Gar, I don't know if you're referring to the Help! thread, but my leaning there is that it isn't natter, it isn't discussion, and as such is very ill served and often overwhelmed.
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2002 2:27:35 pm PDT #227 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:28:48 pm PDT #228 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
Jesse - Sep 25, 2002 2:30:00 pm PDT #229 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You know who would really benefit from the Help, I Need A Tape thread? Lurkers. And new people. And everyone.
I'm fer it.
Typo Boy - Sep 25, 2002 2:32:54 pm PDT #230 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.
Umm not not referring to the help thread - referring to your comment of being "anti-thread proliferation". I was making an argument for leaning towards a pro-thread proliferation policity , especially if we can spin off parts of Natter. Basically Natter has grown too big to keep up with and iwll get bigger. If we want it to be useful, we may need to split into general Natter and some topic oriented Natter threads - such as makeup/body care/hair care, clothing+costumes+accessories, politics/social issues, film, general TV (any TV not covered by specific threads). We can probably come up with others. Maybe a job-talk thread. The point is to split Natter into enough threads so that a person with a life could keep up with one or two and skip or skim the rest.
Typo Boy - Sep 25, 2002 2:34:16 pm PDT #231 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.
But I am in favor of Tape Fairy thread, over and above my general argument , just because the need is frequent enough that such a thread would be useful.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2002 2:35:05 pm PDT #232 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Original Thread On Semi-Spoilers and What They Are. Anyone have a good summary?
Unfortunately, a summary of that thread would be "We kind of started thinking maybe there should be a clear policy but got sidetracked by nattering about Plei's boobs and then we moved here."
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:35:33 pm PDT #233 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 very much against category specific natter. Yes, it's fast, but it's natter. The point is that it's not categorized.
DXMachina - Sep 25, 2002 2:35:42 pm PDT #234 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Great -- tell me when you have a task force and a statement of direction. I'll help you with the project plan, if you'd like.
First off, we'll need a quality policy and a set of quality objectives, and...
Have I mentioned that my current work project is upgrading our company from ISO 9001-1994 to ISO 9001-2000? So much fun and excitement! </sarcasm>
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:36:18 pm PDT #235 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
Unfortunately, a summary of that thread would be "We kind of started thinking maybe there should be a clear policy but got sidetracked by nattering about Plei's boobs and then we moved here."
I think that we had a general idea before that, though.
§ ita § - Sep 25, 2002 2:36:52 pm PDT #236 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The point is to split Natter into enough threads so that a person with a life could keep up with one or two and skip or skim the rest.
And make those of us with no life have our heads explode.
Seriously -- I'm going to own up to having been an opponent of the initial natter thread, and then within short order being the most prolific natterer. But you know what? Natter means more traffic. Because nattering still does happen (and will continue to) in every other thread.
Moving makeup over here, and TV over there will make more volume, as opposed to about the same amount better organized. I think the organic nature of natter demands it.
Also, I don't like to think too hard when I natter.