I don't think we need to have a set maximum number of threads. I also don't think that we really know enough at this point to be able to say what an ideal number would be. I think that if we've got a good process for figuring out when to start a thread, that ought to be enough to keep things under control.
We use the latest in scientific technology and state-of-the-art weaponry and you, if I understand correctly, poke them with a sharp stick.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2003 9:53:01 pm PST #3772 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kat - Jan 27, 2003 9:59:25 pm PST #3773 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
WRT the speed idea:
Does this boil down to we built a better mousetrap therefore there are now more mice?
P.M. Marc - Jan 27, 2003 10:02:37 pm PST #3774 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
Does this boil down to we built a better mousetrap therefore there are now more mice?
Kinda.
victor infante - Jan 27, 2003 10:03:16 pm PST #3775 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Does this boil down to we built a better mousetrap therefore there are now more mice?
Are you insinuating we're cheesy?
Holli - Jan 27, 2003 10:05:54 pm PST #3776 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I hope none of y'all are telling tails.
sorry, sorry...
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 27, 2003 10:09:39 pm PST #3777 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
NO PUNS. THIS THREAD IS SACRED.
Holli - Jan 27, 2003 10:11:08 pm PST #3778 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
ack! t scurries away
Typo Boy - Jan 27, 2003 10:21:05 pm PST #3779 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.
So we operate on the premise that "we don't know what our maximum number of threads it, but ita will know it when she sees it?"
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2003 10:30:39 pm PST #3780 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So we operate on the premise that "we don't know what our maximum number of threads it, but ita will know it when she sees it?"
I suppose the essential question to start with is, "Are we currently at our maximum number of threads?" I don't think so, but I think we're getting somewhat close. In my mind, we could handle maybe five more. Other people might feel differently. I don't see any possible way of figuring out what the optimal number would be, so I can't see what good it would do to pick an arbitrary number. The only way to judge is by how people react. We've gone from "More threads! We'll be taking over TT soon!" to "Um, do we really need another thread? Maybe we should figure out what to do," with a few cries of "Too many threads!" I'd say that this is a sign we're getting close to our limit, and I think that it'll be fairly obvious we've reached our limit when most of the "Hey! Let's start an anime thread!" (or whatever) suggestions are met with mostly "No! Too many threads!"
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2003 10:58:10 pm PST #3781 of 10001
brillig
It just occurred to me: I have a link to this board on my website. Are we wanting to limit the numbers of links out there to certain known quantities? Or what? Granted, someone who's on my site is there because of my fic, so by logical extension they might be interested in this site. But is it preferred to limit the number of access points?