We really have been having the same debate for some time now without a resolution.

Do I laugh or cry now? I really can't tell which.

And I certainly don't regret the creation of Box Set which fostered lots of spicy discussion.

Oddly enough, I think I'm still a little bitter about Boxed Set.

But just a little.

I was bitter for a while, but then I stopped watching Smallville, so I had no reason to be bitter. Not that I've ever really needed a reason, but this time it was fine.

Not that I've ever really need a reason

One of the many reasons I love you.

Also, despite David's protestations that we weren't ready to hash this all out back in 2004, I think the realization that we've already been having this discussion for three years has just disabused me of any notion that we're going to finally settle this once and for all. I'm starting to think it's our favorite subject.

Still, willing to give it a go.

Oh the wheels of the board go round and round, round and round, round and round.

You know what I want to do some day? A lurker survey. I am so unbelievably curious about the whys and wherefores of our lurkers! Purely for fun.

And on topic, I like the idea of a poll. I'm not sure whether it will end up being all that practically useful, but again, I have the curiosity. Oh! Can we have a ticky box for "I am a lurker" "I am a poster"? It'd just be interesting to see how many lurkers are interested enough to do the survey. Or does that just make the phrasing for the rest of the poll more complicated? Eh. Either way. Just a thought.

But they're lurkers -- would they respond?

I dunno - but maybe with the anonymity they would. I might, were I a lurker. I wish I could ask them. You see the problem...

Let's avoid suburban sprawl.

eta: Which I realize now is not a bad metaphor. There are things which come from urban density that are lost when you let every subdivision just eat up the orange groves. What makes the most vital community for us?

This is a good analogy. I see people wanting their own houses on their own plots of land where they have everything they want-- everything at the right shade of whitefont, traffic slow enough for kids, only the things you want to discuss and nothing more. When that happens here I am outta here.

I am very frustrated. Polling is just our latest attempt to rush headlong into a new solution (see also: experimental threads). This is going to turn out badly, said Cassandra.

I don't get that, bon. I don't see how the polls are pushing any solution. I understand out this headlong rush could be seen as a side effect of the experimentals, but not the polls. Could you explain?