[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: More About TBAY

[Kathryn Cawte]

Shaun wrote:

> I also have a real problem with people saying over and over again
that TBAYs are
> canon discussion as if this is a proveable fact. Because I don't
believe it is. I do
> read TBAY and I see a significant proportion of TBAY posts that
seem to me to be
> nothing but an excuse for some roleplaying fun. I've no problem
with that - I've
> been roleplaying for nearly 22 years. I just don't think it
belongs on a discussion
> list.

davewitley

I believe that what really *is* hard to perceive correctly is the
motivation of a poster for posting to the list.  A TBAY post may
well be an excuse for fun, whether it contains extensive canon
discussion or little.  So may a 'straightforward' post.  I believe
that any criterion for deciding what posts belong on the list should
avoid consideration of motivation.

K

I think you misunderstood Shaun's point slightly (either that or I did). He
wasn't saying that the problem was someone posting for fun - after all
that's why we all post all kinds of messages, if it wasn't fun we wouldn't
keep doing it. I think he was having a problem with the fact that some TBAY
posts tend to be more about the roleplaying than the making of a canon
point.

I know that while I like the concept of TBAY I very rarely read the posts
because often I have to do some real work (either in looking stuff up or
just in ploughing through the fluff) to work out what point the poster is
trying to make,

Possibly it would have been better to say that some posts seem to be nothing
but an exercise in roleplaying. After all we're all here to have fun - no
matter how seriously we take things - that's how I choose which posts to
read, either the topic or the poster has to indicate to me that I'm going to
enjoy myself. Of course for me the fun tends to be in getting into a heated
(but friendly) discussion with someone, so I read posts by specific people
knowing that more often than not I'm going to vehemently disagree with them
(tries to avoid looking at those people on *this* list who are on my 'are we
even reading the same books?' list), whereas for others the fun may be
trying to explain away the minutae of daily life in the WW. Anyway, my point
was that no one has any problem with people having fun - it's when that fun
doesn't really seem to fit with the list that we wonder.

Personally I have no problem with TBAY on the main list, even if I don't
read it often.

K
"The Loudest Noise Comes From The Electric Minerva."