I started the voting a little early because I was going out for the evening. My intent was as stated in the Press announcement. I'm with Brenda -- just wait until morning to announce the results.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Jon B. - Apr 17, 2007 11:20:23 am PDT #9122 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Laura - Apr 17, 2007 11:39:16 am PDT #9123 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Like I could sleep with this weight on my shoulders! It'll be like national election night. I'll just stay up and watch TDS and Colbert. Or if I fall asleep it will be morning.
Laura - Apr 17, 2007 8:09:40 pm PDT #9124 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
The results are in! The summary first, the detail in Press:
Should we establish the four temporary, experimental threads through June 1, 2007?
Yes
Network Drama thread: NAFDA
Cable Drama thread: Whitefont for 24 hours
Comedy thread: NAFDA
Non-Fiction TV thread: NAFDA
Let the thread creation begin.
esse - Apr 17, 2007 11:37:58 pm PDT #9125 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Cool. Can we come up with catchy names for them instead of just "Cable Drama" and "Network Drama"? Even temp threads deserve our awesome wit!
Jessica - Apr 18, 2007 4:42:54 am PDT #9126 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Network Drama thread: NAFDA
Cable Drama thread: Whitefont for 24 hours
So weird! I would have guessed these two to go the other way.
brenda m - Apr 18, 2007 4:44:56 am PDT #9127 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's a good result, though, in terms of the info we'll hopefully have at the end of this experiment.
So, now for the naming?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 18, 2007 4:50:14 am PDT #9128 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So weird! I would have guessed these two to go the other way.
I'm guessing that's partly because cable shows tend to air multiple times (on FX even on the same night).
esse - Apr 18, 2007 4:50:39 am PDT #9129 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
God, I wish I was clever.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 18, 2007 4:51:52 am PDT #9130 of 10001
What is even happening?
So weird! I would have guessed these two to go the other way.
I know -- me, too. I was so surprised to read that, this morning. I figured we'd end up with a week's white font for network drama, 3 days white font for cable, and NAFDA for the other two categories. Some people did mention though, that they're more likely to watch network shows when they air and catch up on the cable shows later on, so that was the difference.
Laura, thank you so much for tallying all those votes. That must have been a pain in the neck with all those question, and Jon thanks for clarifying the white font issue, and doing whatever techie thing you did to help sort the ballot for Laura.
I say we don't name the threads. I don't want to get attached to them, because they're temporary and may well end up proving to us that our current way of organizing our TV conversations is better than anything else we can come up with.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 18, 2007 5:06:04 am PDT #9131 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wonder if we should have a common prefix like "Great Buffista TV Experiment of Ought Seven" with the topic after, or something like that.