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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
Serial: Supernatural is flying, but Boxed Set is quieter, it feels. Not so happy with that.
True dat. Especially since the poll showed that Boxed Set is Thread #3.
But I think the nature of Boxed Set is such that another show will catch fire and re-energize it. The flipside is I don't think Boxed Set could handle the volume of both Heroes and Supernatural starting new seasons.
This fall season looks like it has the potential of one or two shows that might liven up Boxed Set. Plus Torchwood coming to BBCA will probably add as well.
I mean, it's pretty much just Eureka and Dr. Who at this point for anything "new" that's airing (quotes due to Dr. Who being on it's second round of newness).
I'd also argue for a cultural shift to drop No Preference options on thread creation votes.
And I'll point out again that the inclusion of NP has never yet made a difference as to whether a thread was created.
I guess my point is that if you want to make it harder to create new threads, then removing NP as an option ain't the way to do it.
FTR, I've never been offered either.
Hey, I wiggled my butt at you at the Prom!
I don't like tacos.
Well, guess what you get, then!
But I think the nature of Boxed Set is such that another show will catch fire and re-energize it. The flipside is I don't think Boxed Set could handle the volume of both Heroes and Supernatural starting new seasons.
Agree with this. There's a new season of new shows with fantasy/SF themes starting soon. Or, what Frank said.
I guess my point is that if you want to make it harder to create new threads, then removing NP as an option ain't the way to do it.
Would raising the quorum do it?
I think the Fall will help Boxed Set's momentum (although we're talking about new eps of Eureka to a decent extent.). There are just so many shows (like SG, DW, and Torchwood) that a substantial portion of the population has already seen before they air in the US, that they can't seem to get traction in discussion.
That and the consensus seems to be that FG is not, well, FG.
What does Heroes have to do with Boxed Set? Also, I've not yet felt the thread couldn't handle the amount of volume in it, so I had no great expectation of it breaking with Supernatural still in it.
We'll see what the fall brings.
Would raising the quorum do it?
If your goal is to make it harder to create new threads, then certainly! For example, we could raise the quorum to 300 and we could be pretty sure that no new threads would be created.
I had no great expectation of it breaking with Supernatural still in it.
For some of us, it had already broke. IJS.
Yeah, but he was addressing *my* discontent, so that was what I was referring to.