I am so with Kat on the taunting. I find it *highly* annoying. Hell, I found it mildly annoying when it was just for 3 hours. Now it spans several days.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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
Burrell - Feb 17, 2003 11:44:01 pm PST #4601 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Susan W. - Feb 17, 2003 11:51:50 pm PST #4602 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'd back a whitefont until the weekend rule.
scrappy - Feb 17, 2003 11:59:55 pm PST #4603 of 10001
Nobody
Except, of course, pointed personal taunting about, like, life and stuff, because that is the Buffista WAY!!!! But show taunting? A waste of electrons.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2003 12:01:04 am PST #4604 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It seems to me these discussions should be possible to conduct in Natter, and if they aren't, it just proves that a thread would be a bad idea.
I agree with Knut. I've had to change how I feel about Natter, but I have. And I think that it's the appropriate place for discussion about the war. And, if folks are civil, politics too. Because...we really did once upon a time have the most civil and thoughtful discussions about the most difficult subjects ever in the history of the entire internet.
Regarding Buffy and Angel boards. Used to be, way back when, you just didn't go into the boards if you hadn't caught up. Also, before the shows were on different networks and they ran back to back, so very few people saw one without the other.
It was better when you could talk about both shows.
There has been some very lovely analysis going on in Spoilers because you can talk about both shows there. Analysis that would have enhanced the regular show boards (without any spoilage). Also [white fonting] the shows are crossing over. It's inevitable.
I'd opt for the reasonable delay. I think that's fair.
scrappy - Feb 18, 2003 12:05:18 am PST #4605 of 10001
Nobody
Yeah--post 9-11, being able to sort through things in Natter, with intense discussions intermixed with regular life natter, really felt right to me, and was personally helpful. Having the responses to that incident in their own thread probably would have kept me (or some folk) away, and I benefitted from sharing everyone's views. I think the same would be true if/when we go to war.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2003 12:09:01 am PST #4606 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah--post 9-11, being able to sort through things in Natter, with intense discussions intermixed with regular life natter, really felt right to me, and was personally helpful. Having the responses to that incident in their own thread probably would have kept me (or some folk) away, and I benefitted from sharing everyone's views. I think the same would be true if/when we go to war.
Yeah! 'Cuz I just like being next to scrappy with the solidarity and she smells nice. Also, she's completely right. Our posts on 9/11 are amazing.
Anne W. - Feb 18, 2003 4:36:07 am PST #4607 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I am very much pro allowing discussion of "Angel" in the "Buffy" thread, and vice-versa. Even if there are no crossovers or the like, there are some thematic elements and plot developments in one series that I'd like tto be able to compare to what's going on in the other series.
I'd back a whitefont until the weekend rule.
I think this makes more sense than the two episode delay. It's easier to keep track of what's aired when, and if anyone has had a brilliant cross-series theory, it's less likely to be forgotten. I have to watch "Angel" on tape delay thanks to basketball, and personally, I'd have no trouble with a WUtW policy.
candyb - Feb 18, 2003 5:26:39 am PST #4608 of 10001
I also vote for whitefont until the weekend.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2003 5:35:34 am PST #4609 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I also vote for whitefont until the weekend.
My vote too.
Sue - Feb 18, 2003 6:18:33 am PST #4610 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I'm with Candy and David.