Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.

'Shindig'


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


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 5:02:42 am PST #7366 of 10005
Up with the sun

And this all starts to get in to the territory of "you know the O.C. posts in...every non-show-specific thread drive me batshit". Which they really, REALLY do.

Frank, I know this isn't what's on the table, but I just wanted to say it bothers me too. Not just because of the scroll-past-it-factor, but because I've seen enough of the show to know I want to catch up when it goes into reruns and there's no way I'll be able to find the posts about each episode when they're scattered throughout 10 different threads. I'm hoping we can launch a seperate OC thread after the Angel finale, when we'll be talking about rejiggering our threads anyhow.

One reason the deathmatches went more quickly the first time is simply because I posted entire brackets at a time, so you'd vote on as many as four vote pairings at once

I was surprised that Elena didn't do them that way, because they seemed to go *so* much faster and so much more smoothly -- the current method seems extremely drawn out, which I suspect is upping people's irritation.

But I'm not bothered by the announcements in press. It's one or two posts a day to scroll past, which seems negligible to me.


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 5:02:45 am PST #7367 of 10005
Up with the sun

Double-post, sorry.


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2004 5:23:41 am PST #7368 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm hoping we can launch a seperate OC thread after the Angel finale, when we'll be talking about rejiggering our threads anyhow.

During the off-season?


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 6:43:12 am PST #7369 of 10005
Up with the sun

During the off-season?

Isn't that when we did the big reorg last year?

I honestly don't care, but I thought consensus on thread proliferation was at not opening any new threads until we were able to close (or expect a drastic reduction in the number of posts in) the ones we have now, as with Angel's cancellation.


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2004 6:47:47 am PST #7370 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't imagine opening a non-MEish show thread when there are no new episodes coming for months.

I love the OC, but it generates maybe 20 posts a week. Long, dry summer.


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 6:59:41 am PST #7371 of 10005
Up with the sun

I think any TV show would generate more posts if it had its own thread. That's a given.

I agree summer isn't the most exciting time -- what would be your preference?


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2004 7:23:06 am PST #7372 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sure, it would -- but one has to determine demand before going forward.

And also consider whether we intend to stay on a "limitless" account. These are expensive. I'd assumed we were here to fix code, so we could move back somewhere smaller.

Not that I've had a chance to look at code, and I apologise for that, but we should examine how much we want to spread out, because no one's going to want to amputate anything if we move somewhere more affordable.


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 8:01:30 am PST #7373 of 10005
Up with the sun

no one's going to want to amputate anything if we move somewhere more affordable.

I agree, but the Buffy thread's been getting maybe five posts a week all year. By June, the Angel thread will drop to similar levels, and we'll be able to to get rid of Previously altogether. The quotable threads will also die down once the deathmatches end. Based on that, I see no reason why we couldn't start threads at some point in the next six months for one or two TV shows that don't currently have their own threads.

I understand that we need to determine demand, but isn't that why we have the whole voting system?

I don't know about the bandwidth/code problems, so I'll bow to your judgement on that. Certainly, we shouldn't do anything that would hurt the board.

Edit: I also know we're pretty much at opposite ends of the spectrum on proliferation, and I wonder how much that's influencing your opinions on this.


Trudy Booth - Mar 14, 2004 8:05:09 am PST #7374 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I was surprised that Elena didn't do them that way, because they seemed to go *so* much faster and so much more smoothly -- the current method seems extremely drawn out

I'd guess the death-matchers are going for ongoing fun rather than maximum efficiency.


Lyra Jane - Mar 14, 2004 8:06:35 am PST #7375 of 10005
Up with the sun

Your fun probably varies, Trudy. Blame my Virgoness.