Early ,'Objects In Space'
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!
I just kept clicking on the thread by accident, and the first thing that I'd see (not necessarily the first post, but it would always jump out) is "I can't believe X got cut!!!"
I never got spoiled for an elimination, but I came close a couple of times, so I wouldn't object to a night of whitefont.
If you're like me, you're subbed to a thread and forget about it until you click Read New. And then you go, "Oh, crap, I just got spoiled for whatever show was on tonight."
Exactly. And I'm not saying the whole discussion, just the name. Which I realize is mad nit-picky, so maybe it could be a request or suggestion made of thread participants, not a Rule.
why not just stay out of the thread until the morning if you haven't watched?
For those of us who navigate via the "Read New" button, it's embarrassingly easy to accidentally land in a thread you'd intended to spend the next 24 hours avoiding.
[heh, Read New xpost]
If you're like me, you're subbed to a thread and forget about it until you click Read New. And then you go, "Oh, crap, I just got spoiled for whatever show was on tonight."
I've done that too. But I've also done that in the dedicated Heroes thread. I don't see that as being a bucket thread specific problem.
I'm not saying it is. I'm just thinking there's a pretty easy way to avoid it for reality competition shows.
Also, something else to consider:
Should we roll the discussion of the experimental thread into the new one? There's a sort of precident on both sides, but ultimately I suppose the answer to that would be "whatever gives the Stompies the least headaches."
I could live with night of whitefont for winner/elimininee - but I'm not sure in practice how that works. Can you say "I can't believe Giuseppe thought that hair style would go over with the judges" if Guiseppe was eliminated? Post ep discussion could get complicated.
Can you say "I can't believe Giuseppe thought that hair style would go over with the judges" if Guiseppe was eliminated?
Sure.
Should we roll the discussion of the experimental thread into the new one?
What do you mean? re-open and re-name the experimental thread and start from where it was left off?
Personally, I think it's more confusing and discussion inhibiting than having 24 hour whitefont for everything. I'd be second guessing everything I posted in regular font. Is this too leading? Am I giving something away? And since not everyone reads things the same way, I see the potential for tons of thread nannying.