Tara ,'Get It Done'
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!
But anything knocks us off schedule, and we wait until Friday. Which, with my online habits, means I probably don't discuss until Sunday. When, realistically, some of the TiVo-ers still may not have seen.
But with the bucket thread, it's much easier to go there on Friday, or Saturday, or 2 weeks from next Thursday, and be able to jump in and talk about the episode and find people to respond. In Natter? Forget about it.
Right, but I'm saying that maybe The Office isn't even being discussed in that thread (this is a bad example, but roll with it), so you don't need to be afraid to go in to discuss Saturday Night Live as it's airing. But you don't know that, so you just avoid the thread all together.
I don't see how we're not a general tv board already. I don't like it, but I think we're there.
Really? You think the reason most people come here, and what they discuss and get out of this place, is mostly tv?
Right, but I'm saying that maybe The Office isn't even being discussed in that thread (this is a bad example, but roll with it)
I'd say so, since it seemed to me that that was mostly what was discussed in the comedy thread.
But I think you're right. It's hard to know what is being discussed without venturing in, but if you venture in, you may be spoiled.
I'd say that for me, only the reality thread really worked. I don't know why that is, maybe because I watch the main shows discussed there? Somehow for me, it was much more annoying to scroll through stuff I didn't care about in the experimental threads than in Natter. Maybe because the whitefont in Natter makes it easier to identify?
The reality show thread worked for me mostly because I didn't care about being spoiled for those things.
Bucket threads, especially those with a bigger bucket, present huge spoiler problems for me. It's okay in Boxed Set, because that's a genre I keep up with. So either I'm watching the show, or I don't care. Something like a Network Drama thread, though -- I can't stay subbed, because I'll be spoiled, and once I'm not subbed, I won't remember that it's there.
But you don't know that, so you just avoid the thread all together.
Or you go over to Natter and say, "Is The Office a big show in NetCom? I want to talk about Saturday Night Live, but I want to avoid Office talk."
The reality show thread worked for me mostly because I didn't care about being spoiled for those things.For me, it was the opposite. I really don't like to be spoiled but I get so tempted by the whitefont in Natter. With the separate thread, I can just avoid it until I've caught up (when I remember to, that is).
Or you go over to Natter and say, "Is The Office a big show in NetCom? I want to talk about Saturday Night Live, but I want to avoid Office talk."
Not if you're me, I haven't kept up in natter in years.
This comes down to that irritating thing about how we're all different, doesn't it?
Pretty much.
It's looked to me for a while now that b.org just goes towards the bucket threads and that those of us for whom they don't work are just out of luck on this board.