For the record, I think Plei is the one who coined Gang of Fourteen.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Mar 04, 2010 7:33:23 pm PST #13375 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
P.M. Marc - Mar 04, 2010 7:35:27 pm PST #13376 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
To my shame, yes.
Full disclosure: I was #15.
Kat - Mar 04, 2010 7:36:26 pm PST #13377 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I wish I could remember what number I was! I'm actually looking for those stats.
And of course it was Go14 if you were 15!!
P.M. Marc - Mar 04, 2010 7:39:04 pm PST #13378 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm not sure I actually knew I was #15 at the time. (I'm pretty sure I didn't, and thus felt sheepish when I found out I was THAT CLOSE to being one of the 14 people making whatever percent of the posts or something.)
Kat - Mar 04, 2010 7:39:49 pm PST #13379 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
You were a Go14 member at heart. It's okay.
I think I'm going to buy Noah a Violin for his birthday.
Cashmere - Mar 04, 2010 7:57:46 pm PST #13380 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I can't resist going back to old Bureaucrazies. It's cracktastic.
Kat - Mar 04, 2010 8:02:30 pm PST #13381 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Cash, that is SO TRUE (Also, I have the book boxed and it's in my car.... I SWEAR we are going to the post office this weekend!)
DavidS - Mar 04, 2010 8:12:20 pm PST #13382 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Proud Member of the Go14.
I wish I remember the research article about internet communities that talked about a lot of the stuff we dealt with. The thing that sticks in my mind is that at a certain point you had to codify some kind of disciplinary process or inevitably a troll type person would take down/divide the whole board.
And I remember how difficult it was for us to move from bullshit consensus to voting but that it was ultimately worth it.
It's funny how we worried so much about voting and we hardly vote about anything anymore.
But there was a deep concern that thread proliferation would split the community. And I well remember the days on WX when I read every thread without skipping.
And now there's so much discussion on the various show threads that I never engage with.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2010 8:21:42 pm PST #13383 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you mean the Clay Shirky article, Hec?
Burrell - Mar 04, 2010 8:27:23 pm PST #13384 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay Gracie! That video totally made my night.
She's friggin' amazing, I tell you.
I am so broken tonight. Tomorrow I'll be broken even worse, but at least the week will be over and I will be able to rest. yay.
It turns out I repressed the memory of Rafmun. Who was he?