I think the bucket thread concept has worked well with Boxed Set, at least for me. I was able to follow/participate in the discussions I wanted to follow, and found it easy enough to ignore the discussions that didn't interest me. At the same time, skimming some of the discussions on shows I didn't watch incited me to try watching a couple of those shows (Supernatural, BSG), and that is a good thing.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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
Anne W. - Jun 06, 2007 2:17:00 am PDT #9659 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Fred Pete - Jun 06, 2007 3:51:20 am PDT #9660 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Lee, I don't think they'd be out of place on a comedy thread. And I certainly wouldn't nanny anyone who discussed them there. Ditto, really, just about anything NAFDA-compliant on Natter.
The problem in having categories is that some shows aren't going to fit neatly into a single category. I'd be comfortable with discussion in any category that a show fits, and that discussion would organically settle into a particular thread of its own accord.
Vortex - Jun 06, 2007 4:58:15 am PDT #9661 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I agree with Fred.
esse - Jun 06, 2007 6:41:41 am PDT #9662 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
That's not addressed just to SA. I guess I'm just trying to figure out if people's concept of the possible bucket threads is that they will be so precisely defined
No, I don't think they will be precisely defined. I guess I'm still caught up from six weeks ago, when this thing started, and I wanted to add discussion of The Riches to Premium. It wasn't that I thought the discussion would be nannied for being in there--it's just that I wanted the option on the table so it wouldn't *be* nannied.
Not unlike Natter, or like people want Natter to be. Have the option of discussing tv in Natter without being told the discussion is elsewhere, or explicitly is elsewhere (and not here).
I don't think bright lines challenges that--you can have a purpose for a thread, and stick to that purpose, while still allowing room for organic change and discussion, especially in something like Natter/tv threads. But I know others have different opinions on thread bright lines, so.
and that discussion would organically settle into a particular thread of its own accord.
I agree.
Burrell - Jun 06, 2007 8:38:12 am PDT #9663 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm definitely in the minority on this one, but I catch up on TDS a couple days behind everyone else
I suspect it's a bigger group than you think. I tend to watch TDS and TCR anywhere from a day to a week behind, and often two or three episodes at once. But I like to read the whitefont in Natter so I know what I have to look forward to.
brenda m - Jun 06, 2007 8:44:23 am PDT #9664 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
I am Burrell on this.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 8:44:45 am PDT #9665 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Me too.
-t - Jun 06, 2007 9:37:59 am PDT #9666 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is my habit, also.
Scrappy - Jun 06, 2007 11:59:45 am PDT #9667 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Moi aussi.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 12:57:44 pm PDT #9668 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Not unlike Natter, or like people want Natter to be. Have the option of discussing tv in Natter without being told the discussion is elsewhere, or explicitly is elsewhere (and not here).
Except the change that you are supporting precisely allowed nannying to happen in Natter.
Frankly, I think asking what the goal of all of this is valid and interesting because it seems like, from all sides mine included, the goal is to make the threads operate in the way most satisfying to each individual.