I've read JZ's posts and others who are adamantly against the creation of the thread and I've taken them very seriously. It's because of the strong negative reaction to the idea of the politics thread that I feel the most important thing for the thread, if created, is an easy and quick, discussion-free closing of the thread. Whether that's an up/down vote after three months, or two months, or less; or an agreement that if a single Warning is issued in that board it gets closed. I prefer the former.
I'm really on the fence about this thread now, but I'm not ready to vote against it. My biggest reason to vote for it is, like Victor said before, I don't think it's going to be as bad as people fear, and I tend to take a try-it-first approach since I haven't had the same negative vibe from politics discussion on this board that others have (with one notable exception.) My biggest reason to vote against it is, like Hec and others said, we're a pop-culture board, not a board for everything. And once it's created it may prove to be very addictive for some people and very difficult to uncreate.
I'm torn.
I'm torn.
So, what happens if the abstentions carry again? I don't recall.
Seriously, I'm more concerned that, whether the thread happens or not, people just remember to tread lightly with one another when talking about these kind of subjects.
Abstentions don't count for anything other than quorum. So if there are two yeas, one nay, and ninety-two abstentions, the yeas win. (I think, anyway.)
As an aside on the Boxed Set thread, I had to unsubscribe because I was only in there for snarky SV talk and it had become very few and far between with all the other stuff. It's a really minor loss to me, though.
it had become very few and far between with all the other stuff
I wouldn't blame the other stuff, though.
I'd blame SV. I can't get emotional about it anymore, even to snark.
I'm still planning to vote for the thread. I think a trial run at it is a good idea.
OK, Do I remember correctly that Sean volunteered to count votes? If so, ita needs to set up the mail forwarding. ita -- once Sean confirms, can you set it up ASAP so that we can test it out before voting starts? IIRC, we had trouble with that during the last vote.
Aimée -- What time would you like voting to start tomorrow? If you want to start voting during the day tomorrow, I'd like to have the final ballot text tonight because I can't guarantee that I'll be able to work on this while I'm at my job. If you don't want voting to start until the evening, then you can get the final text to me anytime tomorrow.
Assuming the profile address is okay, votes are pointing to Sean.
I'm not sure Aimee will be able to give you the vote text tonight. Her plane gets in at 9, we'll be home 9:30-9:45. But I'm sure she'll have it for you early tomorrow.
