Yeah, I'm sort of with Jesse. We have a natural tendency to want to be all things to all people, but even with those of us I'd term "regular" posters, there seems to be a big divide in the way we use the board. Some people are largely in the community threads like Natter and Bitches. Some people only hang out in spoilers. The comics people are in Other Media. The fic people are in Fic and Buffista Fic. Even Minearverse has its own subculture now.

Personally, I'd love some kind of TV thread--because while I enjoy the occasional discussion of, say, Joan of Arcadia, I also when reading Natter or Bitches want ot catch up on the random...um...natter. And if I dont' watch JoA for a day or two, I'm not going to go back 300 posts and figure out where the discussion was. If there's a TV thread, I can just not read it until I've watched the episode.

Meara is me. I like a lot of shows that I know other Buffistae like (the OC being the primary one) and, as the luddite without the home computer, I've never been able to hear what other Buffistae have said about various episodes, or comment on it myself. I'm all for a general tv thread (and always have been), not so much separating it by genre or specific show.

And my general feeling right now is that a general tv thread would be annoying for nearly everybody, and there aren't any shows out there that warrent their own thread. Not that I would tell anyone not to propose something they thing there's an audience for, just that I don't think I would second it, nor vote for it.

and, as the luddite without the home computer, I've never been able to hear what other Buffistae have said about various episodes, or comment on it myself.

people will still watch and post from home, so even in a show specific thread you are going to have to go back and look for the discussion you missed while at home.

I am firmly in the leave everything alone camp. I find it interesting that posts are not racking up in here at a high speed as they do when something sets people on edge.

Woo hoo! Are we finally having the "Who Are We, And Where Are We Going?" discussion? I'd much rather have that than a "what tv shows do we like?" discussion.

That is the kind of conversation I wanted to have too, I was just approaching it from a there's-the-gap POV. I'm finding myself wishing for some sort of bureau script, so that I'll have the right buzz words on hand. Essentially, I just can't figure out how to approach anything so vast and ill defined, without breaking it into chunks.

When we've had similar who-are-we/who-do-we-want-to-be conversations, the general decision is that we're a pop-culture board with a penchant for ME's work and Tim's work. This is part of the reason we've decided against a general genre thread, a politics thread, war thread, or whatever. We can't and don't want to be all things to all people. Now, ME is no longer putting out work. Tim's working on something we can't see for a while. Which part of "Who Are We, And Where Are We Going?" would you want to look at? Isn't the overall picture stable, and this is just the one area with a gap? That was my impression. I wanted to figure out whether or not we needed to fill the gap, or if it was now so small, we could just walk right over it. That's all.

So are people bringing up discussions and/or topics in threads and not getting conversations to spring up or are people not posting things they want to talk about? Because it has been my experience that if you wnat to talk about something you'll probably find someone around here that will join you, eventually.

I guess I am just not getting the lost feelings people may or may not be having, but that we seem to be discussing.

I'm confused about the "who are we?" and the "where will we get new blood?" questions. We have almost 1500 registered users, and 25.3GB of traffic in April.

Whoever we are, and whatever we talk about, there's plenty.

Are folks bored? Lost? Ignored? Short-shrifted?

When we've had similar who-are-we/who-do-we-want-to-be conversations, the general decision is that we're a pop-culture board with a penchant for ME's work and Tim's work.

See, I think that's what I think, but not necessarily that it's the general consensus, in a world where none of those guys have shows on the air.

Whoever we are, and whatever we talk about, there's plenty.

Which is why I'm kind of disappointed that after months of waiting to have this conversation, I have nothing to say. I don't think we should change anything.

Edit: And I will try to keep from posting much more, since I really don't have anything useful to say. Even though I wish I did.

The MEMEMEMEME approach to the question, because of course you're all dying for that:

I'll be disappointed if our bullshit consensus falls on "don't change anything," because it basically means that as of this fall, I'm out of the board except for the fic, music and movie threads (all of which I read more than post about) and whatever random posts there are on Angel and Buffy. I know this job won't give me time to even skim Natter and Bitches, and I'll miss talking to y'all. Show threads tend to be a little easier to keep up with.

But the board is not all about my whims. So.