I just read both whenever I see a new message.
Doesn't really matter to me how the news gets disseminated, as long as it does.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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
Strix - Jul 03, 2006 2:12:48 pm PDT #6870 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
P.M. Marc - Jul 03, 2006 2:14:47 pm PDT #6871 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I always read Beep Me, because the goings on in people's lives is something I care about, even if pressed for time and skipping the board like a mad thing.
If pressed for time, I don't read Press.
I dig the separation.
sumi - Jul 03, 2006 2:17:34 pm PDT #6872 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Right: Beep Me and COMM when you're pressed for time.
deborah grabien - Jul 03, 2006 2:24:10 pm PDT #6873 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I tend to read both BM and Press, because I only read/post in one actual thread, so I've generally got the time. Besides, even when not actively involved, there are a lot of people I love here and I want to know what I've missed.
Like Plei, I like the separation - but there are times when it's tricky to know which thread is appropriate. If I have a new book coming out and am throwing a Halloween party to celebrate it, it's personal to me on the business aspect, but I'm inviting board members. So there's often overlap and as a result, I've often not posted in either place, and taken it to mass email instead.
msbelle - Jul 03, 2006 4:20:48 pm PDT #6874 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Any thoughts on Tom's other observation:
no posts in Sang Sacre in 6 months
????
DXMachina - Jul 03, 2006 5:26:11 pm PDT #6875 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So what?
msbelle - Jul 03, 2006 5:50:07 pm PDT #6876 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Tom brought it up. I assume he wanted to know people's thought on closing it.
Of course assuming is risky.
It seemed a shame for Beep Me/Press to get all the discussion.
Volans - Jul 04, 2006 1:03:16 am PDT #6877 of 10001
move out and draw fire
"Beep Me is for any personal news, and Press is anything that's of interest to Buffistas at large" is how I've always thought of it. But I have to say it really doesn't bother me when stuff gets posted in the wrong thread, since I read both anyway, and they're both really low-volume.
This. Also doesn't matter to me if they are one or separate.
Eddie - Jul 04, 2006 4:27:53 am PDT #6878 of 10001
Your tag here.
I read both. If you're pressed for time, unifying the threads is a one-click operation versus two... and really, there's rarely more than two or three posts total between the threads. In my head the threads are two halves of a virtual "announcements" thread. I get the distinction, but for me it doesn't serve much purpose separating the two.
I got nuthin on Sang Sacre.
Connie Neil - Jul 05, 2006 8:23:23 am PDT #6879 of 10001
brillig
When you mention Sang Sacre, the shadowy denizens stir in their slumbers, shake their shaggy heads, creep out of hiding, and bay at the moon in strange tellings. Then they slink back into the darkness, awaiting the next call.