And being a part of this community at this point I don't think has anything to do with BtVS.
And thank god for that.
Errrr....why would being a part of this community because of BtVS be a bad thing?
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
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.
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Steph L. - May 25, 2004 11:44:32 am PDT #845 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
-t - May 25, 2004 11:45:03 am PDT #846 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm with Hec on this being an important dicussion to have, though I am a little afraid that I may be one of those people that isn't known. Regardless, it makes sense to me that the structure of the board should be in line with the board's purpose, and that it would be helpful to know what that purpose is. It would help guide decisions like do we need these new threads.
Though I have nothing helpful to say on said purpose. I'm not sure he needs to be pinned down into a nice little blurb or mission statement, necessarily, but I do think the discussion needs to happen.
msbelle - May 25, 2004 11:45:38 am PDT #847 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
If we were all just still discussing BtVS? crazymaking.
Dana - May 25, 2004 11:46:10 am PDT #848 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, I'm seeing a pretty big gulf between the two schools of thought here.
Jessica - May 25, 2004 11:47:08 am PDT #849 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think the idea of what it means to be Buffista becomes much blurrier without BtVS and with subcommunities that become insular.
Subcommunities have been insular for YEARS, though, and those divisions formed while both shows were still on the air.
I think the discussion is worthwhile because I'd like the board structure to foster interaction horizontally, across sub-communities.
I really don't think this is something that can be controlled.
§ ita § - May 25, 2004 11:47:32 am PDT #850 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
why would being a part of this community because of BtVS be a bad thing?
What if you hate Buffy? Would you not then be able to be part of the community?
Steph L. - May 25, 2004 11:47:59 am PDT #851 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
If we were all just still discussing BtVS? crazymaking.
Oh. Okay, I get that. I was reading it wrong.
Kristen - May 25, 2004 11:48:54 am PDT #852 of 10001
Errrr....why would being a part of this community because of BtVS be a bad thing?
It would be a bad thing for me as I stopped watching BtVS back in Season 6.
Steph L. - May 25, 2004 11:49:41 am PDT #853 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
why would being a part of this community because of BtVS be a bad thing?
What if you hate Buffy? Would you not then be able to be part of the community?
I read it wrong, I think. It made me bristle, because of the idea that coming to b.org because of BtVS is a bad thing, when really I ought to have read it to mean "It's cool if you don't like BtVS; you can still belong here."
msbelle - May 25, 2004 11:54:13 am PDT #854 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yep, big divide. maybe split into two boards?