Yay, my DSL is back! And I like the new slug.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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
Jessica - Oct 09, 2002 8:21:29 pm PDT #451 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
DavidS - Oct 10, 2002 2:38:13 pm PDT #452 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love Jesse's Natter Strategies.
I've been thinking about something but wonder if it is too much hand-holding. Basically for newbies, but along the line of:
I posted in Natter and nobody replied. I feel blinvisble.
Natter (or any board for that matter) can fly by at times. A single post may not catch anybody's eye, particularly if they are Skipping and Skimming (see above). Don't take it personally. Think of it more as merging into traffic on the freeway. You have to get up to speed to join the conversation, often posting several times on the topic at hand. If you're responding to a particular person's post, try addressing them by name as we're all preening little narcissists.
Nutty - Oct 10, 2002 2:45:14 pm PDT #453 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That's good Hec. I like it, although it typo in "blinvisible".
I mean, OK, it's kind of hearts and flowers-y, except for the truthful narcissism part, but it's a "Read the FAQ!" answer for all the people who might be sad and cry and moan that we have been ignoring her precious posting wisdom.
Liese S. - Oct 10, 2002 5:02:43 pm PDT #454 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Only thing is the 'posting several times' thing. Needs to be phrased so that it is not accidentally read as 'posting the same damn thing over and over until we are annoyed into a negative response'.
DavidS - Oct 10, 2002 10:46:18 pm PDT #455 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Only thing is the 'posting several times' thing. Needs to be phrased so that it is not accidentally read as 'posting the same damn thing over and over until we are annoyed into a negative response'.
Good point. t Hey Liese!
Let's change: "You have to get up to speed to join the conversation, often posting several times on the topic at hand."
To: "You have to get up to speed to join the conversation, and you might have to post several different comments before you're in the flow of it."
Another thought: Maybe number slutting (or just hitting) means you do a quick precis on the last one hundred posts. That way somebody could jump in at the round number and catch a brief update. I think this could be fun with folks either number slutting or trying to dodge it according to their laziness. This could be an informal aspect of Natter culture.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2002 10:56:26 pm PDT #456 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know I'm little miss balky, but I'm not going to sum up because I hit a "round number" (which ones?), and I don't want to be summed up. That's the root of my dissent. I'm not comfortable with the process.
If I'm the only one, it should be simple to work around me. If I'm not, then it has to be considered a less desirable option.
What is wrong with everyone just John H'ing, or whatever? Or not nattering, or ... or ...
This is a lot of work you're proposing.
DavidS - Oct 10, 2002 11:04:47 pm PDT #457 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not comfortable with the process.
Well tough titties, missy. Who said you liked to be comfortable anyway? I'm presuming from your workout regime you like a little pain for breakfast.
and I don't want to be summed up.
Just for that I'm going to add up a column of ita before I go to bed.
No, I don't mean a detailed summary. I mean a general overview. Looks like...
"Hey, looks like I got 8900. Okay, in the last 100 we've chatted about bondage tape (again), the sex lives of Yorkies, hating the Yankees, LA brunch plans, a round of sympathy for Ple's bunion and Trading Spaces. If you're interested in the Yorkie porn, go back, elsewise, read on MacDuff."
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2002 11:08:05 pm PDT #458 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I stand by my poopiness.
P.M. Marc - Oct 10, 2002 11:10:43 pm PDT #459 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
I have no bunions, and I stand in the porta-potty with ita on the number companion summary issue.
DavidS - Oct 10, 2002 11:12:37 pm PDT #460 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have no bunions, and I stand in the porta-potty with ita on the number companion summary issue.
I defy you both! t strikes pose of defiance
I insist on large batches of grumpy East Coasters backing you up before I give up on this entertaining idea.