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.
Ooo yes! love that idea.
This is me.
Sentiment is the only reason I'm interested in a new Firefly thread. The show brought me to b.org in the first place. And I came long after the substantive conversations about the episodes was over, so doing a rewatch would be great for me.
Also, I enjoy hearing about what the cast is doing on other projects and would probably miss those links if they appeared in faster moving threads.
I'm not a fan of thread proliferation, simply because I can't keep up. But eliminating Firefly doesn't feel right when there are those of us diehards who still might use it.
(from the Firefly thread)
I wish I could understand why this thread is marked for death but I just don't get why a low volume thread for a cancelled show bothers so many Buffistas so much.
For my own part, it's not that having the thread bothers me, it's that this seems like a fine time to stop having it.
You may or may not be aware of the massive amounts of agita that have been caused by basically every new thread, and the desire on the part of some people to keep the total number of threads lower rather than higher.
some sort of decision making cascade triggered by conditions that we pull out of the air.
The only way to make sensible business decision is to pluck numbers out of the air, call them assumptions, and calculate the net present value.
Of course, you have to use the right discount rate or else it's meaningless.
You may or may not be aware of the massive amounts of agita that have been caused by basically every new thread, and the desire on the part of some people to keep the total number of threads lower rather than higher.
I am aware of it, and I do get why we don't want new threads created willy-nilly. I don't understand why it is so important to people not to continue this particular thread.
edit: But I posted that in the Firefly thread to vent. If I wanted to contribute to the discussion in this thead I would have posted it here.
When is this coming to a vote?
The Firefly thread is not backchannel. What's currently being posted over there is part of this conversation.
I'm sorry. I hadn't intended it to be.
I understand that some folks are attached to the thread and don't want it shelved, but I'm questioning is the use of language like "dying" and "killing" to describe the closing of a thread. I assume it's either hyperbole or people are honestly trying to describe what they truly feel, but either way I find it redirects the debate in not very helpful ways.
I dunno. Maybe there isn't a debate here. Some people think a thread can be closed when there's no new media to discuss in it, hence they think we should close the thread. Others feel the threads are here primarily for the members who want to be there, regardless of whether or not there's new content to discuss. Neither side, I suspect, will be swayed by the other's arguments, in fact I'm guessing both sides are somewhat angered/annoyed by the other's response. So that's it, just frustration no debate.
Yes I think at this point there's not really anything else to be said on either side. I'm just waiting for the polls to open.
