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
Don't you think that discussion more properly belongs ... well .. not here? You can make a proposal for a general TV thread and then have a finitely time-bounded discussion in Lightbulbs on those very topics.
I don't necessarily want to propose a general TV thread. I'm wondering about our direction. We have more than one thread for more than one show (FF and WF), that never even got a full season, but it seems to me there are a lot of shows people watch regularly. I know they're not all talk-about shows, though.
I'd like to know shows Buffistas are watching that are shows they'd also like to talk about. I know some, but even then I only know they get talked about in Natter. There are some shows I watch that I would talk about in Natter, but would never (personally) need/want a thread for them. It may turn out that there's no need to propose any changes, so why open up Lightbulb without a clear goal?
why open up Lightbulb without a clear goal?
Because I think the discussion does not belong here.
I feel that if everything goes into Natter, a lot of people who can keep up with (a) show thread(s) but not Natter are going to grow apart from the community. I know I would. For example, I'd probably post in an O.C. thread, but it's unlikely I'll pick through Natter to discuss it.
Could we set up a nonbinding poll just to get a sense of what people are watching/want to discuss? I think Cindy's making a smart distinction.
I feel that if everything goes into Natter
You mean if the status quo is maintained? Or do you foresee increased discussion traffic?
One part of me can't see us ever having a demand for a single-show thread that's not ME-related. I mean, if it were just a matter of how many people watch, we'd have an OC thread.
OTOH, we did used to have SV, DS and Farscape threads. So I don't know.
I believe that the lack of show-specific threads to discuss programs currently on the air would lead to increased traffic in Natter.
I feel that if everything goes into Natter, a lot of people who can keep up with (a) show thread(s) but not Natter are going to grow apart from the community.
I think having many individual threads splits the community much more than having a few comprehensive ones.
I believe that the lack of show-specific threads to discuss programs currently on the air would lead to increased traffic in Natter.
But we don't have any show-specific threads now, other than Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. What's going to change?
OTOH, we did used to have SV, DS and Farscape threads.
Wasn't folding them in together partly driven by the fact that none of them were getting huge amounts of traffic?
I believe that the lack of show-specific threads to discuss programs currently on the air would lead to increased traffic in Natter.
That lack currently exists, though. You're thinking that if we can't talk about the current Whedonverse, that we'll fill that void somewhere?
Because I think the discussion does not belong here.
It seems to me we only decided we needed to to open lightbulb as an outgrowth of conversation, here. A discussion would start. If someone thought making a proposal made sense in light of the discussion, they would propose, and if seconded, lightbulb was opened to discuss the specific proposal. I feel like maybe there's some disconnect here, or that I'm missing something as to how this isn't a typical use of bureau.
