a thread for pretty much every tv show under the sun. And [snip] that place was ideal for separating out every TV discussion you ever wanted to have, for getting your own threads with only a couple posts a day, for nonspoilage.
Thank you, bon. I have wanted to suggest that place as an alternative for people who want to talk about only one show at a time. An added bonus is that there's a larger pool of people there, so you can actually have an interesting discussion that's single-show focused. I honestly don't think that type of single-show focus could ever happen here, with a smaller overall pool of people, on a non-paid-subscription board. I, for one, wouldn't want it to. I like multi-themed discussion. It seems to be the way that Natter, Bitches, Boxed Set, Astounishing, Music, and maybe other threads work, an ebb and flow of conversation, with pockets of deeper discussion. I think we do that well.
FTR, I like Boxed Set. I enjoy reading the discussions and the whitefont, even of shows I don't watch. I just don't think it works so well for shows that generate considerably more posts than others.
Dana, would you mind pointing me at the TV forum at WX? I'd like to drop in.
I honestly don't think that type of single-show focus could ever happen here, with a smaller overall pool of people, on a non-paid-subscription board.
And I know this is not how you mean it, but that very strongly comes across as "You Are Not Welcome Here," in much the same way that the "Will the SPN People Please Leave the Lobby" sentiment in Boxed Set is clearly making some other people around here feel right now.
Oh, and the Reality TV forum: [link]
And I know this is not how you mean it, but that very strongly comes across as "You Are Not Welcome Here," in much the same way that the "Will the SPN People Please Leave the Lobby" sentiment in Boxed Set is clearly making some other people around here feel right now.
Happy! Happy! Everyone happy!
Now the difference between TT TV at WX and here is that you subscribe to the forum not individual threads so if you are trying to be unspoiled for something you can never use "read new."
I'm glad you know, Sean, because I rewrote it for a good five minutes and then hesitated for another three or four before hitting post.
I'm sincerely curious--do you think with our present setup that we could support a thread for every show that every poster watches and wants to talk about? Is that really what people want?
Please understand, I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm honestly attempting to understand other people's POV, and this is alien to me. When there is already at least one board with a very wide range of single-show threads, and a larger pool of posters, would anybody sincerely want to replicate that here? And if so, why?
I'm sincerely curious--do you think with our present setup that we could support a thread for every show that every poster watches and wants to talk about? Is that really what people want?
I don't know, but I've seen a lot of discontentment about TV posting lately, and all our voting has not solved it.
I do want us all to be happy though.
There's still a pretty active TV forum at WX. I don't know if it's the same one you're talking about, but I post there, so does sumi, le nub, ita, and probably some other Buffistas I'm forgetting.
Same one. Then you guys would be the ones to ask: does it seem like a community akin to ours? Back when we were on WX, it seemed useful but fragmented.
