It was Fred Pete who coined the term a day or two before Hec wrote the formal definition:
"Mearaing (also known as catching up on several topics) -- "
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'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
DXMachina - Oct 06, 2002 5:17:45 am PDT #361 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Noumenon - Oct 06, 2002 8:12:03 am PDT #362 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
In the last couple days I've seen both ted r and Dai Watkins in Natter 2, which is good support for the "engage them with analysis and capture them in natter" theory. But I also saw Spidra concede to the thread speed and had Tick complain to me about hours of catching up even in the show threads. I told him about Nilly.
Burrell - Oct 06, 2002 10:55:33 am PDT #363 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Maybe we need a whole section in the FAQ to deal with the various Natter strategies. In addition to mearaing, we could have an explanation of the John H Natter diet (what is it? Read Beep Me and COMM and the last 50 posts of Natter, I think.)
Noumenon - Oct 06, 2002 11:07:55 am PDT #364 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
And "Did you skim? I think you skipped and skimmed."
Sheryl - Oct 06, 2002 11:52:15 am PDT #365 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
This may be a dumb request, but would it be possible to add "How to make a link" to the other html tricks in the how-to section?
Jesse - Oct 06, 2002 12:11:17 pm PDT #366 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe we need a whole section in the FAQ to deal with the various Natter strategies. In addition to mearaing, we could have an explanation of the John H Natter diet (what is it? Read Beep Me and COMM and the last 50 posts of Natter, I think.)
And "Did you skim? I think you skipped and skimmed."
Love this! Also, for keeping up in the show threads, the importance of Nillytown.
I've realized why I think skipping and skimming is so important -- it makes me so sad when people say that they've been trying to catch up all week -- that's a week we could have had them natter with us!
Kat - Oct 06, 2002 1:29:17 pm PDT #367 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Natter has gotten so fast, and so many posts that I'm finding it really hard to deal. What I would like is to contract my reading out of Natter to someone so I could get a Reader's Digest abridged, something like "PMM is sick and there was an extensive discussion on snot."
I need a Natter abstract. Or something like that?
Cause I don't want to have to unsub and miss natter completely. I just find it really hard to catch up on 300+ messages each day. Or am I the only one with this problem?
Laura - Oct 06, 2002 2:40:07 pm PDT #368 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
The Natter abstract would be very cool. I tend to use a variety of the John H diet myself. Read the page where I left off then the last couple pages. If I am substantially confused about the current topic I use the search function to find the beginning of the discussion.
I try not to skip in the Bitches and NAFDA threads unless I am out of town or something. Natter is impossible for me to not skip. Hours in the day issue.
meara - Oct 06, 2002 3:08:01 pm PDT #369 of 10001
Heh. See, the only reason I can keep up in natter (long as I have to make my catchups because of the number of posts I read at a time) is because I tend to NOT keep up in the show threads...
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2002 3:09:06 pm PDT #370 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.
It is a shame there is no way to do an automated Natter abstract. But if ita or Jon had an AI algorithm that good, they would be selling it for large amounts of money. As it is, we need a volunteer with lots of spare time.