Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
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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.
You think the reason most people come here, and what they discuss and get out of this place, is mostly tv?
Well if it isn't a reason that people come here and what people get out of being here, then why are we creating tv threads for all occasions.
I mean. Obviously it's NOT why I come here. I wouldn't care if I missed ita's comments on GA in Natter because that's not my primary reason for being here. Moreover, if I do miss her insights, I also have no problem just posing a question in Natter.
But many people are hell bent on creating their Personal Favorite TV thread so it MUST be a motivating factor for some.
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."
That works the first time. Do you ask that question every time before you go in? Do Office people feel they should stay mum while you're in there? Do the Office people start talking and you get spoiled when you go in to follow up on your SNL discussion?
I agree with Kat that there seems to be pressure to make this site a TV site. I neither like nor get it, myself.
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.
The thing about this is it seems to me like the bucket thread is a compromise started to appease people who don't want more TV threads, so there will be fewer threads. I think some people are OK with the compromise and the bucket threads, but those aren't the people who don't want more TV threads. And the big bucket thread simply does not work for a lot of people.
I am not sure of the solution.
