I thinks it's a little creepy when stuff Tim says here becomes a news item at Whedonesque.
Why? Isn't that Whedonesque's purpose?
I don't mind except for server load and bandwidth issues.
Have we been Whedonesqued on the dedicated server?
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 7:21:11 am PST #6335 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson - Feb 12, 2006 7:32:11 am PST #6336 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Why do I get creeped out?
I always feel a little buffered because our threads aren't googleable. If Tim makes an announcement here about a show cancellation/pickup, it's certainly news to his fans. But on the slippery slope, is a conversation about Paglia/closer to the earth/FCM Founding Fathers/whether getting a period makes women grow up faster than boys...is all of that a link at Whedonesque because Tim is participating in the conversation?
There's a difference, in my mind, between a conversation between friends, and what Tim does for a living.
It'd change the way I interact in that thread if I thought a debate about the differences between men and women became fodder for Whedonesque linkage.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 7:37:37 am PST #6337 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It'd change the way I interact in that thread if I thought a debate about the differences between men and women became fodder for Whedonesque linkage.
But it is. The non-googlability is no protection at all, from anyone. Everyone with a net connection can see it and link to it and all that jazz. Being unsearchable makes it a wee bit harder to stumble on, but we can't mistake that for any sort of privacy.
It's nice that we haven't been linked to directly recently by Whedonesque posters. But all it is is nice.
Allyson - Feb 12, 2006 7:41:13 am PST #6338 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I guess I'm having nightmares of Herc at AICN linking to us after seeing it at Whedonesque and then having an assload of talkback shitheads pouring into Minearverse acting like fools.
ETA: No, we haven't tested a Whedonesque hit on the new server.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2006 7:43:21 am PST #6339 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wonderfalls news was breaking here, and we did just fine. It's just the risk we run from being so awesome.
Allyson - Feb 12, 2006 7:47:49 am PST #6340 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
So I'm being needlessly overprotective?
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 7:49:38 am PST #6341 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd say futilely instead of needlessly.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2006 7:50:18 am PST #6342 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just don't think there's anything we can do, really, but also not much to worry about.
Allyson - Feb 12, 2006 7:51:54 am PST #6343 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
In terms of server, Jesse? Because that was the biggest worry.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2006 7:54:29 am PST #6344 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't really know anything about potential server issues, but if people started going insane and breaking stuff, we could just shut down for a day or two, right? I mean, worst-case scenario.