'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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
Board culture evolves. See: Bronze. I'd prefer slow evolution. Adopt other people into our culture, before they develop their own culture that is at odds with ours.
I don't think I'm going to get anywhere with this, as I have an admittedly pessimistic view of the newbie flood.
The maintenance and protection of board culture has been krav-quick in its responsiveness.
Err, yeah. And you kind of bitched us out for it a couple weeks ago, IIRC.
I'd prefer slow evolution. Adopt other people into our culture, before they develop their own culture that is at odds with ours.
Or, what the pixie said.
Board culture evolves. See: Bronze. I'd prefer slow evolution. Adopt other people into our culture, before they develop their own culture that is at odds with ours.
I get why you're twitchy, but we own this board in a way that original Bronzers didn't. I do respect your point and your experience on this, but I haven't seen anything that's symptomatic of a change in culture yet.
I'm wondering though if it might be useful to turn off registrations that haven't been used for a year (to be re-opened upon request). I think it's freaksome to see 1300 users, but if we knew that 800 of them were people who had never logged in for a year, then we'd have a better sense of active community folks.
I'm wondering though if it might be useful to turn off registrations that haven't been used for a year (to be re-opened upon request). I think it's freaksome to see 1300 users, but if we knew that 800 of them were people who had never logged in for a year, then we'd have a better sense of active community folks.
It'd be easy to do a query to determine the number of active users. OTOH, cancelling someone's reg. after a year is a fairly common thing.
Err, yeah. And you kind of bitched us out for it a couple weeks ago, IIRC.
True, I think it's sometimes too quick to respond to minor slights. Too conservative. But that's my opinon, not what the board does. Because the board is so quick to come down on folks who ruffle feathers, I think we can afford more leeway. In my opinion, that quickness to correct even minor transgressions may not be the best way to go, but that is how the board works.
I do respect your point and your experience on this, but I haven't seen anything that's symptomatic of a change in culture yet.
I don't mean to be all doomsday, David, but this happens seemingly overnight.
I like new blood, what that adds to us. But I like gradual new blood. I feel war brewing.
Could we remove this?: Er0s "The Minearverse 2: Getting his words out." Apr 9, 2004 10:38:03 am PDT
It's so blatant, and also assumes profit.
It'd be easy to do a query to determine the number of active users.
I would love to see this, if it's technically feasible. But I have no problems with cancelling unused registrations after a year.
I feel war brewing.
What makes you feel that way?
I don't mean to be all doomsday, David, but this happens seemingly overnight.
During all the original voting discussion somebody posited, "Well, what if we get swamped by new registrants who come in and vote the stompies out of office and turn it into a creepy, anti-fun thread for the religious right and Hooters." And there was a general bullshit consensus that the voting was there for us to make decisions, not something that we'd allow people to use to make a parliamentary choke chain against us.