I never felt it was appropriate to link to fic and/or vids in Boxed Set, since we've got Fanfiction *and* BuffistaFic.
How does either of those encompass vids? I understand not linking to fic, but vids seem like fair game to me. I like vids.
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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 never felt it was appropriate to link to fic and/or vids in Boxed Set, since we've got Fanfiction *and* BuffistaFic.
How does either of those encompass vids? I understand not linking to fic, but vids seem like fair game to me. I like vids.
It was about changing the flavor, the tenor, the use of Boxed Set.
Except that media-fannishness has never been the sole flavor or tenor of Boxed Set, which is what some people seem to be insisting. Boxed Set was thrown together from three threads, two of which that were media-fannish, and one that wasn't. It's been a mixed bag from the start.
That said, the complaint isn't that SPN is media-fannish. The complaint is that the sheer volume of posts is overwhelming all the other discussions, media-fannish or otherwise.
It's been defined. Perhaps not to the satisfaction of people who don't participate. Again, an evolving board culture thing, and it appears to be a facet that's no longer valued nor wanted.
I'll be over here with the rest of the mundanes.
Specific markers of media fandom are what you're looking for? Well, I'm not sure how useful they are to this present conversation, but:
Mediafannish people have been Buffistas since we started calling ourselves the Buffistas -- we've always been here. That means a lot of little Buffista details are very similar to, or at least ballpark close to, media fannish details, since osmosis is bound to occur. But Buffista != media fandom, and vice versa. It's -- hey, Plei!! -- it's a Venn Diagram.
That means a lot of little Buffista details are very similar to, or at least ballpark close to, media fannish details, since osmosis is bound to occur.
One might argue that we're our own fandom. (But that's not involved with anything that's going on right now.)
I like vids too, P-C! As stated above, my board memory is woefully short, so... I feel like not a lot of people post vid links. (Though I think they should post more!)
Your explanation helps me a lot, Nutty. And I think I agree that while there is a lot of that in Boxed Set, it's not the only flavor.
That definition does help Nutty. I guess I still don't see how strong a presence that was or is in Boxed Set.
It was about changing the flavor, the tenor, the use of Boxed Set.
But still, I don't see how moving one show will do that.
Which a majority of people seem to want, so perhaps it's time to let it go, or move it elsewhere, bow to the majority.
I never said I wanted to change the flavor etc of Boxed Set, and I haven't heard anyone else say that either.
Again, an evolving board culture thing, and it appears to be a facet that's no longer valued nor wanted. Time to let it go, here, and find it or take it elsewhere.
How did we get from "SPN seems to be overflowing Boxed Set; perhaps it needs its own thread" to "Media-fandom is no longer wanted here"?
I appreciate Nutty's bullet-points definition. It seems that I'm a little bit media-fannish, about some shows. I find intense media-fandomishness a bit wearying, both to do and to watch, but that's my own preference. I don't see how media-fandomness or anyone's feelings about have anything to do with SPN getting its own thread or not.
Mediafannish people have been Buffistas since we started calling ourselves the Buffistas -- we've always been here. That means a lot of little Buffista details are very similar to, or at least ballpark close to, media fannish details, since osmosis is bound to occur. But Buffista != media fandom, and vice versa. It's -- hey, Plei!! -- it's a Venn Diagram.
It is! Hey!
Your explanation helps me a lot, Nutty. And I think I agree that while there is a lot of that in Boxed Set, it's not the only flavor.
It's not, which is one of the problems predicted by Sean back in the thread DX linked to from the BS creation.
I don't see how media-fandomness or anyone's feelings about have anything to do with SPN getting its own thread or not.
Media fandom, at least in its current evolution, is often about multi-fannish space. It's a lot less common to be a mono-fan than it once was, and with the majority of fannish discussion and fic-posting taking place on LJ these days, people are used to cross-polination. Putting SPN into its own thread will change that.
(I still don't know how I feel about the proposal, except that I want everyone to be happy. Happy!)
The more I think about it the more I suspect that Lee may be onto something with her fear that removing Supernatural from Boxed Set might screw with where media fannish discussion goes. Media fandom goes where the discussion is. While all the discussion is on Supernatural, the media fannish people will probably all go a Supernatural thread. The question is, will they go there while staying in Boxed Set, or will they leave Boxed Set behind? And either way, what will discussion do? We currently sustain media fannish discussion in both Fanfic and Boxed Set threads, so it's entirely possible to work cross-thread. But, there are two outcomes I would very much like to avoid:
A. Media fannish people leave Boxed Set for Supernatural/MF thread. Boxed Set talks about Show X. Supernatural thread talks about Show X. Two completely segregated discussions of Show X ensue.
B. Media fannish people stay in Boxed Set. Boxed Set talks about Show X. Supernatural thread talks about Show X. Two parallel and only partly-overlapping discussions of Show X ensue, leading to confusion and potential hurt feelings and misunderstandings.
The nature of media fandom is that it will be textually labile. If the Supernatural thread is media fannish -- and I think at present it will be -- then I guarantee that some topic-drift will occur there. How to legislate a situation where neither A nor B occurs?
ETA: I think I'm describing what Dana is describing, only I am saying it inside-out.
It's not, which is one of the problems predicted by Sean back in the thread DX linked to from the BS creation.
The thing is, the combination has mostly worked up until the last few months. It is the volume of talk, not so much the tenor.
I'll be over here with the rest of the mundanes.
That was way too snippy. I apologize.