I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.

Book ,'Serenity'


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


Fred Pete - Aug 03, 2007 6:11:09 am PDT #727 of 6786
Ann, that's a ferret.

And to respond to the x-post, add askye, Hec and Sean to the "well done" list.


askye - Aug 03, 2007 6:17:09 am PDT #728 of 6786
Thrive to spite them

I think this needs to be posted in all the threads because it's important to our board.

Fred, regarding the policy changes and thread creation. This poll is for information gathering purposes so initially we want to find out if there's interest in revisiting the rules and if there is enough interest then start discussing possible changes. The same thing for the thread creation.

We also didn't want this poll to be too overwhelming at first and we tried to limit everything to either mulitple choice or Yes/No to make it easier to tally the results. With the bare minimum of write in answers.


msbelle - Aug 03, 2007 6:23:36 am PDT #729 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I posted in press, natter and bitches. If someone could post to some other threads, I'd appreciate it.


Beverly - Aug 03, 2007 6:25:58 am PDT #730 of 6786
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Excellent job, poll-creating people, well done.

I agree with Cindy that on this occasion the poll needs to be more widespread, um, -ly, posted than usual, because we're trying to reach those outliers who may only post in a single thread, or two, of interest and who may be unaware that their opinion matters. I'd catch books, movies, other media, and fic as well as the threads she mentioned.


Steph L. - Aug 03, 2007 6:27:11 am PDT #731 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

3. Would more television based threads increase your enjoyment of the board? Yes/No

I'm wondering about how the answers to this question could be interpreted. Does a "No" vote mean that more television threads would *decrease* my enjoyment of the board?

Because, speaking only for me, more television threads wouldn't really *increase* my enjoyment, but neither would they *decrease* it.

Would it be possible to slightly re-word it, like so:

"3. Would more television based threads affect your enjoyment of the board, and if so, how? (a) No effect — it wouldn't make me enjoy the board any more or less; (b) Yes — I would enjoy the board more; (c) Yes — I would enjoy the board less."


askye - Aug 03, 2007 6:28:12 am PDT #732 of 6786
Thrive to spite them

I can post links in some other threads.


msbelle - Aug 03, 2007 6:29:32 am PDT #733 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

thank steph. noted.


Kate P. - Aug 03, 2007 6:45:54 am PDT #734 of 6786
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Great job on the poll, y'all -- thanks!

3. I post at b.org for: a. general social interaction/maintaining establishing friendships b. discussion of TV c. discussion of fandom d. more than one of the above e. none of the above f. all of the above

This is the only question I had an issue with, since I'd rather see the different options people choose. I'm thinking along the lines of, the options could be a, b, and c as you've written them, and then d could be "none of the above" or "other" (with a textbox to explain?), and then allow people to choose more than one option.

I do understand the desire to keep the poll simple, though. Would this clutter it up too much?


askye - Aug 03, 2007 6:51:36 am PDT #735 of 6786
Thrive to spite them

I've posted in Music, Movies, Great Write Way, Hereos, Firefly, Minearverse, Buffy and Angel, Non Fiction, UnAmerican, Boxed Set,

Is that enough or should I post more?


megan walker - Aug 03, 2007 6:52:12 am PDT #736 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Fred, regarding the policy changes and thread creation. This poll is for information gathering purposes so initially we want to find out if there's interest in revisiting the rules and if there is enough interest then start discussing possible changes. The same thing for the thread creation.

Well, I think I'm the same as Fred. I don't necessarily want the voting rules to change, but I'm open to the discussion. If you want to keep the question as Y/N, maybe just change the wording from "Would you be open to re-visiting the voting rules?" to "Do you think we should re-visit the voting rules?"