You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:04:22 am PST #6862 of 10005
brillig

It does? I guess I didn't notice, I thought it was the order in which they appear in my subscription list. Oh, well, never mind, I still like having the announcements.


Fred Pete - Feb 25, 2004 5:05:31 am PST #6863 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.

That's odd, ita. My message center works that way, but not Read New. When I hit "Read New," I usually get threads in roughly the order they were created.

Not that it causes a problem for me, but I don't know enough about the subject to know whether there may be a problem in the system.


Jessica - Feb 25, 2004 5:07:17 am PST #6864 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I was wondering the same thing as Steph (since deathmatch announcements account for nearly a third of all Press posts). But I didn't realize people were still finding them useful.


Elena - Feb 25, 2004 5:09:38 am PST #6865 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.

(since deathmatch announcements account for nearly a third of all Press posts)

A third? Really? Huh.

Is this a problem? The announcemnts, generally, I mean?


amych - Feb 25, 2004 5:13:33 am PST #6866 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

32 of the last 100 press announcements, in what was a busy period for press (W&H event, a Buffista vote announcement and results, cancellation). Maybe, as a compromise, a press post when you start a new character, so that people who've been unsubbed can sub if they want, but not for every new round?


Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2004 5:14:48 am PST #6867 of 10005
brillig

But it's not for every new round, just for reminders after a gap of several hours.


Elena - Feb 25, 2004 5:15:11 am PST #6868 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.

Is it a problem to have the posts there?


amych - Feb 25, 2004 5:17:42 am PST #6869 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

But it's not for every new round, just for reminders after a gap of several hours.

Sorry, I wasn't clear - that's what I meant by a round. "We're starting to deathmatch Xander" would be a new character, and people who hadn't been subscribed to the thread for Dawn (or whoever) would know to go back there. If you're subscribed to the thread, then when things start up after a pause, you get new messages, whether you're using Read New or the Message Center. It's the "Xander again"... "Still Xander"... "Doing more Xander" that I see as the concern.


Megan E. - Feb 25, 2004 5:20:50 am PST #6870 of 10005

They don't bother me and are generally the only thing in Press that is relevant to me anyway since I can't go to group dinners in LA etc.


Jessica - Feb 25, 2004 5:21:05 am PST #6871 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's the "Xander again"... "Still Xander"... "Doing more Xander" that I see as the concern.

Yes. "Problem" might be too strong a word, but it does make reading the Press thread a bit tedious for non-participants.

But, whatever. I can scroll.