Prince will get you all.

When you least expect it.

He's a lot like the rhythm that way.

Eventhough all the talk about rules and meta issues gets tedious it's better that we do it than not.

Though I don't natter, it really is the heart of the Buffistas now. And it's important to acknowledge that fact and change the definition paragraph in the "About this Site".

For various reasons, interest in and extreme love for the shows that originally brought us all together are dying.

The shows will eventually go away, more sooner than later, and then what? Most people who don't natter will wander off anyway. Personally, it will suck for me but I don't want to try and change the community and promote thread proliferation just because I can't natter, yet still want to be a Buffista.

If Buffista is to be all about natter, the the two big natter threads, the main one and Spike thread, are what will keep the community going.

And as Kat said, they must be tended to and protected. Everyone must be committed to it. Natter is what will last. I think that if thread proliferation hurts that, then hard decisions must be made.

We can't keep holding on to the good old days. And we can't go back or tell Joss not to post so new people don't show up. Everything changes. All we can do is move forward.

I've thought about the Board-After-Buffy days myself (and hoping the Board-After-Angel days are a couple of years off). I would still hang with the Bitches, and I hope the Fic boards are still there as well. When/if we lose the shows, we might want to put in threads where we can debate issues that came up in the episodes, like we have in the show threads. I don't want to lose you folk.

Though I don't natter, it really is the heart of the Buffistas now. And it's important to acknowledge that fact and change the definition paragraph in the "About this Site".

For various reasons, interest in and extreme love for the shows that originally brought us all together are dying.

I strongly disagree with all of this. I still see as much love for the shows as there's ever been. Sure folks complain about things, but we've been complaining at least since I joined up in Salon over three years ago. The show threads are still the heart of this board as far as I'm concerned. Just because Natter is the fastest moving thread doesn't make it the heart. It's true that we may soon need to redefine our mission statement, but that day isn't here yet.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that there is no one left, no love for the shows. I was thinking of the furture in general. Guess its too soon to think about it.

I was thinking of the future in general.

Try not to use the present tense next time. ;)

And I don't think it's too soon to think about it. But we're not dead yet! t /python

Um, about that movies thread ... do we have a slug now?

Yes, I'm going to nag about this until it's started, probably endlessly. Sorry.

Here's a wacky proposition: Let's not write the rules for a thread we don't have yet. Let's open Movies. And when we hit post 1000 or some other designated number or date, let's pull together our collected gribes and see where we stand.

This is why Jen is God. Clapton is passe'.