I also know some Buffistas opened their own bookclub in lj, right around the time this thread was created
They did?
We didn't even make it to 1000 posts.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 10:38:02 am PDT #895 of 3301
brillig
Topic!Cindy - Aug 02, 2005 10:41:36 am PDT #896 of 3301
What is even happening?
They did?
Yeah. I just looked it up, and got the "this journal has been deleted and purged" message. But yeah.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 02, 2005 10:44:31 am PDT #897 of 3301
What is even happening?
cereal...
I won't propose we close it, if a decent number of people in here want to keep it open. I do think it's something we should consider though, because opening new threads is a touchy subject for Buffistas who take either the pro-proliferation stance or the anti. It just feels to me like it might be slightly less tense, if, when a thread failed, we admitted it and closed it.
Wolfram - Aug 02, 2005 10:45:31 am PDT #898 of 3301
Visilurking
I'm not sure what conclusion to draw from the existence of that mysterious other bookclub. That there was opposition to this one? That buffista bookclubs are doomed in general? That all those other bookclubbers have goatees?
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 10:55:54 am PDT #899 of 3301
brillig
It just feels to me like it might be slightly less tense, if, when a thread failed, we admitted it and closed it.
I bet all the people who were so mortally disturbed by the idea of this thread have forgotten about it.
Trudy Booth - Aug 02, 2005 11:03:06 am PDT #900 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 11:05:26 am PDT #901 of 3301
brillig
You go trolling for those things, don't you.
Trudy Booth - Aug 02, 2005 11:06:47 am PDT #902 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Some days are just lucky.
msbelle - Aug 02, 2005 11:16:38 am PDT #903 of 3301
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I don't think anyone is agitating for its closure either. And although I don't imagine some group of Buffistas seeing the thread as a thorn in their side, I also know some Buffistas opened their own bookclub in lj, right around the time this thread was created. I don't know that it fared any better than this one. It might even be gone now, but it still seemed a little point-y. Not thorny. Just pointy. Something, with a point.
Interesting that it seemed that way to you. That was me who started one. If you're gonna bring it up, go ahead and bring it all up. And if you don't remember that it was me, was it really that Point-y?
They did?
Why is it surprising? If it really is, let me explain that while yes I am a member of this community and I invited other members of this community to be a part of a bookclub experiment on LJ, it was NOT a Buffista bookclub.
I happen to do many things with other people who post on this website, that doesn't make them Buffista things.
I'm not sure what conclusion to draw from the existence of that mysterious other bookclub.
Well then let me clear some of it up. No way do I want to be part of a mystery.
I had no interest in doing a non-threaded discussion. THAT is why I opened one on LJ, I thought the environment there was better suited.
And ftr, I remember very distinctly why I didn't want this thread and didn't want to be a part of it.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 11:19:19 am PDT #904 of 3301
brillig
Why is it surprising? If it really is, let me explain that while yes I am a member of this community and I invited other members of this community to be a part of a bookclub experiment on LJ, it was NOT a Buffista bookclub.
Less surprise, more "Oh, I didn't know that." Sorry, no ulterior motives here.