. They'll either stay optionally free, or disappear. I'm not optimistic, but willing to be surprised.
I am ita's echo on this; I hope with fervour that Lance manages to keep it going, because it's been my own home forum for a good long time now and I'm one of his bigger donors, but I'm not optimistic.
The people I've heard opine the loudest seem to dislike PF.
Consider this a loud opining. I hate WX with a stone passion, and find it grossly user-hostile. Infinitely prefer PF, obviously. But since both places are contingency-only insofar as it relates to this particular community, it hopefully won't become an issue, or at least, very rarely.
DCJensen - Dec 04, 2004 9:10:34 am PST #3114 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would have to come down on the side of PF, too. I complain about it, but only in relation to the Phoenix board, not as compared to WX.
WX goes wonky far too often. It may be designed a little more user-friendly, but it is too erratic.
DebetEsse - Dec 04, 2004 10:37:17 am PST #3115 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
When are we doing Goodbye and Good Riddance, and what are we calling it?