I thought engaging in discussions that piss us off was in the mission statement.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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
NoiseDesign - Sep 04, 2005 4:42:22 pm PDT #5595 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Kat - Sep 04, 2005 4:53:39 pm PDT #5596 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It feels that way from the other side of the fence, too,
I'm sure it does and that's why I deliberately chose the pronoun I did.
I don't think resignation and reluctance are the same thing though.
§ ita § - Sep 04, 2005 5:02:43 pm PDT #5597 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it was a simple enough issue to have a simple ballot, frankly.
And it's very easy for one person's simple (in this scenario) to mean something quite different when unpacked for someone else.
I think (prolif aside) that having a thread to talk current TV is a great idea.
I also think it's hella impractical, and LeN ran up against that, big time.
Jessica - Sep 04, 2005 6:17:14 pm PDT #5598 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Better to just vote against it then to engage in a discussion that pisses me (and maybe others) off.
This is my feeling as well. (And FWIW, I didn't think it was a confusing ballot. I voted No because I didn't want another new thread, not because I couldn't parse the options.)
Personally, I think Lightbulbs is not the place for a general discussion on thread proliferation aka Who Are We Now And Where Are We Going, and I'm glad we didn't have too much of that this time around. If that's a talk that needs to happen again (and I'm not saying it does or doesn't), it should happen in here, without being tied to a specific thread proposal. In here, it can be a discussion. In Lightbulbs, it's always going to be a debate, because there's always a specific vote on the line.
Noumenon - Sep 05, 2005 12:26:07 am PDT #5599 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Sometimes people post how many times each person posted, or how much web traffic we got each day. Would it be fun to see how many people are subscribed to each thread? Such as Lightbulbs, or whether more people keep up with Apocalypse than Press.
(ps on page reload: Jessica, that tagline is perfect!)
Jon B. - Sep 05, 2005 3:27:51 am PDT #5600 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Would it be fun to see how many people are subscribed to each thread? Such as Lightbulbs, or whether more people keep up with Apocalypse than Press.
Since those threads always appear on the right side of the page, whether or not one has subscribed to them, I'm not sure how accurate of a statistic you'd get. Heck, I'm not even sure whether I'm subscribed to them, but I always read them first.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2005 4:45:08 am PDT #5601 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, I don't subscribe to any right-side threads, but I read them all. (I like being able to keep them separate from the general-discussion threads in my mind.)
on page reload: Jessica, that tagline is perfect!
Thanks, Nou. It's from one of the comments in here . (I forget exactly which entry.)
Volans - Sep 05, 2005 9:29:56 am PDT #5602 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I don't subscribe to any right-side threads, but I read them all. (I like being able to keep them separate from the general-discussion threads in my mind.)
Me three.
Laura - Sep 06, 2005 3:39:10 am PDT #5603 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I subscribe to the right hand threads to use Read New. I don't always go to the Message Center or Home Page.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 16, 2005 1:25:16 pm PDT #5604 of 10001
What is even happening?
Maybe a stompy could edit in a note here -- jengod "Sunnydale Press" Sep 16, 2005 2:09:37 pm PDT -- to warn the spoiler averse that it contains a casting spoiler?