Stop locking the appreciation threads!

[The Brain]

Why am I not surprised this got you to slither back around here?

Do us all a favor and go back under your <a href=http://www.cdih.net>rock</a>. You don't give a shit about this place; stop expressing your false concern.

If I start a Camryn Manheim appreciation thread and it turns into a discussion on something else or someone else, does that make it a bad thread?

No, it doesn't-- but it <i>does</i> mean the thread does not make much sense. You create the Manheim thread hoping for others to enjoy a topic that you show interest in... instead they show no regard for something you hold value in-- wouldn't that disappoint you?

Despite the fact that we don't see eye-to-eye, if you made a topic in which you had genuine interest, and everybody else ignored the topic and used your thread for their own agenda, essentially wasting your time and effort trying to get your topic noticed, I, for one, would feel disappointed for you, and for the fact that your great idea got lost in the shuffle...

or would you prefer I be a heartless prick and not give a fuck what your interests might be? How fair would that be in the long run? If you (or anyone else) start feeling like every topic you create will just be dismissed and used for other people's discussions, you will lose the desire to make threads here altogether. Then how will the board "evolve" (to use your term)?

Hey, believe me, there's nothing stopping anyone from making a debate/discussion thread ("Alba vs. Pressley vs. Jolie vs. Manheim")-- by all means, go for it. But if you create a thread designed for a <b>set topic</b> ("Manheim"), then where is the harm in that thread actually <i>staying focused</i> on the topic?

If there are 50 appreciation threads about 50 people with cross references and all 50 of them turn into Alba vs. Pressley vs Jolie, so what?

Then it's 50 redundant threads when one would suffice. But let me guess... you would wait for me to inevitably try to close some of the those threads to allow the others to thrive, and bitch and whine about that, too, wouldn't you?

And then everyone will get sick of their appreciation threads and they'll go away.

What is the point of <i><u>appreciation</u></i> threads if <i>everyone gets sick of them because they are too many around</i>? We all realize you like to blow your wad in under 30 seconds, but some of us would prefer to take our time and enjoy an idea for a while.

But you are right on the point (a point which others, including myself, have made before) that individual threads will run their course and fade away. That's when it's time to replace them with a new thread... but if we've exhausted all of those threads in one shot, what other options would we then have?

You don't need to be the appreciation thread police protecting the children from too many appreciation threads.

Even if I lacked all the "fancy" extra buttons, I would still prefer not seeing a fairly good idea run into the ground prematurely.

let the board evolve into whatever people want to post about.

Funny thing, that evolution... it takes <i>time</i> to develop fully, rather than simply springing up and occurring all at once. Sound familiar?

Now go <a href=http://www.cdih.net>home</a>, Galt. I'm sure you want to keep playing the "rebel", the "moral messageboard authority", or whatever is it you consider yourself, but your concern over the directions this place is taking rings hollow and pretentious.