when that icon went away, the list lost a lot of its vibrancy. It exists, but it doesn't, for one thing, grow, and it's just less than it was.

This is my fear. If there aren't topic-specific threads, the topicy people will move off the board, and no one will be drawn in to replace them.

Has anyone stopped by Table Talk lately? Granted, circumstances are different -- very different -- but that's what I'm afraid of when I think about the worst possibility for this board.

This whole conversation? Is why I was taking the chunk approach, rather than initiating a whole what's-in-the-lint-in-our-belly-buttons conversation.

Most of us are happy—overall—with b.org. Some of us won't miss having a current show topic thread. Some might, but won't think there's anything worth opening a thread for. Others will. Let's find out. This conversation as is, is way too heavy for me, and a big part of that is just because people have different ways of saying things, not because anyone seems to want a vastly different b.org from anyone else.

Our big picture is good. Can't we leave that be? Our little picture underwent a huge change, as of last Wednesday.

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Our big picture is good. Can't we leave that be? Our little picture underwent a huge change, as of last Wednesday.

Seconded. I think this can wait until we've had a little time to see how things really do go.

Here's a question: Are there topics that people wish existed, but don't? Because while there are plenty of topics I'd be willing to vote for, I'm not personally feeling any particular lack.

how will it change things b) for those who don't care?

probably won't change my use of the board at all since

A community dedicated to discussions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly with humor, intelligence and obsessiveness.

But I'm hearing a lot of people saying it makes no difference if they do or they don't, and it's nothing we can or should try to affect anyway. And I don't get that.

yep, that's my stance. I guess I feel that if you want people mixing around you should suggest threads to them or go visit other threads yourself. I guess I'm saying I don't there is wrong with the board right now. I have no problem not knowing every poster or with some posters staying in one thread.

What was your chunk approach, Cindy? It seemed to already have assumptions in it, but I could be remembering it all wrong. And obviously we are not sharing axioms at the moment.

I'm not really feeling a lack either.

I don't go to TT -- but I do still hang out at WX TT TV and Oovies and some of the other TT WX diaspora threads.

OK-- I think I use the word mission because I work at a university and we use that word a lot...

For me, knowing what we all think our mission is would help me be able to make decisions on whether or not I think certain threads should be started. So if I know what everyone feels like, I feel like I will know what the right decision is, not just based on "I WANT TO DISCUSS THE OC NOW!!!", but based on what we think the board is about.

I also have to add that I think the word mission is mis-leading, and much as I love Buffistas, I don't think we are about to cure cancer or create world peace.

So, to me, our mission could be as simple as "To natter with other Buffistas in a snarky and usually polite manner"

I am not saying we have to codify something, just that I would like to get a handle on what the board is about in a post ME-verse world and help prevent us from being centerless. Some feel that we are already centerless and that is fine. I felt that we sentered on ME-verse, and with it gone, should try to articulate a new center.

cereal:

probably won't change my use of the board at all since

Which is kinda what I figured. If it does change things for me, I'll be pissed. Because I don't think things need changing.

If it doesn't change things, what was the point?

And when Serenity comes out, will we need a new mission?

If there aren't topic-specific threads, the topicy people will move off the board, and no one will be drawn in to replace them.

but there are topic threads, just not specific TV show threads.