That is, are there any SPN viewers who use Boxed Set but who DON'T feel like they're being shoved out and instead think that maybe an SPN thread could be a good thing?
I would too. One of my biggest problems with this whole thing is that it's seemed to me to have come out of someone saying essentially
"you all talk too much about a show I don't watch, so I don't think you should talk about it here anymore. Why don't you propose a new place for you to talk about it?"
It's grown since then, with a couple of people saying they might join in if there was a dedicated space if they have time, but the fact that this is how it started still bugs.
I am an SPN viewer who uses boxed set and would love an SPN thread and would still continue to use boxed set if we had one.
Roll call: SPN watcher, Boxed Set reader (for other than SPN), definitely fannish (about all and sundry, not just SPN).
I wouldn't bitch about having a thread just for SPN, as I would visit it often. I will continue to visit in Boxed Set regardless of where SPN goes or stays. I was a BS person since well before I watched SPN.
From how I understand Nutty's definitions of media-fannishness, I believe it will continue in BS for those who have those tendencies who watch shows that are discussed in BS, regardless of SPN's location.
If someone suggests that the volume of SPN posts merits its own thread, than we should have a vote upon that issue and let the masses decide. I as an SPN person hope that we did not bother a large number of people in BS with our flail. We just like our show. (Many of us like your shows too.)
Though I know that it seems to bring up the same issues over and over again, I appreciate that we try to hash out each proposal separately, because each new suggestion is a different animal. I understand that we may or may not be experiencing a shift in how people use/want to use our community, but trying to address the larger issue every single time we vote on a new thread seems to just make people cranky.
I love my board. I love you folks. I just wanna talk.
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Reposting from my earlier post cause I think it's worth discussing:
Maybe reaching a consensus on what that volume limit is would be helpful for future discussions? That would take it out of any personal realm and base it solely on a pre-stated volume estimate. Thoughts?
Also, I'm into SPN and BS and would use both threads (though I'd have to wait to catch up before diving into SPN).
ETA: I am not nor have I ever been annoyed by the SPN talk in BS - it belongs there. It was just enough volume (and the fact that I don't want to be spoiled) that it made using BS a little tough, so I stopped going. If SPN remains in BS, I'll not be upset. Just to clarify.
One of my biggest problems with this whole thing is that it's seemed to me to have come out of someone saying essentially "you all talk too much about a show I don't watch, so I don't think you should talk about it here anymore. Why don't you propose a new place for you to talk about it?" It's grown since then, with a couple of people saying they might join in if there was a dedicated space if they have time, but the fact that this is how it started still bugs.
Yeah. This. It lacked anything even resembling an organic feel.
And yes, because I am JUST THAT NEUROTIC, if I get seriously fannish about another Boxed Set kind of show, I probably won't post about it in Boxed Set as a result. Which I realize is my ish.
It's a no-win situation all around, I guess.
but trying to address the larger issue every single time we vote on a new thread seems to just make people cranky
Yeah, I know. I just wish we could address the larger issue once and then be able to just create or not create new threads based on a philosophy henceforth. However, I know that we are the Buffistas and we know not the concept of once and for all. Maybe once and for a six month moratorium. Hee.
One of my biggest problems with this whole thing is that it's seemed to me to have come out of someone saying essentially "you all talk too much about a show I don't watch, so I don't think you should talk about it here anymore. Why don't you propose a new place for you to talk about it?"
This bothers me. A lot.
It's just that it feels like it could sustain its own thread.
I don't know that SPN can sustain a healthy thread on its own.
But I suspect we're going to find out. Which just feels bizarre to me that the people who would be using a thread the most didn't really want it in the first place.
That we will use it and many people, including me, feel like they want out of Boxed Set now is not really a reflection on how we felt three or four days ago. To be clear, it's not how *I* felt then. And it's not what I have been reading others say.
It's a no-win situation all around, I guess.
It really is.
And yes, because I am JUST THAT NEUROTIC, if I get seriously fannish about another Boxed Set kind of show, I probably won't post about it in Boxed Set as a result. Which I realize is my ish.
I wouldn't either, not when I would always have to wonder if I am going to get shut down/moved elsewhere if I am getting too fannish.
So wait. Are you SPN types saying you wouldn't want to stay in Boxed Set now, anyway, no matter what?
I wouldn't. More, I'd be reluctant to post in there, even if I was reading about a show I was interested in. Any discussion of a show in Boxed Set might find its way into a discussion of Supernatural in the SPN thread, as a compare and contrast sort of thing. But I would definitely not feel comfortable discussing any show in BS, other than to ask a straightforward question or something.
