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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.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
To me, the idea of dedicated threads is for fans of shows to come together, in a way that didn't always seem to happen in more general threads. But I'm coming at the discussion from an Office-centric viewpoint, where discussion happened that didn't seem to exist in Natter.
Daily Show and Colbert could probably stay in Natter as they're almost more about current events than TV per se. On the other hand, they could also fit in either nonfiction or comedy.
Do you mean is it the goal to have separate threads for every tv show?
No, I didn't mean that.
Based on all the people who have stated preferences toward reinstating all the experimental buckets I started wondering what the underlying goal was. Are people wanting to create huge buckets that can catch all the shows out there so that this discussion will never be revisited (aside from individual show thread creation)?
I don't know, aurelia. That question is almost too big for me.
Before the experiment, I figured the experiment would give us some practical basis (rather than theoretical) for making decisions about threads for shows that are not typical Buffistas shows (Whedon, Minear, and Media Fannish shows).
Now, I figure people will propose the threads they want, and some will get approved, some will change significantly, and some ideas will be shot down.
I can't imagine any discussion that will never be revisited. We're a revisiting kind of people.
Um...Xander lied. (rolls away really really fast)
I can't imagine any discussion that will never be revisited. We're a revisiting kind of people.
I agree. I'm just trying to understand what other people are thinking.
Focused discussion without becoming lost in the larger discussions of Natter.
This is me. I like to see TV talk in Natter, but I always seem to be so far behind it that I rarely take part, so I'd also like somplace less signal-to-noise. I don't see many of the shows that got discussed in the buckets as being able to sustain a single thread, at least during the off-season, which is sort of my criteria for what would merit it's own thread (IMO).
Focused discussion without becoming lost in the larger discussions of Natter.
I would agree with this. Also a desire to not have this argument anymore, but I think that will not happen for reals.
Are people wanting to create huge buckets that can catch all the shows out there so that this discussion will never be revisited
To me, not at all. Bucket threads serve a purpose in that, if there is a show that people want to discuss, there is a central place to discuss them; and, if a show warrants its own thread, that thread can be created. So it is a far more organic and ongoing process for me, not just bam-we're-done.
I stress the "me," though.
So it is a far more organic and ongoing process for me, not just bam-we're-done.
This is me, too.
I wish TV talk could continue in Natter -- watch & post, squeeing, etc. But for more specific or in-depth conversation, I really like the idea that the other threads are available. I can't see, for instance, W&P'ing an awards show in the non-fiction thread, even if that's what it's part of what's it there for. There's some kind of vague distinction in my head that separates social chatter about TV and other discussion.