So, voting has started?

I think we're waiting for confirmation that the votes are getting to Laura properly.

I need to go to bed, so the ballot is up at [link]

Here's the final text:

Proposed: that we close the existing Buffy and Angel threads, and open a new combined thread. The name of this combined thread will be "Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!"

Note: This is the name of only the first "Buffy and Angel" thread. The next thread would be titled "Buffy and Angel 2: <some other witty saying>".

I think generalizing all sockpuppeting as cruel or nasty or childish is a big mistake. Sockpuppeting may have the potential to get out of hand, and has on occassion, but I wouldn't characterize most of the SPing as anything other than good humor.

On the other hand, SPing is unnecessary, and its potential to be annoying may far outweigh its benefits, and I think I would support a no SPing rule with a Sang Sacre exception.

Posting has the potential to get out of hand. Yet we generate an awful lot of posts.

Where do we draw the line? I'm kinda tired of all this line drawing actually.

Without posting we wouldn't be much of a posting board, would we?

We can draw the line where the burden on the community is, in my opinion, minimal.

ND, if you don't mind me asking, why is the board becoming un-fun lately?

Sneaking in to grab the mike.

Getting annoyed about sockpuppets to the point of forcing debates and votes strikes me as the most trivial use of post time I can imagine.

If people become annoying then we have the means in hands to deal with it. When will the debate come around to content of taglines or the format of IDs?

When it comes to a vote, I'm voting for sockpuppets.

I think generalizing all sockpuppeting as cruel or nasty or childish is a big mistake. Sockpuppeting may have the potential to get out of hand, and has on occassion, but I wouldn't characterize most of the SPing as anything other than good humor.

Yes, this. Except I don't recall any time that did nasty. The annoyance factor seems to vary dramatically.

Here's the original proposal:

Historically, we've encouraged people to use real names, but that's withered as the Internet got waaaaaay too crowded. I would like to propose that we expect people to use precisely one name; pick a pseud, if you must, but stick to it.

So. Formal proposal: Add to Buffista etiquette the following: "One account per customer. Please don't set up multiple accounts under different names. Anybody showing up as a concept or any other abstract noun will be asked to prove it."

Please ignore the final sentence; people quickly convinced me it was unnecessary.

I always got a kick out of the FLO and Clovis, and I saw March and the Universe as equally harmless and fun. I think it's a matter of intent. Both of the more recent examples were a direct response to something someone in thread said--in the first case, I said, "I hope March doesn't hear me" (it had become a running thread joke that March was out to get all of us), and then "March" showed up to taunt me sporadically over the next few days. It was one of more fun exchanges I've had on the board recently. It appeals to my sense of the ridiculous.