I don't think that it's the ability to post the second a show starts that is the issue; more that people who can't keep up with every single show but are up-to-date with a few can't talk about those few if they don't want to be spoiled.
For example, I was completely up-to-date with both Stargates and BSG this past season and really wanted to talk about them, but since I hadn't been able to watch Eureka or Heroes or SPN (all of which I am now slowly catching up with on DVD and Tivo), I couldn't go in Boxed Set to be part of the discussion. I certainly don't expect everyone to wait for me while I catch up, but it would be nice to be able to not have to be caught up on
everything.
I know I won't be able to do watch-and-posts since I'm on the West Coast, but I'm okay with that.
I, too, am a broken record, but I thought it was worth saying at this point in the new discussion. For that reason, I am not likely to vote yes on bucket threads. However, I also will defer to the majority once our poll results come back.
I, personally, if we're going to break things up, would rather see it done in genre or thematic terms, rather than network or hour. I don't always know what network things are on (and, if we're looking at cross-pollination, by network is not the most compelling method for it). As far as time, the calculus of network schedules means that we wouldn't always be talking about a given series in the same thread (which, to me, is goal 1: for each show to have a particular, predictable place to be its home for primary discussion)
depending on how the discussion goes today and tomorrow--for those boring people who do other things on the weekend than hang out here--I'm going to either propose we go straight to voting tomorrow night or go with a postponement till after poll data is out.
When is the poll data due?
I assume that msbelle would be the one who would know.
I thought that the poll was running for a week -- is the week up?
The survey site says "Results will be posted a day or two after 8/15 noontime."
Anyway, I don't think the survey is going to establish whether or not people want a bucket drama thread, which this vote will do. I hope the fact of doing the poll made people think about their own usage/wants a little more seriously, instead of just figuring, "Well, I guess enough people want that...so, OK, I'll vote for it."
I would be strongly opposed to another postponement. Not for anything related to this specific proposal, but for strictly "constitutional" issues. That is, we have nothing in our rules that permits repeated postponements. What the rules DO allow is for a proposer to withdraw their proposal. That person can then re-propose at a later date, but would need to once again get the required secondses. If Connie wants to go that route, then that's fine, but I'm a little bit annoyed that we might once again flout our carefully agreed upon rules.
I was happy to go for a vote now, except I was asked what my rush was.
Voting is what, three days or four days? Without any further input, I think I'm going to propose voting start on Tuesday, to give Monday for any good argument for further delay. It will have to be a good argument, though. The only reason there's been a delay for this long is because so many people thought it would make a difference.
Connie, for those of us who are completely confused, could you tell us what the ballot is going to say?
