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.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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
DXMachina - Dec 13, 2002 11:22:57 am PST #1128 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2002 11:54:27 am PST #1129 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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!
Michele T. - Dec 13, 2002 12:01:23 pm PST #1130 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
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.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2002 12:03:32 pm PST #1131 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Jen - Dec 13, 2002 12:05:06 pm PST #1132 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
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.
Michele T. - Dec 13, 2002 12:05:40 pm PST #1133 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
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!
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2002 12:08:31 pm PST #1134 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hee.
Poster #400?
Jayembee.¹
Which is funny for the old folks here.
I cross my fingers that the infrastructure will support an influx, and trust that the community will too.
¹ Note, his ID is 401, but user #1 is admin.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2002 12:09:33 pm PST #1135 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good call, Michele.
brenda m - Dec 13, 2002 12:25:51 pm PST #1136 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
Buffistas, you must chill!
I think we're ok, we're going to be ok.
I don't like the idea of a VIP archive, for the reasons stated above, but also because I think folks who come here looking for Joss and Tim will get a better intro to this group by wading through with the rest of us. We want new people to know who we are; those who are kindred spirits will stay, those who are not will be less likely to hang around. If we start to get a bunch of trolly posts I have faith in our stompy feet. Sufficient unto the day, etc.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2002 12:26:51 pm PST #1137 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes to no VIP archive. I don't like them, really.