I think Inside and Wonderfalls were a different situation because they weren't going to be aired in the US, whereas this is, to me, more like the Canadian airings of Stargate or, in days of yore, Buffy, so, if it's in here, I'm saying whitefont, but UnAm would also work.
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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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DebetEsse - Apr 08, 2007 10:55:54 am PDT #8848 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Kevin - Apr 08, 2007 10:58:01 am PDT #8849 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Woops - somehow my eyes had never seen UnAm. Rubbish eyes.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2007 11:12:12 am PDT #8850 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they weren't going to be aired in the US
The Inside eps that did air in the US - weren't they discussed inthread in blackfont?
UnAmerican doesn't solve someone wanting to discuss non-Drive Timmishness, though, does it?
le nubian - Apr 08, 2007 11:12:55 am PDT #8851 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Question: what is the problem with having additional threads? More threads for individual shows and/or more groups?
What is the problem with thread proliferation? Is it a technical issue? Can the software and hosting site support it?
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2007 11:17:22 am PDT #8852 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking socially, imagine if all the SFF shows had their own threads. Supernatural fannishness might have grown slower, for one. Cross-pollination, which is a cool thing about group threads, would be harder.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2007 11:17:37 am PDT #8853 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oops.
Kevin - Apr 08, 2007 11:19:31 am PDT #8854 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The Inside eps that did air in the US - weren't they discussed inthread in blackfont?
Did they? I'm pretty sure it didn't all air, ita -- about 7 unaired episodes, which aired in the UK, which lead to online downloading.
Edit: I'm a dumbass who can't read.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2007 11:25:54 am PDT #8855 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Thread proliferation splinters the community - it's the main reason I tend to support "bucket" type threads like Boxed Set and Minearverse and oppose single-show threads (even for shows I watch).
Which is also why I'm in favor of broadening Premium, even if the details of how we do it will be tricky to hash out. Right now there are only 5 or 6 regular posters in there.
Pix - Apr 08, 2007 11:31:49 am PDT #8856 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Personally, I would much prefer a bunch of individual show threads that are lower volume under the TV heading to any type of mixed show threads. I can't use Boxed Set since I want to buy the Eureka and Heroes DVDs and watch them all eventually and am spoilerphobic. I wish I could talk about BSG with everyone, but I can't without that spoiling myself. So yeah, you get cross-pollination with a thread with multiple shows, but you also lose anyone like me who can't keep up with every show in the thread. If it were whitefonted it wouldn't matter, but I know that's a PITA for watch 'n posts, which is a beloved Buffista tradition.
I haven't said anything to this point since I don't post in Boxed Set or Premium for precisely these reasons, but since we're now talking in general, I thought I'd pipe up.
megan walker - Apr 08, 2007 11:36:50 am PDT #8857 of 10001
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