Mal ,'The Train Job'
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!
I propose that we close the dedicated Firefly thread and continue our discussions in the Minearverse thread.
I would amend this to closing the thread when it reaches the post limit.
I don't really see enough discussion to justify a new thread, but I don't feel all that strongly either way.
Assuming we close the Firefly thread when it reaches the post limit:
Why not add Firefly to the Minearverse slug, to complement the mentions of Wonderfalls, the Inside, and Drive that are already there?
I've been dark grey and b.org for a while, partially because Natter and Bitches just take too much time for me right now. I love having places like Firefly because the traffic is slow enough that I can keep up. And while conversation has slowed since the BDM, it certainly hasn't stopped. I understand that this is not all about me, but the Firefly thread is very important to me and I would really, really like to renew it.
How much more is there to say?Is B.org a closed community?
no.
It is open for any fan to join, right?
I am a late comer to Firefly, well after the show was canceled, actually, with the release of the movie. I know I'm not the last. I am of the group that LOVES this show, so my vote is obvious to keep a thread alive.
But what about new fans that join the ranks of B.org? Should they plow through a ton of posts on other stuff for the diamond in the rough of Firefly? It's nice to have a thread to say "OMG, I just saw Shindig and that dress is awesome" which could get someone else to link where they had one made, or some such. As a new user, the site has a TON of threads, and it's a little intimidating as to where to post, and if it's ok to post there (see my "Hi I'm new here" post in Sunnydale that was almost deemed Natter and deleted).
A Firefly thread is great. So what that it has a slow use. Does it cost extra? If your not a fan, don't subscribe. How many of us go to the home page and look at all the threads. I would venture to guess most of us have Message Center bookmarked. And how much of a joy is it to see pixels of a new fan, and reinvigorate the joy that is Firefly?
Tho I still consider myself new to this board. I would like to vote to keep a Firefly thread.
I want a dedicated place for Firefly discussion, especially since there are so many poeple here who don't like the show and don't want the discussion cropping up anywhere else. But I don't want a thread to sit there unused. I... don't know what I want.
I am Zenkitty. Torn, and thus useless. Firefly is what brought me to the Buffistas in the first place, but I've been here long enough to see the total non-use of the thread for long periods. So. Torn. And thus useless.
Well said, Omnis. It would be a shame if a passionate new fan of Firefly came in here looking to squee and left thinking we don't talk about Firefly anymore.
It would be a shame if a passionate new fan of Firefly came in here looking to squee and left thinking we don't talk about Firefly anymore.
To be fair, though, this is not the only place on the Internets to talk about Firefly.
And, it's also not like the absence of a thread means it doesn't get discussed.
I am libkitty and omnis_audis. It's a bit crowded in my brain...
To be fair, though, this is not the only place on the Internets to talk about Firefly.True, but, we aren't a bunch of fan-atics like some are, and we are the COOLEST of all the sites. Hate to shun a new cool-wanna-be just because a Firefly thread would take up one more line in the homepage.