I joined AW in September, so I wasn't around last year at this time. Will we have a poll for best threads of 2009? I think it's a good idea, especially for those of us that recently joined.
I've never seen such a poll, but chances are it would turn into a popularity contest, which never end well. We'd be better off with a poll that asked, "Who's Your Favorite Mod?" and watch them all die with envy when Silver King won with 99.99% of the votes.I...Will we have a poll for best threads of 2009?
I've never seen such a poll, but chances are it would turn into a popularity contest, which never end well. We'd be better off with a poll that asked, "Who's Your Favorite Mod?" and watch them all die with envy when Silver King won with 99.99% of the votes.
Hm, I thought it could be cool, but I do see the possibility for a popularity contest. I suppose it could just be a place where we link to the threads that individually helped us the most this past year.
Ha! And our dear brainstorm is exactly the reason why SK wouldn't run the table and capture 100% of the votes.
You could try that approach and see how it goes. I like the idea, and I think you can frame the discussion so that the content of the links, and not the posters themselves, are highlighted.Hm, I thought it could be cool, but I do see the possibility for a popularity contest. I suppose it could just be a place where we link to the threads that individually helped us the most this past year.
Is it still considered "cross-posting" when we're twelve minutes apart? It felt like it to me, but my thoughts are slow to wiggle their way into words.I think we're mostly in agreement, Dino. You just said it better than me.
Oh ghod...how on earth would you limit that to a reasonable number?T... "Top Threads Wherein Mac Is Called A Fascist"?
Is it still considered "cross-posting" when we're twelve minutes apart?
All of those are worthy topics. Regan may as well title her thread, "Worst of the Worse of 2009!"...Anyway, how 'bout a "Top Locked Threads"? Or maybe a "Top Threads That SK Ported To TIO"? Or "Top Threads Wherein Mac Is Called A Fascist"?
Or you could just let people work it out for themselves.
Part of the thing is that different writers bring different areas of need, just as they bring different areas of expertise. What helps me might not help you, and vice versa.
I have a ton of favorite, helpful threads. It's hard to say what I might read that causes the rusty little gears in my brain to suddenly achieve enough motion to turn over -- it might be as simple as someone saying "there's a dynamic you achieve when what your protagonist wants is in direct opposition to what he needs"--but that's a single post in a multi-page thread.
The Learn Writing With Uncle Jim thread, for example, is one thread that I link to again and again, year after year.
What thread or piece of advice have you found especially helpful, Regan?
We could filter it down to, say, "Best Mac Fascist Thread: no Godwin" and "Best Buster Nazi Thread: SP didn't get called out by a mod" and suchlike.Oh ghod...how on earth would you limit that to a reasonable number?
He did the same with a bunch of Haggis' jokes. It was like watching a Red Buttons movie...Rolling Thunder once spliced together a bunch of smack-downs I've posted over the years, and posted 'em in mod.
It was really scary, all of 'em put together like that.
There are probably lots of good threads here that I and others haven't never investigated, simply because we've never ventured into them for one reason and another.
Dang, I must've missed that one.Rolling Thunder once spliced together a bunch of smack-downs I've posted over the years, and posted 'em in mod.
It was really scary, all of 'em put together like that.
I don't remember where it was, and it's been a while, or I'd send you a link. I printed it out and pinned it over my desk for a long time, just to remind myself to chill.Dang, I must've missed that one.
*Leaves thread to read RT's anthology of Mac's smack-downs, which may take a while. See you again some time after Christmas!*
If it's not too much trouble, could you make a copy and mail it to me? I can't find it in the Super Secret, Nonexistent Room.I don't remember where it was, and it's been a while, or I'd send you a link. I printed it out and pinned it over my desk for a long time, just to remind myself to chill.