'cept that trip to Aruba we were gonna take - right Jesse?

And Jesse and I really made some attmpts at opening a joint checking account just in case things happened, but it got VERY complicated!

I was absolutely teasing, Jesse.

(I knew you were kidding, I just remain paranoid.)

Lyra Jane --

Lemme try to sum up...

No, there is too much.

The Bronze -- the real one -- was a place where you could fight and disagree and debate and stuff. I got there early in the third season, Kristen later that year, Allyson during the Dark Ages... er... the fourth season.

During that season, the Bronze, she wasn't so stable. And she'd sometimes crash. So Kristen, in her generosity, hosted a "refugee" board on her JossWhedon.net site. That is probably where she started to stand out from the crowd. She also eventually started TimMinear.net, which became official, I forget how. And Allyson, who always stood out from the crowd in her own special way (no, I'm not being a smartass), eventually took over running DavidFury.net and the official club.

Along with the sites, Allyson and Kristen also worked on other community-building and enhancing projects. They're the go-to people when it comes to getting things done. They have a history of busting their butts on things like ads, fan campaigns and so on and so forth, sometimes at the sake of their own sanity.

And, lest we skip over the most crucial aspect of the Legend of Allyson and Kristen, they're important because they know me. It's part of the Monique Vibe. Importance by association. ... Don't feel like you have to doublecheck this last fact, though.

Has Natter slowed at all due to having a music thread?

Nah. I don't think so. Nor do I think it's gotten worse. But I have no hard data to defend this idea.

I would like to bring the discussion back around not to an Alias thread or a general TV thread or anything else. What I would like to know is do we see ourselves as trying to become a board where everything (or anything with a verbal support group) is open to it's own topic or not? If we are, I think we are a much bigger board than perhaps the original intent.

If that is the case, then we might need to rethink much of what we do and how we do it... for example, instead of individual threads, have folders etc for dealing with stuff and to organize how we make and maintain threads. Because if we think, "Hey, any two people who want a thread gets one" then we need to do a better job at organizing all that info.

for example, instead of individual threads, have folders etc for dealing with stuff and to organize how we make and maintain threads. Because if we think, "Hey, any two people who want a thread gets one" then we need to do a better job at organizing all that info.

No, no, no. Please no.

At WX we did have NAFDA, Bitches, and I think Smallville as separate areas, and that wasn't too too bad, but anything beyond that would be a real mistake, IMO.

The threads in Table Talk (which is what The Pheonix Board is like) worked differently than on World Crossing.

At Table Talk you could still subscribe to individual threads without having to subscribe to the whole folder and it was much easier to navigate around.

It was...I can't describe the way it looked, but it worked totally different than Worldcrossing.

What I would like to know is do we see ourselves as trying to become a board where everything (or anything with a verbal support group) is open to it's own topic or not?

I'm going to go with no. We can't be all things to all people. We can't afford to, we don't have the infrastructure to, and I don't think we have the...detachment to.

General societal threads might not work here, but if it can be linked to Buffy/ME or a deep interest (like Farscape or any other deeply beloved show) I think a thread would work.