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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
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.
I think that's a good distinction, AmyLiz. I agree that the whole thing is organic. I'm sure folks know I want the buckets back, but I still feel that folks should be able to talk about tv where they want to, in Natter or elsewhere.
Exactly. I'm open to the possibility of separate show threads in future if warranted. But for now, that's entirely theoretical, and I don't think we should open any single-show threads based on the experimentals.