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
I like the Experimentals thus far. I like that I can pick up the discussion pretty easily, even if I'm behind on a show. I can deal with not going into a thread for a couple days before I get to watch the show, because I just pick up and talk about whatever shows I've watched that week in one or two major posts.
I don't read Non-fiction, 'cause I don't watch reality shows right now. And I have posted in Cable Drama 'cause I'm behind on the Riches and I want to talk about that when I have all the knowledge. But the Comedy and Network Drama threads are places I tend to frequent.
In reality, it doesn't matter if the thread serves my tv viewing needs. I don't really need to discuss tv and my inability to do so in natter does not diminish my enjoyment of natter nor of the show. So I guess if it serves everyone else's needs, more power to you all.
That shouldn't have happened. I made sure to specify in the proposal that TV talk would still have a home in Natter.
The shoo-ers should have been shushed. I'm sorry, Kat. There are enough of us who aren't using the experimental threads, that I think there must be people who would be grateful for Natter talk.
i'm very happy with the Experimentals because i like reading what everyone here has to say about various shows and i just cannot keep up in Natter for that to be feasible if/when the Experimentals go away. i have had to stay out of the Comedy or Drama threads at different times because i don't see certain shows right away, but once i watch it's relatively easy to get caught up.
I made sure to specify in the proposal that TV talk would still have a home in Natter.
The shooers may have been trying to be helpful. Thing is, Kat and I seem to be the only ones who wanted to talk GA who weren't in the Drama thread, so it barely mattered.
No, that's a little too much--my bald comments about the quality of the ep got responses, but definitely no actual discussion.
once i watch it's relatively easy to get caught up.
TiVo's to blame for my inability to go in--I catch up asymmetrically. I'm rarely up to date on all dramas at once (some I save in blocks).
ND is me. Except I've been talking on the Comedy thread.
I'd like to keep talking about The Office next season. As long as I can do that, structuring of threads is a secondary consideration.
Fred Pete is me.
The Office
is the only show that I've been discussing in the experimentals, but it makes me SO happy to have a place to do that.
I've actually discussed tv less in maybe part because of the threads. I don't really go in them and feel, real or imagined, a subtle pressure to either post in the appropriate thread or not at all. That's totally on me, of course. Honestly, when I do post about something, it's pretty much a throw-away
good lord/ack/oof
or something while I'm nattering. Or a heads up to someone watching in the future. I'm not a big tv discuss-er.
I'm not inclined to follow a thread totally dedicated to a bunch of tv shows, but I'm comfortable in a thread with a bunch of tv shows mixed in with conversations on a million other things. Probably because I don't really discuss, just comment.
Mind you, this is all just my experience, not a judgement.
Oh -- I apologize for mock-pressure that I may have exerted that may have come across as actual pressure.
I like the experimental thread structure as is.
Do we just let them run out before or if we do another vote?
Or could we vote now to establish them permanently?
Or do people want to fiddle with the whitefont rules and reorganize them in some way?
Would it be helpful to have a thread that's specifically for the spoiler averse and whitefonted so people could talk there? We can't be all things to all people but I'm wondering if that would help.
I think Supernatural and The Office could probably support their own threads next season.
Eh, I'm not as sure about The Office. While it is talked about every week it generally doesn't max out more than twenty posts as it stands, and is nothing compared to the Supernatural ferver or watch and post.
I am rather pleased at how the Experimentals are working out, generally speaking. They function better than I thought they would.
