That's my concern too, Liese. Of the four, Cable Drama was the only one with whitefont rules, and it barely broke 100 posts, compared to the 700 or so in the other threads.
And people seemed very excited to have a place to discuss
The Riches
at first, so I'm not convinced it was a lack of enthusiasm for the thread subject.
I'm still unsure of what's wrong with whitefont. Are people opposed to it because it's a PITA to compose your posts?
I think there's a number of factors, including the fact that reading or posting from most phone browsers means that whitefont doesn't work. Most phone browsers don't really handle the quick tags.
I'd rather no white font for this thread than full on 24 hour.
As would I. But I'd prefer either option to the "whitefont eliminated contestant/winner" scenario.
Oh yeah. I forgot about the phone browsers.
Here's the thing: what about having a no white font rule until we sort out what happens with other "bucket threads." I'm in agreement that different white font rules can be confusing.
I don't mind a 24 hour whitefont rule, it's how we have to discuss stuff in Natter in the first place. Although I guess it would be werid doing whitefont for non competetion shows like How it Works or Dirty Jobs.
I'm still unsure of what's wrong with whitefont. Are people opposed to it because it's a PITA to compose your posts?
It's a PITA for me to read. And to tell the truth, I find myself erring on the side of caution and WFing more than I would otherwise because I don't remember the rules from thread to thread. But it's not something that bothers me enough to fight about.
I'm in agreement with le nubian. Let's put it on hold until we see how it shakes out with the (hypothetical) other new threads. It would be massively confusing if they all had different whitefont rules.
Yeouch. I think trying to come up with a blanket WF rule for multiple threads, which aren't even known at this point, is opening a huge can of worms.
It would be massively confusing if they all had different whitefont rules.
I mentioned this earlier, in the other thread, but yes, this. Especially for newer folks.
I can embrace whitefont for new movies and that sort of thing, but it just feels like a chore to read it and participate with it for pages and pages. I'm one of those who'd rather avoid a thread than have to highlight or stop and figure out what portions of my post should be whitefont.
I guess, really, perhaps I'm just lazy. Whitefont, even though it's polite, feels like work.