I think we'll be okay, this was the sort of thing we were talking about over in WX before we moved here. So far no one has acted like trolls and everyone has been supportive. Kiba has set up a board so maybe people who just want to talk about Firefly will migrate over there. And we may get some really neat new people from this.
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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
askye - Dec 13, 2002 1:39:19 pm PST #1142 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
billytea - Dec 13, 2002 2:00:02 pm PST #1143 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I think we'll be okay, this was the sort of thing we were talking about over in WX before we moved here. So far no one has acted like trolls and everyone has been supportive. Kiba has set up a board so maybe people who just want to talk about Firefly will migrate over there. And we may get some really neat new people from this.
I'm with Allison. There is, certainly, the potential for difficulties, but after all, the Phoenix board has rules and borders and an end zone. As long as any influx is managed on that basis, it should be possible to ensure it winds up more likely to enhance than damage the culture of this place.
Plus, looking at it from the other side, I arrived at TT as one of a group of refugees from the demise of the Time Online boards. It can be a nervous experience, coming to a new and established web community - sometimes even more so when you're arriving as part of a community of your own.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 13, 2002 3:00:20 pm PST #1144 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Question for old-timers
Does jayembee post on the WX Farscape board?
Dana - Dec 13, 2002 3:05:49 pm PST #1145 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yes.
Allyson - Dec 13, 2002 3:14:37 pm PST #1146 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Yeah, I see Beta people. Stompy fFoot may have to nick SO lists and club ads in the fucking bud.
Signed,
Fucking Paranoid, with Good Reason
Laura - Dec 13, 2002 3:29:49 pm PST #1147 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Maybe a welcome email to new users with a copy of the Site etiquette rules?
DXMachina - Dec 13, 2002 3:34:56 pm PST #1148 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That's in the registration confirmation e-mail.
Hil R. - Dec 13, 2002 3:44:43 pm PST #1149 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maybe for club advertisements, a stompy foot should just delete them and post something like, "the last paragraph of post #9845 (or whatever) has been deleted, because we try to keep these forums free of advertisements not directly related to the topic at hand." Or something. Or maybe not. I dunno.
Laura - Dec 13, 2002 3:51:37 pm PST #1150 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Deleting the portion and a private note might work.
Hil R. - Dec 13, 2002 3:54:16 pm PST #1151 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maybe just a general sort of "no ads" message in the thread if there are many more of them?