I'm with sj. Secret. It seems weird to accept people when they can't register here.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Kat - Oct 01, 2018 12:11:11 pm PDT #6294 of 6786
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2018 12:12:37 pm PDT #6295 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm with sj. Secret. It seems weird to accept people when they can't register here.
Agreed.
Dana - Oct 01, 2018 12:13:55 pm PDT #6296 of 6786
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, it's backwards.
-t - Oct 01, 2018 12:18:20 pm PDT #6297 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
New people coming through FB does not seem right to me.
Laura - Oct 01, 2018 12:22:25 pm PDT #6298 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.
For the time being I changed it to Secret with the assumption that the change will keep FB from suggesting people join.
I still think the subject of new members is one to be discussed. Some of the pending requests look like people with shared interests.
It has been quite a long time since the new user function has worked here.
sj - Oct 01, 2018 12:40:40 pm PDT #6299 of 6786
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I didn't realize new users couldn't sign up here.
Beverly - Oct 01, 2018 12:56:14 pm PDT #6300 of 6786
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I agree with changing the FB to secret, at least for now. It does seem backward for someone to sign up there not having checked us out here first.
amych - Oct 01, 2018 2:19:44 pm PDT #6301 of 6786
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I agree with going Secret for now as a least-possible-damage quick fix until we've had a chance to discuss.
I also prefer Secret for the long term, because (a) the facebook group is an auxiliary to the board and not a general-purpose Buffy discussion group, and I can easily imagine a future where a ton of people come in that way and the fb _loses_ the usefulness it currently has for "is the board down" and "hey, if you haven't checked in for a while, please check Beep Me", and (b) facebook is a motherfucking cesspool of toxicity and actual evil, perhaps even a hellmouth, so I'd rather not see it become a primary discussion place with a whole different but overlapping crew of people (however lovely they may be).
Note that the latter is totally a just my opinion thing.
Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2018 3:02:44 pm PDT #6302 of 6786
brillig
If FB is just an annex of the main board, I'm good with Secret.
Pix - Oct 01, 2018 3:52:49 pm PDT #6303 of 6786
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I agree with going Secret for now as a least-possible-damage quick fix until we've had a chance to discuss.
I also prefer Secret for the long term, because (a) the facebook group is an auxiliary to the board and not a general-purpose Buffy discussion group, and I can easily imagine a future where a ton of people come in that way and the fb _loses_ the usefulness it currently has for "is the board down" and "hey, if you haven't checked in for a while, please check Beep Me", and (b) facebook is a motherfucking cesspool of toxicity and actual evil, perhaps even a hellmouth, so I'd rather not see it become a primary discussion place with a whole different but overlapping crew of people (however lovely they may be).
Completely agree with all of the above. The FB group is just a place where we sometimes post pictures and such to supplement our real board.