Do we need a Furry thread?

If we get a Furry thread, I vote we also get a bondage thread! It's b.org canon...there's duct tape involved!

(I also first read that as a Fury thread, which is a whole 'nother, ahem, animal. I'd say forgive the pun, but I know Buffistas never forgive the pun.)

Anyway, what I came in to say was...

I would venture to guess most of us have Message Center bookmarked.

I think we've illustrated pretty well in the past that there is no One True Way of Buffista board usage, and while lots of people do use Message Center, there are lots that don't. Not that it's strictly relevant or helpful in this conversation.

As far as the issue at hand goes, I think it's important for board health that we are as willing to close threads as necessary as we are to open them. As necessary. Which, clearly, is open to some interpretation here.

Bless--I loved the series, loved the movie, but I think that this putative newbie, well, they don't exist.

Hi, I exist. How many more are there? Eh beats me. I wasn't aware this many people didn't like the show. But it was what first brought me to Whedon's work. I went from Firefly to Buffy. No there isn't a constant stream of content all the time but that's not what matters.

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C'mon, putting it elsewhere means it's just that much more scrolling through whitefonts about shows I dont' have time in my "don't yet own a TIVO" existence, hoping to find the occasional Firefly crumb. It can't be that hard to let there be another one. It's not keeping anything else from happening

Please let us keep our valley. It'd be swell. We'd even throw a party (most of the food would be made of protein though.)

As far as the issue at hand goes, I think it's important for board health that we are as willing to close threads as necessary as we are to open them. As necessary. Which, clearly, is open to some interpretation here.

If the people using the threads don't really want them any more, like the book club, then closing them makes sense. If they're still important to people, despite low traffic, I don't see the point of closing them.

Hi, I exist. How many more are there?

I thought you came because of the book...

What I meant was that we're rarely going to pop to the top of anyone's hunting for Firefly list. There are plenty of places that come to mind before us.

I dunno. I love the show more than most, but I don't think it is of sufficient mass to maintain a thread anymore.

Dunno what it would hurt.

Oh, said in such innocence...

{{BigDuluth}}

Dunno what it would hurt.

I've been through a few kerfuffles here, and frankly, I "dunno what it would hurt either." Although, I do get your point, ita.

I did come because of the book. And writing aside (please don't think I'm down-playing it), considering what's come from it, it's one of the better ones I've bought all year. But like I said I went Firefly to Buffy. I love Buffy, great show, but I'm a hardcore Firefly fanboy. It'd mean a lot to me to keep it.

I also want to express that a lot of the "we should close it" discussion is not coming from people who don't like the show, but from people who adored the show.

I'm a hardcore Firefly fanboy. It'd mean a lot to me to keep it.

Why?

ETA: why would it mean a lot to you to keep the thread? It's a thread, not the show. Closing the thread shouldn't affect your love of the show.

I think, for me, and maybe some of the other new(er) folk, an explanation of is there a reason to close a thread? System resources? Some server cost? Excessive Stompie time to monitor and fix problems? If the thread was completely dead with nobody standing up to say "no!", I could understand the closing of a thread. But it seems there are a bunch of folk screaming NO!! and a handful of people saying "it doesn't matter to me, I guess it makes sense to close it".

I ask this, not to be a jerk in an attempt at keeping Firefly open, but out of ignorance of what it takes to run the place. I honestly have no clue what it takes.