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.

True.

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. :)

Would it make any difference if Joss suddenly posted news about a Spike movie in Bitches and that was Whedonesqued?

I once proposed that we restrict access to Bitches only to registered members. The only people who voted for it were me and one lurker who supported me in e-mail.

Joss did post a couple of times about various comic book projects in Jossverse, and we weren't deluged. I don't think many people from b.org even noticed.

The question I have is whether links to Tim's everyday life conversations about beagles, the universe, and everything in Minearverse being posted at Whedonesque, or is it just links to his announcements about events in his professional life, like the fact that he got the go ahead for the pilot? The first would squick me, even though we do that ourselves in Nillytown, but the second seems to me to be reference to legitimate news. Much as I hate deluges, I think that goes with the territory. And really, as deluges go, this was a gentle little wave. We are more likely to get a deluge for a cancellation, because the show's rabid fanbase has been built up, so there's more people hungry for any information.

Would it make any difference if Joss suddenly posted news about a Spike movie in Bitches and that was Whedonesqued?

The big risk I see here is word getting out that we staged an intervention and talked him out of this ill conceived plan. We would get slammed, servers crashing, oh it wouldn't be pretty.

Would it make any difference if Joss suddenly posted news about a Spike movie in Bitches and that was Whedonesqued?

Any difference to what? (Being completely serious here -- I don't understand the question.)

Any difference to the stance on not wanting links.

A key component for me here is the helplessness. We can't stop people from linking to us. Even asking them to stop is asking for people to act counter-internet. So I figure--act like anything is linkable, anywhere, for any reason.

The difference being the more personal and intimate nature of the posts in Bitches. We "know" that these conversations are open to the world, but it would feel different if there were an onslaught of new users in the thread.