Ok here is another thing. How do we know that the new threads are really taking all the volume away from Natter. It could be the result of other factors or just a natural slow down on the board. Have overall posts to the board risen, stayed constant, or decreased in the same time period that Natter and bitches volume has decreased.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
NoiseDesign - Jul 30, 2007 1:06:07 pm PDT #312 of 6786
Our wings are not tired
sumi - Jul 30, 2007 1:06:11 pm PDT #313 of 6786
Art Crawl!!!
I'm sure it's not just you and ND!
Denise - Jul 30, 2007 1:11:36 pm PDT #314 of 6786
I also heard arguments that Natter moves too fast and covers too many (other) subjects for someone who wants to just run in and talk about a show or shows.
Yes, I agree with this. I'm pro-new thread. But the upset that seemed to have caused requesting this delay in the vote was the upset of the people not wanting new threads because of their drain on Natter. I don't see how any of the above suggestions help that.
Cass - Jul 30, 2007 1:12:47 pm PDT #315 of 6786
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
all I hear this summer is not that the board does not work for a subcommunity, but rather that the board does not work for individuals for individual reasons. When that is the case, I'm not sure if there's a solution. Actually, I know there is not an answer to this. If natter or bitches does not work for people the solution is just not more threads, it's modifying what you expect from the board.This sums up my feelings so much better than I ever could myself.
JenP - Jul 30, 2007 1:18:40 pm PDT #316 of 6786
Ha! OK, so... no break then? Righty-o. I may have thoughts eventually, but right now, all I can come up with is...
Don't take away my bucket! And by this, I mean Boxed Set.
Not that anyone has actually suggested taking away my bucket. I just see that a few people are not able to use it well, and I wanted to state my position. And write bucket as many times as possible, because it doesn't sound like a real word anymore. Bucket, bucket, bucket.
Lee - Jul 30, 2007 1:19:40 pm PDT #317 of 6786
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yes, I agree with this. I'm pro-new thread. But the upset that seemed to have caused requesting this delay in the vote was the upset of the people not wanting new threads because of their drain on Natter. I don't see how any of the above suggestions help that.
I just don't see this. It's true that I don't like the bucket threads as proposed, and that I suggested delaying the vote, but if no one else had agreed with me, I would have dropped it, but other people did, including people who want the bucket threads. It was not tied to any one specific issue; I suggested it because I honestly felt that waiting was for the best of the board as a community, for a variety of reasons.
Pix - Jul 30, 2007 1:19:45 pm PDT #318 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
all I hear this summer is not that the board does not work for a subcommunity, but rather that the board does not work for individuals for individual reasons. When that is the case, I'm not sure if there's a solution. Actually, I know there is not an answer to this. If natter or bitches does not work for people the solution is just not more threads, it's modifying what you expect from the board.But how many individuals does it take to become a subcommunity? I heard a lot of people expressing similar concerns about the all-or-nothing approach of bucket threads, more than I thought, actually. I expected to be a minority on the board and had modified my expectations accordingly--decided I couldn't post in Boxed Set. But during the SPN conversation, many other people said that high volume, be it in Natter or in a bucket thread, kept them from posting about TV.
amych - Jul 30, 2007 1:20:33 pm PDT #319 of 6786
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Don't take away my bucket!
You have no idea how much I've been wanting to name the next lightbulbs this.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2007 1:20:44 pm PDT #320 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I say that we shouldn't consider delayed viewing.
I ask again--why not consider a solution that takes that into consideration? The only one I can think of is single-thread-per-show, but why are you discarding it?
sumi - Jul 30, 2007 1:22:02 pm PDT #321 of 6786
Art Crawl!!!
Maybe my thread for each day of the week thing isn't so ridiculous? I mean - if the problem is that you can't watch Monday's tv 'til Wednesday then that would solve the problem.
It's different if you have 4 conflicting Monday shows that you're trying to watch and not be spoiled for.