Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.

Willow ,'Showtime'


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


DavidS - Jan 03, 2003 9:13:12 pm PST #2622 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Except that hasn't really done anything to Natter. Natter hasn't grown much in terms of people, it's just much faster than WX was. Same Natterinos, more posts per person.

In any event, the volume itself is causing issues. The Astrodome may not be filled with more people, but it's filled with more posts.


Rebecca Lizard - Jan 03, 2003 9:17:46 pm PST #2623 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

I'd love to be a jump-into-Natter girl, but I've only done it when everything was so slow I was tearing my hair out. I'm the kinda girl that's got to read every goddamn post in the thread (and I'm subbed to most threads, I'm just not always able to write in them. Haven't posted in Firefly much recently, despite reading every penny; read SS but usually can't make myself write anything interesting in it), or I feel icky. meara knows, I read every post in the Dykes forum before I would post.


Mike_P - Jan 03, 2003 9:43:19 pm PST #2624 of 10001
My food is problematic...

Now more lovely info, justkim saw it too and provided a little semi-transcript:

First, they referred to Joss as “the Nutty Producer.” (Offensive because Fox is airing The Nutty Professor right now instead of Firefly.)

It said “He’s no stranger to resurrecting the dead. He convinced UPN to resurrect BtVS after The WB axed it from their schedule.” (Not quite right.)

“Joss posted on his website” that Fox has indicated it won’t stand in his way of shopping the show around. Blah blah quotecakes. Will keep bird in air.

"For more news go to www.buffistas.org "

Web address displayed, very easy to see and read. Up for 5-10 seconds.


DavidS - Jan 03, 2003 9:55:11 pm PST #2625 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

"For more news go to www.buffistas.org "

I think the hair on my arms would be standing on end if I had channel flipped and caught that.


msbelle - Jan 03, 2003 9:56:44 pm PST #2626 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I've just turned to my TVGuide station to see if I can catch it. NOT GOOD! I would think that ME wouldn't want this kind of mis-information out there, any way to get them on TV Guide's ass?


DavidS - Jan 03, 2003 10:00:29 pm PST #2627 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I would think that ME wouldn't want this kind of mis-information out there, any way to get them on TV Guide's ass?

ita's got Tim's email address. I'm sure Kristen, Allyson and Kiba could forward the transcript too. Scrappy could get it to Jane.


Allyson - Jan 03, 2003 10:20:15 pm PST #2628 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I don't think it would bother anyone. The Beta has been misrepresented, before, and really, ME SHOULD have an official site. It's odd that a production company that relies so heavily on net culture for the dissemination of info does not have a website. Most of the writers post, or read the web, and a site would allow them to control info, better.


Jessica - Jan 03, 2003 10:22:26 pm PST #2629 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is there a disclaimer anywhere here that says "Buffistas.org is a fan-owned-and-operated site, and is not affiliated in any way with Mutant Enemy, Fox, UPN, or The WB"?

'Cause I'm thinking now might be a good time to add one.


msbelle - Jan 03, 2003 10:26:03 pm PST #2630 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

WROD with more Wrod than I have ever expressed before.

please make it so.


Jessica - Jan 03, 2003 10:28:07 pm PST #2631 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Although, honestly, I'm inclined to agree with PMM that this is a less big deal than we're making it. Has anyone here ever gone to a website you saw on television? (Other than you're local news station for weather, that is.) I think we'll get less traffic from this than from from LJ, honestly.