I really don't have a horse in this race, but when I said "let it die," I didn't realize that a handful of people are still actively posting, slowly or not. I imagine that it must feel very unfair to those who are still posting in thread to hear it called dead or useless. I don't see why it hurts to leave it open. I certainly sympathize with their desire to not get lost in the shuffle.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
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!
Pix - Oct 26, 2007 9:34:11 am PDT #7903 of 10289
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Pix - Oct 26, 2007 9:38:18 am PDT #7904 of 10289
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Coffee: if we do decide to open the next thread, it might be fun to start with a group rewatch of the show or movie. That would give the thread a nice jump start and get it past the initial low numbers so it doesn't feel so sad to others.
BigDuluth - Oct 26, 2007 9:51:20 am PDT #7905 of 10289
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
That would give the thread a nice jump start and get it past the initial low numbers so it doesn't feel so sad to others.
I like this idea.
lisah - Oct 26, 2007 9:54:06 am PDT #7906 of 10289
Punishingly Intricate
Let the thread die a natural and dignified death. The subject is still welcome, but the end of the thread seems not just like board housekeeping, but like a fitting way for it to go out.
This is exactly what I feel as well. thanks, amych
Allyson - Oct 26, 2007 9:57:27 am PDT #7907 of 10289
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Or, we could bury it in the backyard next to Lovesick Ass, Atlantic Canadians, and Book Club.
It's just a thread. A dead thread. We could propose that if it doesn't reach 500 posts in six months, we take it off the feeding tube, as well.
megan walker - Oct 26, 2007 10:01:17 am PDT #7908 of 10289
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
We could propose that if it doesn't reach 500 posts in six months, we take it off the feeding tube, as well.
In the last year, it's only had about 1000 posts.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2007 10:03:18 am PDT #7909 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know, the elves went into the West and left Middle Earth for Man. It was as sad as the end of any era, but it was time.
Uh, sorry Allyson.
Allyson - Oct 26, 2007 10:03:44 am PDT #7910 of 10289
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh.
Liese S. - Oct 26, 2007 10:10:31 am PDT #7911 of 10289
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I think that's part of the process. When is the right time to close it going to be, if it's not now when it reaches its post limit? Are those who are in favor of it reopening suggesting that we continue with it indefinitely, making it an immortal thread? Will we wait another ten years until it hits the next 10,000?
I just want to make sure we have some sort of lifecycle management for our thread process. If we decide that Firefly, like Buffy, exists outside of that lifecycle, then so be it. But I don't want us to get caught in a thing where we feel like we can never close a thread. Each thread is going to generate its own subculture within the boards, and opening and closing those threads is going to affect the overall ebb and flow of the boards. That's only natural.
Laga - Oct 26, 2007 10:24:04 am PDT #7912 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
if we do decide to open the next thread, it might be fun to start with a group rewatch of the show or movie. That would give the thread a nice jump start and get it past the initial low numbers so it doesn't feel so sad to others.
this. I was coming in here to suggest this.