I'd third it. For Natter, that is.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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
JenP - Mar 23, 2005 9:32:01 pm PST #4107 of 10001
DavidS - Mar 24, 2005 4:13:59 am PST #4108 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aww, fuck, I don't want to stop naming threads. That's a big part of our culture here whether Kat likes it or not.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2005 4:18:33 am PST #4109 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thread naming isn't as fun for me as it used to be. It seems people take it more seriously than before, whether it be to offend or be offended or just get het up that thread titles are wrong.
It's nice when it's a fun and unifying experience.
DavidS - Mar 24, 2005 4:31:58 am PST #4110 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's nice when it's a fun and unifying experience.
Yeah, that's what I'd like to get back to. But if we can't agree on something as innocuous as thread titles, then there's something wrong with us. And I'm not ready to concede that we're too fucked up to treat this process with the lightness and play it deserves.
Be it resolved, thread naming is play, but it's not a competition. Bullshit consensus rules. Keep it light, no sour faces, no backbiting.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2005 4:33:43 am PST #4111 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think part of it is just the fact that we've done this 137 times just since the Phoenix opened. Maybe we should make the new people name the threads.
Pix - Mar 24, 2005 4:37:54 am PST #4112 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm new(ish)!
I will love them and hold them and call them all George.
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2005 4:41:25 am PST #4113 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if we can't agree on something as innocuous as thread titles, then there's something wrong with us
My diagnosis isn't quite as dire.
I used to think that the title I liked best should win every time, but it's much more fun not caring.
*I* propose the stompy on hand picks whatever of the suggestions they like the best, or something out of their own head.
Because if the wrong thread title (assuming the stompies don't go insane with this heady new power) breaks people -- then there's a problem.
Polter-Cow - Mar 24, 2005 4:41:40 am PST #4114 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
All your thread titles are belong to me.
DXMachina - Mar 24, 2005 4:43:34 am PST #4115 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Also, it's not that difficult to change a thread title. We did it for the music thread.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2005 4:43:35 am PST #4116 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(assuming the stompies don't go insane with this heady new power)
That's a big assumption.