I guess I feel like the merits of this thread were not engaged fairly by the against side.

I posted here with specific concerns about the sustainability of a gaming thread and recieved exactly ONE response, from Nutty, saying "Oh, interesting."

So again, right back atcha.

In conclusion, fuck this, let's vote.

[eta:

I *know* you all feel you have engaged in good faith.

But thank you for acknowledging this, at least.]

You know, I'm starting to think that at this point in our history, it might work better to focus discussion on just the specific proposal. It's when every single proposal turns into a broader referendum that people's feelings get hurt, IMO.

And I know that for some people, the reason they think Thread X is a bad idea is that they think new threads in general are a bad idea, but maybe we'd have more productive discussions if they focused on specific reasons against Thread X.

I posted here with specific concerns about the sustainability of a gaming thread and recieved exactly ONE response, from Nutty, saying "Oh, interesting."

And I don't have time to hunt down the specific posts and link to them, as I have to leave for work, but I know that I responded to your skepticism, Miracleman responded to it, Raq responded to it, and billytea responded to it.

At a minimum.

So right back at you too, Jess.

You know, I'm starting to think that at this point in our history, it might work better to focus discussion on just the specific proposal. It's when every single proposal turns into a broader referendum that people's feelings get hurt, IMO.

This is what I was trying to say above. Let's just debate the proposal. And if people have problems with the debating/voting process, they should bring it up in bureaucracy.

I'm with Jesse. I think there should be a proper discussion (not in this thread) about thread proliferation and other issues people have to see if there's a way of controlling it, but in terms of the proposal on the table - *I* feel when the discussion starts to get into bigger issues it loses focus and makes it hard to keep up. Although we'd really need to vote about changing the idea of Lightbulbs.

My impression is that a fair number of people popped up in the general conversation threads. But I didn't/don't participate in either thread, so I don't know how many new posters expanded their horizons and how many stuck to their original thread.

I am a part of the great Wonderfalls explosion.

Also, games totally have spoilers! SAMUS IS A GIRL, YOU GUYS. A GIRL!

I am a part of the great THE INSIDE explosion. Well, admittedly, only me and Jackal turned up for it I think. But still - Jackal's great.

I'm with Jesse. I think there should be a proper discussion (not in this thread) about thread proliferation and other issues people have to see if there's a way of controlling it,

God, I don't. Just because at least among the people who tend to participate in these discussions, opinions are pretty much set, so we get this "I think this is great!" "I think it's the worst ever!" like we've seen already here. So I say forget it -- stop trying to change anyone's overall opinion.

This is what I was trying to say above. Let's just debate the proposal. And if people have problems with the debating/voting process, they should bring it up in bureaucracy.

And yeah, megan -- your post what what led to mine.

I responded to your skepticism, Miracleman responded to it, Raq responded to it, and billytea responded to it.

I read through the following 150 posts trying to find responses before I posted that link, and I'm sorry, but I just didn't see any. There were two jokey posts about Hec, cats and baseball, and then a separate (but surprisingly productive!) discussion about testing gamer talk in Other Media.