Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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
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.
That makes a lot of sense, and I agree. I still think it's polite to ask first, and I don't think it does any harm to say so.
Joss suddenly posted news about a Spike movie in Bitches
I think he would go blind, reading Bitches TMI. Which would be funny! But not germane to the conversation.
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.
I remember that! It was pretty funny, realizing that even the famous people get ignored sometimes. Five days later, it was like, Oh, dude, that was Joss, and we totally ignored him! Well, I guess that makes him a real Buffista!
How's that?Like someone just did a whole bunch of drugs.
My take on it is that if you think anything here is in any way private, you're fooling yourself.
And of course, as Jessica, and maybe Allyson have pointed out, we all (at least all Buffistas who read/post somewhat regularly and aren't new to the internet) already know that. It isn't about that.
Buffistas is an open, albeit cliquey, community like many others on the way -- but it has some exceptions in terms of public interest (ie Tim). How best to deal with that, totally nothing to do with me. If somebody says to me 'Don't link or reference things Tim says here', cool. I'm fine with that.
We don't have a boss here, in terms of etiquette. If any poster isn't somehow in flagrant disregard over a community standard, nobody is ever going to tell that poster "don't". Instead, it's usually going to come to the following:
Buffista 1: We got Whedonesqued!
Buffista 2: Direct link, or to the board?
Buffista Simon: Direct link, but I edited it.
Many Buffistas: Simon's so fooooooooooooooamy.
Buffista 3: I hate when we get Whedonequed.
Buffista 4: Well, I only Whedonesqued us, because I thought it was cool news.
Buffista 5: What's Whedoneque?
Buffista 6:
Buffista 3: I hate when we get Whedonequed.Don't you think "hate" is sort of a strong word?
Buffista 7: Only a babe in the woods would think the internet is private.
Buffistas 1: This is news?
Buffista 2: edited by Buffista 2 on Never 12, 2006 6:06:06 pm PST
Buffista 8: Um this is the internet; nothing is private
Buffista Strega: No starting posts with "um". Um. Wait. This is not my beautiful house.
All the Buffistas: Yes but we'll be your beautiful wife. Or husband. Or whatever. Same as it ever was.
Buffista Newbie: Except me. I'm a Eunich for Joss.
Buffista 10: That's Eunuch.
Buffista Newbie: U R meen.
Buffista Oldtimer: Have we ever explained about guacamole?
Buffista Newbie: Does it have cilantro in it, because I'm sort of allergic, or averse, or allergic.
Buffista Cilantro Lovers: THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
Buffista Cilantro Haters: Bring. It. On.
The Rest of Us: SALAD SHOOTER SALAD SHOOTER SALAD SHOOTER!!!
Buffista Liese: [something sensible, respecting our tradition, while being open to different expressions of same]
All Buffistas Who Haven't "Left": Liese speaks for us!
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Two months later...
Buffista 12: We just got Whedonesqued.
See, there's no need to post because Cindy said whatever I might have said better and funnier.
She left out the penguins.
They left us.
I think Buffista 8 is a sock puppet.
That's what Buffista 11 said, only erm..that was back channel. Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned.
No I'm not!
Whoops, was that out loud?
And, interestingly enough, there is no Buffista 9. She must be the lurker who supports me in email.