Oh - so very much what Betsy said.
I agree that ideally those with more social capital should have a greater say. It's just too hard to find where to draw that line. Of course, that's me again pushing for a solution, and I recognize that.
It's not whether someone "should" or "should not have" a greater say. Some Buffista opinions simply are more influential. This is a social interaction, not government. Because it's a social interaction, we're nuts if we think we can draw too bold of a line, to indicate so-and-so's influence stops (or starts) here.
Everyone gets a say. It is influence in the process that varies. That influence varies according to personality, according to which stage of the process in which we find ourselves, and according to involvement in the process.
What newer people say (I number myself among them) in here and lightbulb isn't going to carry as much weight as the words of a proven entity. That is the way of the world, whether we're talking politics, party planning, restaurant choices, or whether or not your butt looks good in those jeans.
For the record - I think we should ease up on process discussion and instead, give it time to see if it works. I don't see this as a "Who Are We - Where Are We Going" discussion, even though I think it has billed itself as such. This is another rehash of voting, consensus, gang-of-14 (or 8 elephants, or the analogy du jour). This is navel gazing, but we're looking at a part of the navel that's already been picked raw. There's plenty of lint in other crevices of this navel.
A "Who Are We..." discussion needs to look at (hopefully more interesting) things like:
- Now that BtVS is over what's our pop-culture focus?
- How M.E.-centric should it be?
- Do M.E. alum focused conversations fall under an M.E. heading?
- How many Buffy threads do we need?
- If we close a bunch of Buffy threads, do we want to open an equal number of new threads, or do we want to let attrition help us fight bloat?
- What are you wearing? Is that PVC?
What are you wearing? Is that PVC?
I move that this be our Post-ME Mission Statement.
I move that this be our Post-ME Mission Statement.
Seconded
Unless you were being serious.
Unless you were being serious.
Sometimes the difference is negligible.
Wolfram, I'm one of the people that thinks you are pushing too much here in this thread and I realize that it's probably just a personality conflict but you come on so strong and it puts some people's backs up including my own.
When you posted about Immoratlisation/Immoratlization I had no idea what you were posting about at first, except that you'd once again found someway we'd done something wrong in your eyes. My hackles were raised and I went into defensive mode.
It was such an aggressive way to ask if there'd been a typo.
If you'd simply said "I noticed that in the FAQ 'Immortalization' is spelled with an s, I was wondering if that was a typo." Instead you posted the definitions of both words, which I saw as the implication that when the FAQ was made we (because it was a collective process) didn't know the difference between the two words.
askye, I'm hearing what you're saying, and I'm even seeing your point. I tend to be a knee-jerk reactor type, myself.
Thing is, we all know Wolfram a little better these days. He's made a dedicated effort to be known in more threads than the right-hand ones. He does write some personality-revealing posts, and I think since he has made the effort and done the work to learn and practice Buffista-monkey-grooming techniques, we can accept him as he presents himself here.
By that I mean that when I read a post of his that provokes an automatic hackles-up response, I look at the id and go--oh, that's how he talks. What's he actually mean? Don't we do that with everybody? Don't we eventually learn "tone" and "attitude" about regular posters? Don't we pick up on when somebody is in a foul mood or a tough emotional place and ask what's up, cut some slack, or suggest a time-out? Wolfram should be no different.
It's a posting style. Some of us are cuddly. Some of us are not. Some of us ramble, some are pointy.
Just my two cents.
Sometimes the difference is negligible.
I read this as negligee!
Although I agree with Cindy that we are naval-gazing, I so like hearing other's thoughts on the metaphor-- because it does help me realize why people disagree with me.
I tend to think of us as a club which started to talk about Buffy and some of us really still just want to talk about Buffy while others just want to sit around and chat.
I read this as negligee!
But was it a PVC negligee? Okay I will stop as I'm not sure Bureaucracy is the place for my lame-ass jokes.
No, really - I will stop.
Really.
I'm not sure Bureaucracy is the place for my lame-ass jokes.
Oh well, if you can't be lame-ass in Bureaucracy, where can you?
I thought Wolfram was just being funny. Maybe a few winkies would have helped?
