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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whatever information this poll and discussion gives us about how thing should be handled going forward, wouldn't that decision have to be put to a vote as well?
Yes, but by taking extra time, rather than the four days discussion and vote we give a proposal, this information gathering and discussion is a larger issue. I don't even think we need a proposal and a vote to put up info-gathering polls. I think we need to take the time we need to get the info, to discuss it, aware that it will determine our policies going forward. It's a larger issue than creating a thread. At least I see it that way.
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I do think that's the core of it, really, but I do think frequency would be useful too.
I think that there are two reasons that the vote does not always reflect the common will -- 1. The question is not phrased in such a way that you can vote the way you feel 2. We don't have an option for "I care about this issue, but none of the choices reflect my opinion"
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Yeah, that would fail for me unless tickyboxes were there because I would check them all.
That's the best part of voting! Shutting the Fuck Up.
Except that we don't really. Because -- either hilariously or pathetically, you be the judge -- I posted this in 2004:
And if it were just a one TV show per thread thing, I could see that. But, if this turns out to be a general TV thread, there are going to be very few hours in the day when West Coasters or people who taped can frequent the thread. I can't go in to talk about the QaF that I just watched because there's a non-whitefonted discussion of the Alias that doesn't air for another two hours here.
We really have been having the same debate for some time now without a resolution.
I would be more interested to see a list like:
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a) general social interaction
b) discussion of TV
c) discussion of fandom
d) maintaining establishing friendships
Or better, possibly more specific tickybox options, but along those lines.
I agree. Once we have that info, we can move on into specifics.
[link] bahahah! and my post after? STILL TRUE! Still regret making Boxed Set what it is.
Frankly, I would like a poll to see what everyone feels and what they want. I can see good points for many different methods of discussion, and I would be happy to place my vote to make the board useful to the most people. I don't want to vote to shut anyone up and I also don't want to vote to appease only the loudest voice if it is a minority either.
I don't want to shut anybody up either - I just want some resolution so we don't have to continue circling this issue.
FWIW, I don't think we were ready to make that call in 2004.
And I certainly don't regret the creation of Box Set which fostered lots of spicy discussion.
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I do think that's the core of it, really, but I do think frequency would be useful too.
You're probably right, but I think the question needs to be framed so that it's not answered in details we'll get bogged down in. Some people consider the board part of their daily routine, even if they can only post on every Tuesday afternoon, and Sundays between 1 and 6. Some people can't post at work. Some people post only at work.
For me, the frequency question is more about how important the board is on some kind of a regular basis.
I'm not being needlessly argumentative, I swear. And I think I'm probably too tired to be coherent. My point is, poll = good. However you word it.
