Given that the comments section of this blog continues filling up and spilling over I thought I’d revisit the notion of a Man Boobz forum, as a kind of supplement to the comments on posts here. Let me know what you think by voting in the poll over there to your right, and by commenting below. [NOTE: The poll vanished from the sidebar for a bit but is back up now.]
The pros, as I see them: A forum would make it easier for you all to introduce topics or non-topics of your own, to do things like plan Man Boobz get-togethers, to pimp your own blogs and other projects (like Ami’s magnificent cards). The cons: it might draw energy and focus away from comments here.
I really like the dynamic we’ve got going in the comments here – the mixture of serious and not-so-serious, on-topic and off – and don’t want to screw that up. (I also think the Weekend Open Threads are working out pretty well and will keep them going.) But I’m sort of thinking we can pull this off.
I’ve already got a forum set up on proboards; all I need to do is click a button to make it public.
What say you all?
PS: There’s an obscure lesbian folk song reference hidden in this post. (Not so obscure, I guess, if you’re into lesbian folk songs.) Whoever can identify it first wins an Internet.
That one was good but, I dunno – I liked the one where he addressed Ami and amira one after the other:
http://manboobz.com/2011/06/22/arms-and-the-mens-rights-movement/comment-page-10/#comment-34364
Nevertheless – agree that convo was HILARIOUS 🙂
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there’s your guy of nice
Okay, that was pretty good too :-). I just loved the invitation to come with him. I’m sad I couldn’t see the hilarity at the time. Ah, well, I’ll try and be sharper next time >.<
Oh – and I totally missed the bit where he gave me shit about yoga not being about strength! Pfft. *Work* so gets in the way of my virtual life 🙁
Somehow those cats looks really sinister on the card.
You’re just turning them out today, Ami! Good stuff! You’ll have a whole set soon!
@Magpie No, they look sinister all the time! Creeeepy.
@Nobby. Hee hee! Just what are they eating ……
Reading Niceguy’s card I pronounced it Gee of Neece
“Gee of Neece”
Ni, ni!
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OMG the cards!
… can I have one?
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The poll is back! Not the fault of your browsers!
Not sure how it fell out of the sidebar, but I put it back in.
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That was rude Ion, even for you.
Was that supposed to be serious or sarcastic? Considering I posted right after three aMiRA quotes, I’m not sure.
Forum would be easier to read, certainly. So I’m for it. And that cat picture looks creepy.
Hmm :O It seems like the yes side is rly leading in the polls xD We should have like… election coverage of this XD It’s still early, but so far the Forum party is elected or leading in 24 ridings…
xD
Since the homepage gives us news and is the first thing we see, I don’t think there will be a shortage of comments. I think a forum would be sort of like a “sidekick” of sorts. Also, it’ll be nice for people to post their own topics without having to worry about it getting buried in 500 other comments.
Great job on the fic, Johnny! I promise I won’t turn you into a hound again… *wink wink*
Ami, I can’t believe I didn’t notice until now that “Mistress of Hounds”=MH.
And when you impersonate me in the forum it will clearly be as KristinaMiH.
(In re: the forum, I tend not to participate in them myself and will probably stick mainly to the comments, but who knows. I may be swayed. If y’all want to give it a try I’m for it.)
I voted “whatever” but mostly ’cause I’m on the fence.
On the one hand, I really like how energetic the comments are, and I worry that with a forum that would fizzle. I also like how comments sort of run like a conversation – disorganized, often off-topic, but flowing very naturally.
On the other hand, reading through several hundred comments just to understand what the hell is going on is a bit annoying. And it would be cool for people to be able to start their own threads…