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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.

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Lyra Jane - Feb 18, 2003 12:21:14 pm PST #4707 of 10001
Up with the sun

I feel like we're overthinking this. The best rule we could make would be just asking that people be considerate of each other (which Buffistas always do anyhow). I think most of us are pretty good about whitefonting truly spoilery stuff, and I haven't ever seen a problem with spoilage when films came up in Natter or Bitches.


§ ita § - Feb 18, 2003 12:24:35 pm PST #4708 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But there's TV spoilage all the time, even just by elliptical comments.

No, I'm probably not going to read the thread unless there's whitefonting, even though I usually see movies I want to pretty early on, and I already discuss movies on WX where things are broken up month-by-month¹, and it all works just fine, since it's easy to avoid the Feb thread until you've seen all the Feb movies out you want to.

¹: NOT a suggestion


Kat - Feb 18, 2003 12:26:37 pm PST #4709 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I feel like we're just overthinking this to death, and the best rule we could make would be just asking that people be considerate of each other (which Buffistas always do anyhow).

I totally disagree. We just had a 200+ post discussion of whitefonting of posts in threads for which this board was primarily designed. Prior to this discussion, we had people feel pissed that the spoiler policy wasn't discussed enough in advance of it being instituted. Obviously the whole be considerate thing didn't work out in the way we wanted because people were pissed.

I'd say be very clear now about what you want.


Lyra Jane - Feb 18, 2003 12:27:08 pm PST #4710 of 10001
Up with the sun

I'm probably not going to read the thread unless there's whitefonting,

How long do you think whitefonting would be appropriate for, ita? Forever? Until a film gets to video? Something less? And for major plot points only, or for any comments at all?


Kat - Feb 18, 2003 12:27:47 pm PST #4711 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Also, we get hundreds (for example, since the last Angel, we've probably had over 700 posts and closer to 1000) but it's still not ENOUGH analysis? Wow. I'm obviously not analytical enough.


Jessica - Feb 18, 2003 12:28:39 pm PST #4712 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

How about, whitefont until two weeks after wide release for all comments, and until two weeks after video release for major spoilers?


Kat - Feb 18, 2003 12:30:47 pm PST #4713 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

nevermind.... deletia for my own stupidity.


Lyra Jane - Feb 18, 2003 12:31:19 pm PST #4714 of 10001
Up with the sun

whitefont until two weeks after wide release for all comments, and until two weeks after video release for major spoilers?

I like the second part. The first part I'm not wild about, because I think there are plenty of films that most people see when they come out that no one remembers two weeks later (I'm thinking about action/sci fi/event movies, like Attack of the Clones or Spiderman). But as a compromise, this is fine by me.


Jessica - Feb 18, 2003 12:33:34 pm PST #4715 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

there are plenty of films that most people see when they come out that no one remembers two weeks later (I'm thinking about action/Sci fi/event movies, like Attack of the Clones or Spiderman).

Except that those were two of this year's longest-running and top-grossing movies, and Spider-Man made it onto more than a few top ten lists.

Do you want no white font at all then?


candyb - Feb 18, 2003 12:34:56 pm PST #4716 of 10001

I'm so confused.