All understandable. But with the stars come the starfuckers. IJS.

well, no one new to me seems to be saying anything anywhere other than in Firefly. And no one is being obnoxious. And some of the unfamiliar names might be long-time lurkers.

And even 400 registrees isn't a big deal. Let's not panic until there's anything resembling evidence we need to panic.

I will say, it's a bonus that people can come here, read Joss's posts, and not have to register. And, I think, that the posts can be found easily. I'm wondering, if we do get Joss-dotted, would it help to put his and Tim's posts on a static page, and redirect queries for the specific URLs of their posts to that page? Or would the bandwidth be the same in either case?

It's a bonus that people can come here, read Joss's posts, and not have to register.

Very true. I'd forgotten about that.

Yeah, I was thinking about a VIP archive, too. The problems I have with it are a) I dislike the lack of context in those kinds of pages, because you only see one side of the conversation, and b) it puts Tim and Joss (and any other VIPs) at a higher status than the rest of us. I'd rather keep the posts where they are, and Nilly them, because that way at least, people can see what the rest of us are like, too, and then they'll either like the place and hang around, or get terribly bored, and wander off, figuring it's not worth the trouble.

OK, no offense to the poster, but this is the kind of message that really really worries me ( Nadja "Firefly: Josssssss Innnnn Spaaaaaaaaaaace!" Dec 13, 2002 1:51:05 pm EST ):

Hi all! I've come over from the Fox (read: EVIL) "official" FF forum to say hello and comfort you with some of those yummy liquor-filled chocolates we had going around.

Glad to know there are other homes for us when Fox kicks us out!

And our poster numbers went up when the Bronze closed down post S5 as well. Some of those people became regulars, some didn't. Nadja's post was perfectly fine. I'm not saying we shouldn't watch out for problems, but I do feel like people are taking this "we've been FOUND!" thing a little overdramatically.

Yeah, I'm just saying. I'm perfectly happy with each and every post that's been posted today. And I'm really glad to see Kiba's set up boards. That makes me much less nervous. I just don't want all the people on the official boards coming over here en masse.

I'm actually happy to see people take refuge here from the other boards if they're interested in more than posting where Joss or Tim might see them.

I think we should encourage mass registration and posting to Kiba's board, if only so she can say "X number of people registered blah blah blah" in any press release!