I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.

Xander ,'Beneath You'


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


Kate P. - Oct 01, 2018 5:02:46 pm PDT #6304 of 6786
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I agree with Pix and pretty much everyone else, it seems.

In other news: Delurking thread?


Dana - Oct 01, 2018 5:10:05 pm PDT #6305 of 6786
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Looks like Delurking is actually still open from last year.


-t - Oct 01, 2018 5:14:45 pm PDT #6306 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, right, October! Hooray delurking!

I'm very much in favor of keeping the FB group auxiliary and "secret", so far as I understand FB's use of secret/open/closed. I'm also in favor of fixing the registration, or finding a workaround to allow for new registrations in some manner. I have no idea how to do that, of course, but if it's something that could be managed manually as a stopgap I wouldn't mind doing something to help with that.


smonster - Oct 02, 2018 2:36:41 am PDT #6307 of 6786
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

What amych said.


Gudanov - Oct 02, 2018 4:43:54 am PDT #6308 of 6786
Coding and Sleeping

Sorry about new user registration being broken. Once the new board is up, that will be fixed. Unfortunately, I'm working nearly solo on a critical project at work that's taking up the time I need to be spending on my other critical project at work.


Laura - Oct 02, 2018 4:45:37 am PDT #6309 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.

It is has broken for a very long time, don't feel any pressure here. We really appreciate your help, Gud.


-t - Oct 02, 2018 6:15:57 am PDT #6310 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Don't mean to put pressure on you, Gud! It's not really your responsibility, and I appreciate you putting in so much effort. I really just wanted to put forth the idea that if there is a workaround that requires some sort of low tech work, I'd be happy to help.


Jessica - Oct 02, 2018 7:21:36 am PDT #6311 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Secret FB group - yes. It's an extension of the board and should be invite-only.


Zenkitty - Oct 02, 2018 9:25:15 am PDT #6312 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I agree with what seems to be the general consensus. FB group should be Secret and continue to be used as an annex to the main Board. I'm not comfortable with our FB group being visible to all of FB, nor with taking in new members randomly through FB.

I don't want to miss out on cool new people, either, though, so as long as our New Users function is borked, I'd support a brief questionnaire or some other screening tool for potential new members through FB, if that's what others want also.


Laura - Oct 02, 2018 9:47:38 am PDT #6313 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.

With it marked Secret no one will see it unless one of us invites them in. It won't be a suggested group for people anymore.