Fellow stompies: I'll take care of the next F2F thread.
Be careful. He may make it pink.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
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
Ginger - Mar 31, 2004 2:36:22 pm PST #8625 of 10005
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Topic!Cindy - Mar 31, 2004 2:41:19 pm PST #8626 of 10005
What is even happening?
Ginger, you say that like it's not a good thing. *boggle*
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 2:43:18 pm PST #8627 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The new (non-pink) thread has been created:
"F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?" Mar 31, 2004 4:41:47 pm PST
Sophie Max - Mar 31, 2004 2:58:38 pm PST #8628 of 10005
Hiya...
I am a somewhat newbie who delurked a while ago and posts exceedingly rarely. Since I see people are working on the FAQ and site etiquette, can I make a suggestion that might make things easier for new people finding their way around the site?
treading gently
How about putting a link to the site etiquette in the slug at the top of the main page, (along with the FAQ link) - although the FAQ is fun and should be read, I sort of think the etiquette thing should be the very first thing a newbie reads about the site. It could potentially avert some of the more common guac incidents - spoilage in the wrong threads, uncomfortable lecturing type things.
And again, while you're fixing things...the spoiler policy set out in the site etiquette is actually a little to hard to get, for the person who is not familiar with the board.
Please keep all discussion of current episodes in the NAFDA threads. The UnAmerican thread is obviously a safe zone, but so are Natter and Buffista Bureaucracy.
The newbie won't know what NAFDA means, and won't know which threads are NAFDA. Yeah, it's explained in the FAQ...but maybe it should be clear for the newbie reader the first time through (and seriously, the FAQ is fun? But there's a lot of information in there, and there's some value in having the essentials summarized neatly for the avocado-phobic newbies who really just want to get along with everybody)
The spoiler flub seems to be most common type of guacamole incident. Just my thought, anyway.
Just one person's opinion, thanks for listening...
edited for spelling
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2004 3:02:05 pm PST #8629 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Maybe we should add to this
Please keep all discussion of current episodes in the NAFDA threads. The UnAmerican thread is obviously a safe zone, but so are Natter and Buffista Bureaucracy.
The following
Please keep all discussion of current episodes in the NAFDA (North American Free Discussion Area) threads. The UnAmerican thread is obviously a safe zone, but so are Natter and Buffista Bureaucracy. NAFDA threads are marked as such in the slug line. Example: [NAFDA] Discuss Current Episodes of Sarte v Go14 here.
Edited because free discussion is NOT free trade.
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 3:04:44 pm PST #8630 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Or we could link the word "NAFDA" in Etiquette to the proper spot in the FAQ?
Micole - Mar 31, 2004 3:05:13 pm PST #8631 of 10005
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
That's a very sensible suggestion, Sophie -- I hadn't thought about it, but I think you're right that newbies trip up on spoilers most often.
Delurk and be sensible some more!
Allyson - Mar 31, 2004 3:06:32 pm PST #8632 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is guac really going in the FAQ? I'm touched. I've never been FAQ'd.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2004 3:08:55 pm PST #8633 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Or we could link the word "NAFDA" in Etiquette to the proper spot in the FAQ?
Could do that, too.
I'd like to call attention to the [NAFDA] in the slugs, because it's easy to overlook if you don't know it's important.
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 3:09:58 pm PST #8634 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh - And Sophie - Thanks for posting!
As far as your other suggestion about making the FAQ, etc. more prominant? My concern is that everyone has certain things they'd like to see rearranged on the page. What we've got is a compromise. There aren't that many things to browse through over on the left-hand side. That's not to say that things can't be improved, but I'm hesitant to move anything unless there's a huge groundswell of of support for it.