I was wondering, how much more visible to others would having content make us. I mean, would it be the same as now, or do you think other parts of the Buffy fandom would be more likely to look us up if they're searching for content, and is that a good or bad thing.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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Daisy Jane - Sep 21, 2002 10:42:04 am PDT #140 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2002 10:43:35 am PDT #141 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's true -- who is the content FOR? Us? We have plenty of content, right here, in every post. Last time this got tossed around, we were going to take a middle road of site-promotion. Adding content seems to up that ante.
P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2002 10:49:39 am PDT #142 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm kind of against a push to add content. I'll articulate it when I've figured out how to do so, but for the moment, let me just say spreading things too thin isn't a good notion.
Typo Boy - Sep 21, 2002 10:56:10 am PDT #143 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Even without articulation, I can see the point. I don't think anyone can keep up on all the posts now.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2002 11:04:13 am PDT #144 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now, adding resources whose primary users are us? I'm all for that (cf episode database). But content seems like a deliberate expansion, one whose ramifications and requirements need to be carefully considered.
sumi - Sep 21, 2002 11:04:42 am PDT #145 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Here's something that I didn't know would happen: if I'm on a computer that isn't my own - - like today when I'm at the public library - - it still remembers me at this terminal. . . should that be happening?
The problem occurs when the computer kicks me off - - if I don't log-out of the Phoenix Board before hand, it's remembering me.
So does this mean I have to set my preferences for logging me out each time?
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2002 11:08:17 am PDT #146 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sumi -- yes. Remember me does just that. If you don't want to take that setting off, then you need to manually log off every time you use a shared computer, just like WX or TT or PF.
sumi - Sep 21, 2002 11:18:01 am PDT #147 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Okay. . . I'll have to be careful then.
Burrell - Sep 21, 2002 11:29:12 am PDT #148 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
One thing someone (Evil Jimi?) said in a joking tone, was that the developers might sell the code.
Some coder types (ie, my husband) are big on open source.
Sumi, my preferences are set to Remember Me, but if I deliberately log out from my work computer, it logs me out.
P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2002 11:33:00 am PDT #149 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Now, adding resources whose primary users are us? I'm all for that (cf episode database). But content seems like a deliberate expansion, one whose ramifications and requirements need to be carefully considered.
Yes. That's it exactly, and I think that deliberate expansion rather than organic growth is a dangerous path.