FanFare threads are starting to close
May 24, 2015 11:28 PM - Subscribe
Back when FanFare was launched, pb said: "right now the code is set to close the threads in a year." That year's up and early FanFare posts are starting to close: could they not?
For example, Matt's first post on Silicon Valley is no longer open. A little annoying because joseph conrad's First Watch posts have now filled the gap before Matt finished posting them.
It makes more sense to me for new conversation to take place on the existing threads that to either (a) oh, thread's closed, too bad, nowhere to talk about it on FanFare or (b) oh, thread's closed, post a duplicate to open up somewhere to talk about it.
So: could thread closing be extended, or removed altogether, on FanFare?
For example, Matt's first post on Silicon Valley is no longer open. A little annoying because joseph conrad's First Watch posts have now filled the gap before Matt finished posting them.
It makes more sense to me for new conversation to take place on the existing threads that to either (a) oh, thread's closed, too bad, nowhere to talk about it on FanFare or (b) oh, thread's closed, post a duplicate to open up somewhere to talk about it.
So: could thread closing be extended, or removed altogether, on FanFare?
(Really if the podcasts threads are to be open always then I don't see why the FanFare threads shouldn't be.)
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:33 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:33 PM on May 24, 2015
Thread timeout length, or lack thereof, is going to have ramifications for longer-running projects like the Holiday Movie Club.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:28 AM on May 25, 2015
posted by the man of twists and turns at 1:28 AM on May 25, 2015
Another vote here for permanently open threads, if it won't break the servers or whatever.
posted by Etrigan at 8:49 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 8:49 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
Me, too!
posted by ocherdraco at 1:35 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ocherdraco at 1:35 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yeah, it's pretty clear that either we're going to need threads that don't close, or we're going to have reposts of movies, etc.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 2:54 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 2:54 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I think threads should stay open too.
Which does kind of raise the question of how people will know when there's new conversations going on in old threads.
posted by bleep at 3:06 PM on May 25, 2015 [2 favorites]
Which does kind of raise the question of how people will know when there's new conversations going on in old threads.
posted by bleep at 3:06 PM on May 25, 2015 [2 favorites]
Which does kind of raise the question of how people will know when there's new conversations going on in old threads.
Recent Activity, with the new Add to Activity functionality (I've already gone through and A-to-A'd a lot of old FaFi posts that I just didn't comment on but want to keep reading).
posted by Etrigan at 3:17 PM on May 25, 2015 [2 favorites]
Recent Activity, with the new Add to Activity functionality (I've already gone through and A-to-A'd a lot of old FaFi posts that I just didn't comment on but want to keep reading).
posted by Etrigan at 3:17 PM on May 25, 2015 [2 favorites]
This prob will also arise for Legend of Korra, as seasons 1 and 2 had passed before Fanfare came into existence, and by the time the planned rewatch on those two (after the current Last Airbender rewatch, it's quite possible the Season 3 original watch episodes shall have closed.
I completely support never closing FanFare threads.
posted by Atreides at 11:12 AM on May 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
I completely support never closing FanFare threads.
posted by Atreides at 11:12 AM on May 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
I've sent this question around to the mod list, will update when people have a chance to respond over there.
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:13 AM on May 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:13 AM on May 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh...We're starting up the James Bond series chronologically, and one later one (The World is Not Enough) was already posted as part of the Spirit of '99 series. I haven't checked the timeline of when it was posted, but it would suck if those of us watching the Bonds week by week have to skip adding new comments on that one, if it's been closed by then.
posted by doctornecessiter at 10:07 AM on May 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by doctornecessiter at 10:07 AM on May 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
Which does kind of raise the question of how people will know when there's new conversations going on in old threads.
The solution there is the Recent Activity link at the top of the page.
posted by JHarris at 8:04 PM on May 27, 2015
The solution there is the Recent Activity link at the top of the page.
posted by JHarris at 8:04 PM on May 27, 2015
Ya I just think sometimes things get lost in Recent Activity. Like if there's just one new comment in a thread I wasn't expecting to see pop up again. Obviously this isn't the World's Most Important Problem and it probably doesn't have a solution.
posted by bleep at 8:30 PM on May 27, 2015
posted by bleep at 8:30 PM on May 27, 2015
Sorry for the delayed reply on this, pb's out of the office for a little while and we just want to touch base with him before making a definite decision. Will update here once we talk to him.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:44 AM on May 28, 2015
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:44 AM on May 28, 2015
Give me a team of six of your best and brightest. I will find pb and bring him home. I shall call them the FanFare Six.
posted by Atreides at 1:20 PM on May 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Atreides at 1:20 PM on May 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
You have my keyboard!
posted by Etrigan at 1:37 PM on May 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 1:37 PM on May 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
Yeah, pb traveling means any technical end of it is still sort of a floating thing. That said, I don't see why we shouldn't plan to tweak it so they stay open indefinitely, and I'm guessing that will be a pretty trivial change, so I'm comfortable just sort of intimating that that's the way it'll go.
posted by cortex at 1:30 PM on May 29, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex at 1:30 PM on May 29, 2015 [3 favorites]
Which does kind of raise the question of how people will know when there's new conversations going on in old threads.
RA is, as noted already, the obvious answer for threads you've participated in recently. We might look long term at other discoverability avenues if long-dormant threads develop a flurry of new activity, but at the moment that'd pretty far down the list of priorities for FanFare development.
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on May 29, 2015
RA is, as noted already, the obvious answer for threads you've participated in recently. We might look long term at other discoverability avenues if long-dormant threads develop a flurry of new activity, but at the moment that'd pretty far down the list of priorities for FanFare development.
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on May 29, 2015
FanFare threads are now set to stay open indefinitely. As cortex mentioned, any new activity will show up in Recent Activity and also the Recent Comments view of the front page.
posted by pb at 10:24 AM on June 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by pb at 10:24 AM on June 1, 2015 [5 favorites]
Sweet, awesome! I'm so glad the FanFare Six were able to rescue you from that Nordic Prison Complex inside the dream of that guy on the subway, pb!
Thanks!
posted by Atreides at 11:19 AM on June 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
Thanks!
posted by Atreides at 11:19 AM on June 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
As cortex mentioned, any new activity will show up in Recent Activity and also the Recent Comments view of the front page.
I think a Recent Comments sorted view of the My Fanfare filtered page would add a whole lot. Or is that already there somewhere?
posted by nobody at 6:36 AM on June 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
I think a Recent Comments sorted view of the My Fanfare filtered page would add a whole lot. Or is that already there somewhere?
posted by nobody at 6:36 AM on June 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
No, that doesn't exist. We'll give it some thought.
posted by pb at 8:07 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by pb at 8:07 AM on June 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
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posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:32 PM on May 24, 2015