I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.

Simon ,'Safe'


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


§ ita § - Oct 14, 2002 1:06:23 pm PDT #514 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Could white font work?

I think that'd drive you Easties crazy, wouldn't it?


P.M. Marc - Oct 14, 2002 1:09:00 pm PDT #515 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

What's the problem, that West Coasters don't want to be spoiled by ongoing East Coaster discussion? Could white font work?

We're just grumpy 'cause we can't play, but I find I'm happy with watch, post, catch up.

So, you get all my unfiltered-unsorted what I thought commentary in a big lump.

I think we're fine as-is, myself.

And I love the watch n' post.


Sophia Brooks - Oct 14, 2002 1:45:35 pm PDT #516 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I usually watch and post, but I always go back and read it if I am on tape delay.

White font would drive me crazy, yes. Not so much to read, as I am in Opera, but to remember to do. Also, we might all still be talking WHILE the west coasters are watch and posting, which would be just weird.


candyb - Oct 14, 2002 3:33:57 pm PDT #517 of 10001

I think separate watch and post topics would eventually become duplicate main show topics. It's not like everyone will always just switch to the main show topic for more indepth discussion & analysis after the watching and posting is over.


Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2002 3:57:38 pm PDT #518 of 10001
brillig

I like the watch-and-post sections, I just wait till I've seen the episode on tape before I go through it. It's lots of fun to try and figure out what people are watching when.


Consuela - Oct 14, 2002 5:07:31 pm PDT #519 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I'm willing, as a west-coaster, to live with the fact that I'm never gonna watch-and-post. Of course, I also have the television and the computer in completely separate rooms of the house, so it's not really an option anyway.

Just part of the tax I pay to have mellow mild winters and dry sunny summers. *grin*


SuziQ - Oct 14, 2002 6:19:34 pm PDT #520 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

As a west coaster, I love to read the east coast watch and post, and the other folks who do their "watch and post" all in one post.

I don't often get to watch in the same room as my computer, so watching and posting would be out for me anyway - ok, I guess it would be more of an issue if I was a more prolific poster.

Well - that is my 2 cents as a committed lurker...


Jessica - Oct 14, 2002 8:14:38 pm PDT #521 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Going back to an earlier issue -- are we going to change the Bitch slug?


victor infante - Oct 14, 2002 9:19:39 pm PDT #522 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

EDIT: Moved from Building a Better Board.

Hi all. I'm developing issues with the outside world. Which is nothing new, but anyway....

A short while back, Allyson wanted to invite Steve DeKnight (Was it SDK? I forget) over here while he was being abused by Beta Boarders. A short time thereafter, both she and David Fury were subjected to out of line abuse over her interview with him.

Earlier today, Jane Espenson and other BtVS writers were subjected to (admittedly milder) attacks on some of the same issues.

Here's where I'm at. In the first instance, I'm beginning to think that all BtVS fans except us are nuts. Secondly, Allyson expressed interest earlier in inviting SDK (or whoever it was) here, but didn't out of fear of bringing the crazies with her. I have to furrow my brow at that a bit. Not for anything Allyson did, but rather, that she was put in a position to make that decision, and felt she couldn't invite a VIP over without drawing the lunatic fringe with.

I know we talked community standards before, and we're seeing a lot of what Allyson discussed at that time. I'm pretty sure we came to a general consensus at that time, if not anything but a broad rule, but I think it's time to revisit it shortly while the loonies are still on that side of the Internet.

I very much WANT to invite VIPS here. It's a bitchin site, and we should show it off. Allyson, particularly, is someone who finds herself in position to poke VIPs to come visit, and I want her to feel free to do so.

I guess what I'm getting at is, when we discussed this before, we talked kind of abstractly, about people we'd be able to ignore or deal with at leisure. However, if say, Fury visits here, and a bunch of folks from outside start jumping on him for his Spuffy hatred or whatever, I want, as a stompy foot, to know where to draw the line and cut someone off.


Jessica - Oct 14, 2002 9:20:23 pm PDT #523 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

(moved over here)

I think our policy against personal attacks already covers that. No reason VIPs should be an exception.