and the current thread blurb says:

Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it!

Hmmm. The definition of "something we all REALLY need to know" obviously differs from person to person. Because I just don't think posts about "hey, a new TV show is premiering," or "hey, a TV show is having a marathon this weekend," or "this is the anniversary of when a show I liked got cancelled" is something that we all REALLY need to know. I think those are best suited to Natter.

I check Press and Beep Me daily. There are whole weeks when I don't have enough time to poke my head into Natter. I appreciate Deathmatch notices, because I may actually have ten minutes right then to participate. Or I may have intended to tape two episodes of a marathon, but had forgotten it was on.

In Natter I'd have skipped it, or found it days--or weeks--later. I think Press is operating just the way it was intended, and just fine the way it's being used. I emphatically don't think it's being misused at the moment, and as a matter of fact, I didn't feel it was being misused when the LAistas were managing their plans in Press. It's a quick-read short thread. A bulletin board. You check the board when you get the chance, if the message doesn't pertain to you, or you're not interested, skip to the ones that matter to you.

Is there a way to resolve this in which all parties will feel equally heard and counted and that will lead to resolution? The conversation is starting up for, I think, the third time in about a month, but I don't sense any persuasion happening.

Do a quick poll to see if the issue is of interest to enough people to address (I don't know if there are agreed upon numbers about this kind of thing anywhere)?

The only resolution that makes any sense (to me, right now) is one Press thread for messages of import. Import to be determined and posted by the people who are complaining about misuse. And a bulletin board thread for the people who need to leave a quick note of something they think others might be interested in.

and as a matter of fact, I didn't feel it was being misused when the LAistas were managing their plans in Press.

Is this an issue for other people (even though it is not for Beverly)? If so, we have yet another conflict, because I have had mentioned to me that it gets annoying for people if Laistas (or anyone) make plans with one another in Natter or Bitches, and they prefer it if we post in Press.

It's using the thread for only a certain segment of the board population (such as deathmatchers), and, thus, as I understand it, not what the thread is intended for. I could be wrong in my apprehension. I apologise in advance if I am.

The only resolution that makes any sense (to me, right now) is one Press thread for messages of import. Import to be determined and posted by the people who are complaining about misuse. And a bulletin board thread for the people who need to leave a quick note of something they think others might be interested in.

Oh, sure. Start a thread proliferation discussion. (I am so very kidding)

I agree -- I mean, from my perspective, Press is fine and dandy, and the only thing that really applied to/interested me, for the most part, were the Deathmatch notices, which I miss being there and found useful. Everything else, a quick read and scroll. No big. I don't mind reading about people's plans either; in fact, sometimes it's fun. And those things do get lost in Natter or wherever. So, you know, that just makes me the anti-matter to another person's (equally valid) matter. Hmmm, maybe if we all met up in one room, Press would explode.

I like Beverly's idea, FWmyopinionIW, if that would resolve the issue (ETA: well, actually, I like it regardless of it's resolving powers; I just happen to think it has said powers). Some things, while they might not be of great import to the majority, do interest enough people to warrant posting. Some people like checking stuff out just to see what's what. Those who really are only interested in Big Community Issues could avoid a more general BBoard unless/until they felt like checking it out.

But there would be no way to know when the specific-small-group bulletin board posts applied to you, so you'd still either have to read them all or miss, say, a Buffista coming to your town.

I don't know what the solution is, if there is a significant group of people who find the current level of posting in Press to be a hardship.

Beverly, I am sorry if it seemed like I was attacking you for asking, because I absolutely did not mean to. Your post was just the first time I had seen that issue mentioned, and it surprised me, since many people/groups use Press for social announcements. (Laistas do it more often than others though, I know.)

I don't know what the solution is, if there is a significant group of people who find the current level of posting in Press to be a hardship.

That's kind of why I was thinking about a poll. But, again, I don't know if there are standards for the numbers that constitute a significant group of people.