Why are we announcing thread creation in Press?
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
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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
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2002 9:09:28 pm PST #1224 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2002 9:14:22 pm PST #1225 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just figured it would be less likely to get lost there. Didn't think it was inappropriate, but I'll bow to the will of the hive.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2002 9:15:05 pm PST #1226 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's just that we've never done it before. I don't think it's needed, myself.
Jen - Dec 18, 2002 9:16:07 pm PST #1227 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
I thought the previous thread was usually closed with a link to the new one...?
billytea - Dec 18, 2002 9:17:28 pm PST #1228 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.
It's just that we've never done it before. I don't think it's needed, myself.
I kind of like it. If a person uses 'Read New' to make their way around this place, they could theoretically never know a new thread's been created. (Less of an issue with continuations, presumably, but we do occasionally get new topics.) Having the announcements in a single thread might be not such a bad idea.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2002 9:20:23 pm PST #1229 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My reflex is that if one navigates by read new exclusively, then one doesn't care (edit: much). Continuations are linked at the ends of threads, new threads are discussed and named and announced here.
Jen - Dec 18, 2002 9:23:22 pm PST #1230 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
I navigate by read new exclusively, and I care quite a bit!
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2002 9:25:19 pm PST #1231 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's just that we've never done it before.
Errr.... I did it last week for the Secret Santa thread: Jon B "Sunnydale Press" Dec 9, 2002 3:11:03 pm EST
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2002 9:27:36 pm PST #1232 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I navigate by read new exclusively, and I care quite a bit!
But you read here, so you know when a new thread is created. I assumed that people who cared when new threads come about would read where they're created, or scan the list periodically.
Otherwise it's an inefficient sort of caring, bound for disappointment.
Jon, why don't we pretend we're having this discussion last week, then. I must have skimmed past (and, sue me, I do, sometimes, but I didn't know I'd be missing board-specific announcements by doing so. I thought those were here).
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2002 9:30:48 pm PST #1233 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon, why don't we pretend we're having this discussion last week, then.
Sorry, that came out snottier than I intended. Like I said, I bow to consensus, but since thread creation is a rare occurence, I think announcements about them might be missed here. In Press, not so much.