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
How does natter not allow discussions? askye, please come in natter and ask away. Is it that the people who would know the answers aren't there at that moment and therefore miss the post or is it because only a few people join into the discussion?
Here's the thing, it is just two different mindsets. No one is gonna to be caused pain or physically or emotionally hurt if they have to go to more threads, they may not like it and they may choose not to do it. Same thing for people using search to navigate through one natter thread and continue discussions they missed (I, for one, enjoy when someone cuts and pastes a subject from several days ago in natter with a question or comment on it).
I personally don't like thread spread. Will I adapt to it? Sure I will, or I'll just ignore it. Some posters I really enjoy avoid natter because they find it bothersome. I avoid the show threads most of the time because I don't like slogging through natter to find most recent show discussion. It's a loss, but in order to work, fuction in my life and sleep, I have to make choices about what I am going to read - all threads all the time? nsm.
I agree with Hec. I vote for a music thread. I'm wondering if TTT couldn't morph into a general movie thread.
I vote "Yes" (but I feel sort of bad about it, because I see the argument against thread proliferation changing Natter)
Is it that the people who would know the answers aren't there at that moment and therefore miss the post or is it because only a few people join into the discussion?
It's because there are several hundred posts in there every day, so it's easy for specific topics to get lost.
I'm wondering if TTT couldn't morph into a general movie thread.
And Farscape morph into a general non-ME-TV thread.
Is it that the people who would know the answers aren't there at that moment and therefore miss the post or is it because only a few people join into the discussion?
To me, the speed of natter has encouraged skipping at skimming. Which is good and allows lots of people to natter. However, when you are skipping and skimming, you basically are only conversing with the buffistas who are there within that particular time frame. When everyone skips and skims, you cannot know who all will see it. If you want to talk about music, you have to sort of save it up until you see Hec or fater or whomever to be around and then ask. If you burst in and ask, you have a good chance of not being seen by someone who knows.
I think I've been convinced to vote yes on the music thread. But Apu stays.
I think due South and Smallville should stay their own threads because it's very fic-oriented, with lots of slash recs going on, and I know that's not everyone's cup of tea.
Although IMHO Smallville is such crap lately that I'm not sure anyone's using the thread to talk about the show.
