I just don't see the value of more threads over less. And I think that Natter will inevitably suffer from the sloughing off of subjects.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
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
Burrell - Jan 02, 2003 12:27:16 pm PST #2163 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Jan 02, 2003 12:29:02 pm PST #2164 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I really don't understand the votes against general music and movie threads. There are a number of people who have asked for these dedicated threads because Natter does not permit in depth discussion on those subjects anymore. But if you didn't want to leave Natter - you're free to talk about anything you want there. Nobody has ever said "Take this discussion out of Natter and go put it in Literary or Bitches." Unless there was a NAFDA issue.
There's no fair or logical reason to have Literary and not allow Movies or Music - especially if some people want to have Movies and Music. If we've allowed threads as tightly focused as single show threads on Farscape and Due South and Smallville, it makes no sense to me that we couldn't have general boards on Music or Movies.
Sue - Jan 02, 2003 12:29:51 pm PST #2165 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I am for new movies and music threads.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2003 12:32:45 pm PST #2166 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So far, I have offered no opinion on what should and should not be offered. I have explained how I (meonlyme) post, and how the proliferation of threads negatively affects that. I do not expect to change anyone's mind. Farscape's existence doesn't justify a music thread to me. It's why I don't want one.
Are we voting here, or are we just talking?
I've voted: no.
A better tallier than I is required.
Laura - Jan 02, 2003 12:35:00 pm PST #2167 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm voting: yes.
Anne W. - Jan 02, 2003 12:36:18 pm PST #2168 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I will officially abstain. I can see the pros and cons of having these threads. If they are created, I will likely use them. If they are not created, I won't miss having them.
Nilly - Jan 02, 2003 12:37:10 pm PST #2169 of 10001
Swouncing
I'm tallying, and voting yes.
[Tal, nickname Taly or Tali, is a name in Hebrew, so the word 'tallying' always looked wrong for me, like taller, only not. And it doesn't help that my best friend from highschool, Tal, is around 6 feet tall]
Fay - Jan 02, 2003 12:37:34 pm PST #2170 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Can anyone do one of those poll-taking thingies that was used for cafepress merchandise? Or is that a tricky thing to do?
eta Okay, scratch that if Nilly's on the case.
Burrell - Jan 02, 2003 12:37:34 pm PST #2171 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I vote No.
Lyra Jane - Jan 02, 2003 12:38:28 pm PST #2172 of 10001
Up with the sun
What's the web site we normally use for free polls? think that will be handier than doing it in here.