I don't see why it couldn't be whitefonted the way Natter is. It's essentially a TV Natter thread. This may not be such a bad idea. I know, Natter will just keep chugging on the way it always does, and a TV Natter thread will be zipping along in no time, but I think there may be a need to split the miscelaneous whitefonted show natter out on it's own. The various shows on their own aren't enough to warrant their own threads (unless some new one does, but that will be a whole other thing...), but put together, they do seem to be separate entities in need of their own spaces.

I believe the rule is that there's no whitefonting once it's aired on the East Coast. Why people started whitefonting I have no idea. *shrug* Lemme see...

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

I interpret that as "during the airing" not "as soon as the episode is done," but whatever, I'm on the west coast anyway so it doesn't really affect me.

I see it as a TV natter thread as well. I can forsee lots of the discussion being the merits of the new shows and what's good and what's not, etc. etc.

so watch and post is whitefonted, but at 9:01 it's fair game? Is that useful?

Boxed Set: I actually don't think W-n-P is whitefonted anymore. Er, unless I'm making giant faux pas all the time and no one is telling me. Which I supose could happen. But - I used to whitefont during and for a few days, and then I thought whitefont was abolished for aired stuff. Which is kind of sad, but that's just me. Or, mostly me. I mean, 3 eps behind on BSG would still make it hard to go in, because the whitefont usually only lasted a day or so. Still.

Um, as to the proposal on the table. I don't know what I think yet. Though, two threads seems excessive. One TV Natter thread seems like a more managable concpet. To discuss. I have no idea how managable it would be in practice.

One TV Natter thread seems like a more managable concpet.

Well, except Sci-Fi Fridays (which is really what Boxed Set seems to have become, and maybe should be changed again to reflect that, but that's yet another separate issue....) is kind of its own thing.

Wuh? Oh, hell yeah. I'm not talking about making Boxed Set a general TV Natter Thread. Heavens no. I was only talking about Boxed Set for the whitefont issue. It was a tangent.

I'm saying - the proposal has two threads suggested. I think just the one thread would do for that. General TV. I still don't know how I feel about it, but, no, not talking about changing Boxed Set. ::hugs Boxed Set::

So, with either of these options we would continue to discuss TV shows that are neither new nor have their own thread in Natter. Right?

Boxed Set: I actually don't think W-n-P is whitefonted anymore. Er, unless I'm making giant faux pas all the time and no one is telling me. Which I supose could happen.

I don't white-font W&P in Boxed Set, either.

Yeah, no whitefonting W-n-P in Box Set because... well, if you want to be unspoiled and you started late, you won't come in to the thread until you've finished watching. And for West Coasters, it won't matter either way.

Boxed Set is pretty cosy for me right now because I'm watching every show that's being discussed, but the thread started off and remain kind of wacky and misshapen in terms of the functions it serves, especially for those who are watching some of the shows but not others. I like it anyway, because it's an oddball thread in an endearing way. Also, there is lateral pimping process going on, wherein a person who may have started only watching BSG decided to give SGA a try because other people on the thread are talking about it and what the hell, it's on the same channel just an hour earlier, etc.

Uhmm, I had a point there somewhere but seems to have lost it. Oh, right. No white-fonting during W-n-P.

I never use Boxed Set because I don't like wading through trying to find the discussions that pertain to the show(s) I watch. I suspect a general TV thread would end up causing the same frustration. Which means I will never use it.