FWIW the experimental comedy thread had no limits and drew about a dozen posts a day while open. I would expect a thread dedicated to fewer shows to draw even less traffic.

I'd note also, and that reminds me I should post the final tally when I get home, that other than Bones and House to a certain degree, very few of the procedural type shows elicited a lot of concern over spoilage.

My expectation for this thread will be a bunch of discussion of the two former, probably fairly intertwined, with some periodic segues into Numbers, Medium, and Criminal Minds. I'ma guess that one of another of the new shows will also be in each discussion level, and then some "dude, CSI was intense tonight", "so-and-so rocked on NCIS" type posts every so often on most of the rest.

Does that sync up with what others are seeing/expecting, and does that sound like a good or bad thing? I'd vote for what I just described over dedicated threads for any of them, because I think it'll need at least that much to keep things rolling along.

FWIW the experimental comedy thread had no limits and drew about a dozen posts a day while open. I would expect a thread dedicated to fewer shows to draw even less traffic.

But I'm not sure that would be true if it was clearly an "Office" thread. Leaving Natter led to a significant increase in conversation about The Office and I think the idea that there will be a place to squee about it is what is driving the push for a comedy thread. Of course, this is only my impression, but, personally, I would be inclined to vote against a generic comedy thread but for an Office thread just because I think that a dedicated thread makes sense based on what happened with the experimental one. Despite my lack of interest in the show, I thought it was great to see the delight that others took in discussing it.

I'd be okay with an Office thread, I think. I mean, I think a comedy thread would be a defacto Office thread anyway, but I'd like to see what an acutal dedicated thread would develop into.

But I'd rather not do that at the expense of a Comedy thread, you know? I wouldn't mind an Office thread either, but I'd still like a place to discuss other comedies.

Does that sync up with what others are seeing/expecting, and does that sound like a good or bad thing?

That's pretty much what it looks like to me.

Does that sync up with what others are seeing/expecting, and does that sound like a good or bad thing?

That's what I expect. It's what happened before, and I don't think there were people hanging back.

But I'd rather not do that at the expense of a Comedy thread, you know? I wouldn't mind an Office thread either, but I'd still like a place to discuss other comedies.

I for one, would love to discuss 30 Rock and HIMYM more with buffistas in the comedy thread, even though The Office would be the main draw in the thread for me. 'Cause 30 Rock and HIMYM? Awesome. A lot of my non-Buffistas LJ peeps who are fannish about TO also seem to be into those two shows. And a few times I went searching for TO discussion in natter on Thursdays, I didn't really find much talk, so I imagine 30R and HIMYM talks in natter are even less frequent/more scattered. Why not have a place to talk about them?

What Vonnie Said.

I loved the conversation that we had in the experimental comedy thread, and while for me it was mostly about The Office, I also liked seeing what people were saying about the other shows too. I started watching HIMYM because I saw people talking about it (and, OMG, I've been watching Arrested Development on DVD and would love somewhere to talk about it/mourn its cancellation). I felt like the posting volume wasn't enough to support a dedicated thread for The Office (even though that show took up at least 80% of the discussion), but was definitely enough to support a bucket thread.

And a few times I went searching for TO discussion in natter on Thursdays, I didn't really find much talk, so I imagine 30R and HIMYM talks in natter are even less frequent/more scattered. Why not have a place to talk about them?

Because you don't want to dilute Natter any more than necessary and having 30 Rock and HIMYM didn't result in any significant uptick in discussion while The Office did? I have trouble enough keeping up with the threads I read now and I'd rather not add another to my message center, especially one that spends most of its time on something I don't watch.

I know I'm sounding a bit like a broken record, but I thought the point of the experimentals was to see what generated discussion and go from there, not merely duplicate them.