Further, it seems that Natter is one of the places where the subject separation is most wanted/needed.
Don't make me break out my "thread drift is the lifeblood of Natter" rant. t /thread proliferation is WRONG WRONG WRONG
Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Mar 23, 2003 11:08:02 am PST #8777 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gandalfe - Mar 23, 2003 11:11:05 am PST #8778 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
FayJay -
Although my first reading of the 2nd 'banning' remark was initially that it had that intention - but I think you explained & contextualised it thoroughly.
That was me, not Wolfie.
Wolfram - Mar 23, 2003 11:59:31 am PST #8779 of 10001
Visilurking
That was me, not Wolfie.
Yep, never used the word. :) So how about moving voting discussion closer to this thread? They do go hand in hand.
Jon B. - Mar 23, 2003 12:07:30 pm PST #8780 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
So how about moving voting discussion closer to this thread?
From a coding point of view, it's aesthetically sloppy. Right now, they appear in the order of creation. They could appear alphabetical or in most-recently-posted-in order -- basically anything that's sortable. Forcing threads to appear in a specific order means you have to hardcode in the thread id's which is badbadbad.
Lyra Jane - Mar 23, 2003 1:03:28 pm PST #8781 of 10001
Up with the sun
Don't make me break out my "thread drift is the lifeblood of Natter" rant.
Unless you're like me and can't post in Natter because constantly coming in late and not being able to keep up with a conversation makes you completely nuts.
(And yes, this is my issue. I take full ownership. Please do not tell me how wrong I am again.)
Fay - Mar 23, 2003 1:05:03 pm PST #8782 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
That was me, not Wolfie.
Bwah! See, there I was wracking my brains to think of anything that had sounded controversial, and the only thing I could remember (which had then been re-presented in a way that made me realise it wasn't intended combatively) wasn't even you. Shows how much attention I'm paying.
Gandalfe, Wolfie - I abase myself at your collective feet.
And yes, this is my issue. I take full ownership
Mine too, fwiw. It's a thing. I'm cool with it.
t /Natterishness
Wolfram - Mar 23, 2003 1:48:40 pm PST #8783 of 10001
Visilurking
Gandalfe, Wolfie - I abase myself at your collective feet.
t Sigh It looks like this nickname's gonna stick.
And no abasement necessary, at least not for my share of the collective feet.
t /Natter
Gandalfe - Mar 23, 2003 2:01:07 pm PST #8784 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I don't believe I've ever had my feet collected before.
Burrell - Mar 23, 2003 2:29:52 pm PST #8785 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
We don't want to be a general-purpose discussion website, and we don't have the capacity, really. This is why I would argue that all the miscellaneous topics, even the really important ones, belong in Natter.
Just repeating Jesse here. I think we need to keep this in mind. We are not a general forum, and that was never the intention.
John H - Mar 23, 2003 3:32:16 pm PST #8786 of 10001
I’m really not privy to much in the way of back channel and I don’t know if I’ve made any enemies over this. I doubt I’ve made any friends. I want you to know the feeling is far from mutual. I appreciate the respect and courtesy I’ve been shown throughout, and have tried to disregard anything that was less than that.
Chiming in to say, good for you, Wolfram (I'm not going to call you Wolfie, though I reserve the right to call you "Tungsten" of course).
It's a pity if the idea of backchannel has made you paranoid. I don't know of any at all, if that helps.
Mind you, composing your posts in Word, with Smart Quotes turned on? That's going to make you some enemies for sure. Please Note: this was a joke.