How does MARCIE tax resources?

It's an extra table to query every time someone loads a page.

[edit: whoops, I meant table, not database]

But an extra query uses a fraction of the resources that an extra connection does. My a-p issues have always been that I feel more threads means more posting and more traffic and, in the end, more connections.

That said, if someone wanted to put the MARCIE plan on hiatus until the connections issue is resolved, I wouldn't complain.

Oh, I wasn't trying to argue against MARCIE. It's a feature that's been planned since before the board was born, and I don't see any reason to put it on hold.

This will be an interesting vote.

Hopefully not in the Chinese sense.

I just realized. I'm having an existential crisis. Consequently, I've also realized that the worst thing that could happen with the book club is that in a matter of weeks, people will lose interest.

Funny how it takes monolithic real life headaches to put these things in perspective.

How does MARCIE tax resources?

In my brain, that's a separate issue from the one that MM and others raised. YBMV.

I feel like there have been a fair number of objections to MARCIE using that exact argument.

It feels to me like the issue has been raised more vehemently for the book club, but it was a while ago that we discussed the pros/cons of the user filter, so I may be misremembering. I remember lots of people saying they wouldn't use the filter, but not that many who said they objected to it. [shrug]

ita -- insent. Has votes@... been set to point to Nilly?

I felt better when the last post in this thread ended with Jon's group hug. :(

I know we have strong and conflicting opinions on when and what kind of threads should be added to this board. Some threads, like Wonderfalls or Minearverse, are more clear cut for us. This is less clear cut than a new Tim or M.E. production, but it is not a big stretch (the way war or politics would be). If it flies, great. If it doesn't fly, great. I just hope we can keep our frustration in perspective. It's the lack, or addition of a book thread. That's all.

And with that, I'm closing this thread. An announcement in Press will be posted shortly.

From Lyra Jane:

1. That to reduce server load, Angel Spoilers, Previously, and Angel Quotables be closed and archived as soon as is feasible;

2. That the Buffistas hold a poll to see which, if any, TV shows have sufficient poster interest to deserve a thread. The format of the poll and number/percentage of votes needed to determine "sufficent interest" will be decided through discussion, as will the upper limit on the number of threads we can create.

3. That threads are then started for the shows identified as being of high interest through polling and discussion. If the selected shows include ones not currently on the air, such as "The O.C." or "Alias," thread-starting may be delayed until the season premiere if such seems appropriate.

4. To limit thread sprawl, all threads created through this measure will be closed if the shows they are devoted to are canceled during this TV season, unless a compelling argument to keep the thread open exists.