I'd like to suggest that this is a little bit of an over-reaction.Wrod. I almost posted something like this twice, but thought better of it.
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Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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
Darrien - Jan 03, 2003 5:51:48 pm PST #2602 of 10001
Bored now. Can I play with the puppy?
Lee - Jan 03, 2003 5:57:25 pm PST #2603 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am now thinking my deleting and editing came across as crankiness and sorry if it did- that wasn't my intention. I just agree that if Laura watched for an hour and didn't see anything, we shouldn't bother.
billytea - Jan 03, 2003 6:27:53 pm PST #2604 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.
I put on the TV Guide channel when I got home. Only for a quarter hour or so, unfortunately; but it didn't come up in that time.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2003 6:32:23 pm PST #2605 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And I do think, and this also comes from over a decade online, that threadspread thins community. Right now, there are plenty of people who crossover into all the threads (I'm in everything but Farscape and the Canada thread, for example) and provide connections. The more threads, the more detached we get.
(1) I *totally* agree with this.
(2) How many of the registered users are *active* users?
brenda m - Jan 03, 2003 6:37:28 pm PST #2606 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So... how long did it take us to double our numbers from when we left WX?
I'd be interested to know how many new people have actually posted here. Do we have a way to tell that, ita? Not for anything but curiosity - I lurked for ages back on TT before joining in so it doesn't really mean much. But six months from now we might have a clearer picture of whether we really have a ton new regular members or if a lot of the post-joss sign-ups have drifted away.
FWIW, I could not disagree more that most other posting boards are "communities" in the way that this place is. IME, limited as it may be, this place is unique and special. I don't think a few extra threads here and there will threaten this, but I'm glad we discuss these things to death before adding new ones because I do think it's a danger if it gets too much. Plei's comment about connections is right on.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2003 6:43:35 pm PST #2607 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
But six months from now we might have a clearer picture of whether we really have a ton new regular members or if a lot of the post-joss sign-ups have drifted away.
And if, sorry to say, Firefly isn't picked up by another network. Because it seems like most of the new members are here b/c of Firefly.
Beverly - Jan 03, 2003 7:27:44 pm PST #2608 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Not specifically Firefly. We could have gone on posting peacefully about Firefly forever if Joss' post hadn't been linked to by every board, magazine, and now possibly tv channel in the western world. IJS
DXMachina - Jan 03, 2003 7:30:43 pm PST #2609 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Not specifically Firefly. We could have gone on posting peacefully about Firefly forever if Joss' post hadn't been linked to by every board, magazine, and now possibly tv channel in the western world. IJS
Well, it's his official web site, after all. (Doesn't anybody fact check anymore?)
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2003 7:33:58 pm PST #2610 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Not specifically Firefly. We could have gone on posting peacefully about Firefly forever
If it doesn't get picked up by a network, there won't be much left to talk about, except the same handful of episodes, over and over and over.
DXMachina - Jan 03, 2003 7:35:42 pm PST #2611 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If it doesn't get picked up by a network, there won't be much left to talk about, except the same handful of episodes, over and over and over.
That's never stopped us before.