'The Killer In Me'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
With all Jossverse shows off the air, we're going to be watching other things, and it seems like a General TeeVee thread (or threads; see below) would be the best way to go, rather than cramming it all into Natter.
There could be a couple-few TeeVee threads, arranged around a loose theme: sci-fi, reality TV, sitcoms, non-sitcoms. It could even be theoretically possible to fold the Unofficial SG-1 Thread back into new TeeVee threads.
A recs thread is a bad idea, for all the reasons amych lists above.
I'm in favor of talking about adding a TV thread or two, assuming the board can support it resource-wise, but having thrown Due South on the fire the last time around I'll put in a pre-emptive strike for not wanting to do it again with Boxed Set. (Give it official recognition as the SF/fantasy TV thread, sure.)
Did anyone come up with a solution for the spoiler policies of a general TV thread anyway?
I'm strongly against a new TV thread not because I'm antiproliferation, but because general threads make the conversationunweildy. I'd rather see show specific threads (though that will get cumbersome fast... so it would be board resource dependent) because I want to talk about that show specifically and don't want to wade through conversations of everything on the show grid.
Given that, I kinda like Steph's idea of loose theme topics. Though, since Smallville became rolled up with other sci-fi shows, I find myself irritated with using the thread (or maybe it's with Smallville itself) and read it less and less.
Did anyone come up with a solution for the spoiler policies of a general TV thread anyway?
It would have to be just like Natter, wouldn't it? Big with the whitefont.
If I were Queen of the World, I'd say that people who don't want to be spoiled for a show should avoid the thread until they've seen it. But then I'm kind of bugged by whitefont, which other people obviously don't mind.
I kinda like Steph's idea of loose theme topics.
It's not a perfect solution, but the alternatives are (1) no TV threads, wherein Natter gets taken over by TV discussion, or (2) a thread for every. single. show. on. TV.
Recommendations only seems like you would expect maybe one or three posts from each Buffista, "here's my list", followed by some "me too"s.
A place to find discussion of shows Buffistas are watching would be great. Or, "What Lyra Jane said."
I'd say that people who don't want to be spoiled for a show should avoid the thread until they've seen it.
I'm anti general TV because of the volume issues -- I think we're spending money we don't quite have.
My pragmatic objection is wondering at the use of a thread that's very whitefonted, or unavailable to me because I'm always time-shifted on one show or another.
However, we may be veering offtopic, unless Betsy wants to change her proposal in this direction.