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
It's a very fuzzy distinction, but I think of this place as a community, and Whedonesque as a fandom news source. It makes me uncomfortable to see our posts treated as news, rather than as parts of a conversation among friends.
It's not about how public or not the board is -- we're none of us ignorant about how the internet works -- it's about something much more intangible, which makes it difficult to defend. I think the only polite thing to do is to ask permission before linking to someone's posts.
Would it make any difference if Joss suddenly posted news about a Spike movie in Bitches and that was Whedonesqued?
Not a challenge, I'm just wondering if Minearverse is being treated differently as a sub-community, like, are there different expectations for different threads?
Not to me. Anyone who's posting stuff here they feel weird about the world seeing is taking a big risk.
My take on it is that if you think anything here is in any way private, you're fooling yourself.
Anyone who's posting stuff here they feel weird about the world seeing is taking a big risk.
Well, yes and no. I mean...if Joss came and posted about a Spike movie in Bitches, and suddenly we were deluged there? I'd be startled and probably try to go back and re-read what I've said in the past couple weeks to check myself. Might even delete one or two things. Sure, technically I'm not putting anything out there that I'd die if someone found out, but...
And many of us talk about things here that we don't neccessarily expect to be broadcast. Yes, it's a public board and, as such, can be read by anyone. But private things are still discussed.
The things aren't private anymore once they hit the internet, though. They might be close to your heart, but they're out everywhere once posted here.
Not expecting it to be broadcast can't change that. It
is
broadcast.
Not expecting it to be broadcast can't change that. It is broadcast
Sure. And if say, my parents somehow stumbled on here AND found my posts, I would deal. That said, there is a certain expectation that my parents likely WON"T...and that if someone collected up my posts and emailed them to my parents, I'd still have a right to be pissy about it.
That said, I don't think there's anything wrong with Whedonesque or whoever copying Tim's posts, or mentioning us. And even if that somehow got us mentioned on CNN (to pick a random big mainstream media source), I'd still not be super worried that OMG the words I posted here will be OUT THERE! I'd be more likely to be worried that I couldn't "see" people I want to here because the volume of posting would be too high. :)
