The filtering idea skeeves me no end. If people want that kind of interaction, set up a Livejournal community. This is a discussion board.

While I was still trying to sort out why I felt the skeeve, Jess sums it up for me.

I'm still not sure how I feel about a new thread. I'm not really rah-rah for proliferation but I can see a potential place for new tv discussions.

But the filter skeeves me, especially at b.org.

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I don't have anything more to add in support of my idea. However, I'd like to itemize the advantages to filtering and then leave it at that:

• Stops thread proliferation for every little show that comes along
• It's easier to find and respond to a particular show rather than having to search whitefont in Natter
• If a time filter is included, it keeps you from being spoiled by reading too far
• The filtering could be optional (i.e. a "Show All" filter would be available), so the thread could stay the way it is now if you liked

I can't help the skeevage; different strokes and all that. This is the only solution I can see that addresses all of these meta-issues as well as the new proposed thread at hand.

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It's skeevy because it's threading, which is not what we do; this is a linear board. When we do thread, we do it to keep conversation from being crowded, not to isolate certain conversations.

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One solution to both the proposed thread and Boxed Set is to build filtering into the thread.

Suppose I want to make a post. I select the show the post is regarding:

O BSG O SG-1 O SGA

Actually, this is remarkably similar to what I proposed some time ago. However, I suggested having the check boxes/radio buttons just drop in the name of the show at the beginning of the post (with a seperating line) so that when one is skimming for their favorite show, juey just have to flick past the posts that don't start with " - Stargate Atlantis -" or "- Battlestar Galactica -" and someone doing a general convo would select no box/button.

That way we aren't truly threading, except in our heads, and the whole of Boxed Set stays pretty much open and free for those who want to read it all.

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I don't see the practical benefit to doing that instead of a thread for every show. Which I'm also not interested in.

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Here's what I think will happen if we open a Fall Season thread. Lots of new shows will be discussed, but eventually it will boil down to a few shows that can carry discussion. For argument's sake let's say it's Prison Break and Reunion. The thread will become the default PB & R thread, and next season (assuming both shows gets renewed) we'll have proposals for two more tv show threads.

In other words, I think the Fall Season thread would become a breeding ground for serious proliferation.

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I've skipped a little, but I need some clarification. Is this for only new shows that are starting this Fall, or for any show on the lineup this Fall that doesn't already have a place in another thread?

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Denise, new shows this Fall.

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Thanks, le nubian.

And what happens when the shows aren't new anymore? Would the thread roll over next year and only accomodate shows that were new next Fall? Or would it continue to be a place to discuss the second seasons of these previously new shows?

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I think that's an issue open for discussion.

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