Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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
someone else may not want to say "Jilli, I think you're crazy and need to stop having your stuffed bunny post"
What does the one have to do with the other, unless...
*gasp*
...are you saying clovis isn't real?
I don't know whether to cry or move my troops south to take New Zealand.
I haven't been insulted yet today and that might be a miracle.
and disagreement absolutely positively does not equal discounting.
t tangent
...are you saying clovis isn't real?
We have photos of you with him. You know damn well he's real.
I don't know whether to cry or move my troops south to take New Zealand.
Just you try it, bucko.
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I may not agree with everything Rafmun said, but saying it feels TO HIM as if there is a vocal minority driving the direction of the board is a valid question to look into.
As usual, Scrappy is wise.
But my earlier point stands. What do we DO about that? The board is built on discussion, which means talky people will be more visible in the process than less-talky people. But we also have voting procedures in place so that big decisions don't get made by bullshit consensus and so the less-talky people don't get left out of the process entirely.
Do we implement voting for small decisions too? Rather than that, I'd follow the Allyson school of thought and rather have the Stompies make the decisions. But I know that's not going to happen either.
Aww, hon. You *know* the lurkers gots your back.
That's what I keep saying. All 400 of them.
I haven't been insulted yet today and that might be a miracle.
Well you're a...you're just a...that's because you're momma's a....
I got nothing.
I really need to buy one of msbelle's What Scrappy Said t-shirts.
I'm really glad Robin and Consuela are getting in on this.
I'm really glad Robin and Consuela are getting in on this.
Me, too.
Thanks, Jesse. It seems to me from a very quick read that there are just a few questions here.
1. Is there a problem with people being shouted down?
2. Is the problem such that we should take action?
3. If the answers to 1 and 2 are "yes", what action can reasonably be taken?
4. Would the answer to 3 leave us in a better place than the current situation?
Because if we come up with a solution that ends up with 40% of the active posters leaving the board in disgust, I'm willing to stay with what we got. I can't read people's minds, and I'm willing to live with a certain amount of disgruntlement as the price for a vibrant, active community.
I'm not sure there is anything official to do, but I think just discussing some things--if it doesn't devolve into name-calling--can be enough. People can examine their own behavior, a little give and take helps the poster undertsand their own position better, and maybe the discussion leads to some insight. It has happened here for me lots of times--sometimes in reference to music, sometimes, Buffy plot points, sometimes personal things.