Salon post: March 9

[jenett]

I mentioned in a lock post, there was no post last week because I was still getting over being miserably sick.

Welcome to this week's salon post!

Topic of the week
Getting conversations going is something that I think about a lot, between online spaces like this, being staff on a Pagan forum, and just generally.

I've mentioned in a locked post that I've noticed a significant drop off in comments on the salon posts, and I'm wondering if there are things I (or other people who were interested) could do to help.

Is it timing? Starting discussions a bit differently? Something else?

What I've been up to:
Having finished the Classic Doctor Who rewatch, I am now a season into New Who. (With a bit of skipping episodes, since I've seen the first couple of seasons several times in the not too distant past.)


House rules:
This is a public post, feel free to encourage other people to drop by, just note the 'if posting anonymously, include a name people can call you in responses' rule.

* Consider this a conversation in my living room, only with a lot more seating. I reserve the right to redirect, screen, and otherwise moderate stuff, but would vastly prefer not to have to.

* If you don't have a DW account or want to post anonymously, please include a name we can call you in this particular post. (You can say AnonymousOne or your favourite colour or whatever. Just something to help keep conversations clear.)

* If you've got a question or concern, feel free to PM me.

Comments

[theora]

One thing that brings me back to conversations on Facebook are the notifications. With so much content coming at me from all sides (not to mention real-life commitments), realistically I will not remember to revisit an interesting post to make a comment I couldn't initially make or check for new comments unless there's something to remind me. So I use the Turn On Notifications function on FB a lot. I know a similar function is available on DW, but it was never part of my DW/LJ flow. I'm now trying to use it more (after a period away from DW). You could perhaps highlight the feature in the Salon intros so anyone who's interested can turn it on and get those little remindery pings to come back and read new comments or add forgotten ones.

[senmut]

I think my problem is that I tend to forget to come back and look at other comments and interact? I'm always proverbially running around, but since I waste time on tumblr, you'd think I'd track a post and watch it here?

Query for you? Which Classic Who stories clicked well for you? No need to list all, just some highlights?

[anne]

I've been spending a lot less time online in general. I can read or stream while I spin, but I haven't figured out how to type while spinning yet. Alas!

I also spent six weeks flat on my back with no functioning brain cells...I never had a fever, so it can't have been the flu, but I felt hit by a truck anyway. Mono? I don't know. So I got back in the habit of reading a book or two a day, which has been very nice. My mother had never read any Heyer at all! So we've been doing that. Bless the BPL and its enormous collection.

My booklog posts have become very terse for some reason, but if anybody wants to read them, there they are.

[jazzyjj]

I like the idea of a little reminder for people to turn on tracking for these entries. I personally don't do it but I've tried out the feature and it works great. I just joined and subscribed to a politics forum on Dw, so I have made it a habit of coming here daily and checking my Reading page. Even if I don't post something I check. Long live DW!





As for what I've been up to, a lot of reading for pleasure and a lot of socializing w/the neighbors. I've also been working out once a week at the local YMCA, and it feels so good. Believe it or not, I haven't read any of the Dr. Who series. But my high school had a Dr. Who Club. I'm not sure if they still do though. The guy who was in charge of it at the time was a teacher of mine.

[redbird]

I think I missed one because I was out of the country, and another because I was trying to rest my hands.

Other than that, I've been spending a lot of time and energy on PT for my hips. It's helping, but it's time-consuming, and seems to be using up spoons as well.

[mindways]

I like the discussion when I have time, but I'm critical-path on my work project, and winter has been playing merry havoc with the sitting which normally gets me work hours. (Snowstorms and illness, mostly.) I've been mostly just skimming DW.

Also, I did not realize until reading this entry that you could turn on per-post whole-post comment notifications!

[adafrog]

Am I a bad person if I say that if the individual posts are too long, then it kind of chases me away? My deer is teal. lol

Doctor Who! Wow, you watched all the old who? I need to do that again.
I wasn't so keen on Clara, so I've skipped a few episodes with her and Matt. I'm hoping with the new doctor and the new show runner it'll be better.

[rosefox]

I think that if your topics encourage people to ask questions, rather than to respond to your question, then you might see a lot more of people answering one another's questions and getting into back-and-forth discussions.

[st_aurafina]

I'm on the other side of the world, so by the time I get to the post, there's usually a few threads in action, and I don't really know where/how to talk there, if you know what I mean. Socially awkward for me usually means standing back and being quiet, which isn't much help to you for keeping the posts going. I do appreciate and enjoy them.

Is there an etiquette for joining threaded conversations? For example, I would have like to have popped in where you're talking to Asp about your favourite Classic Who serials.

[redrose]

I read, but I am shy about commenting. Ummm... Leela was my favorite companion, probably because I live in my head so much that "stab your problem til it's dead" combined with she is one of the best hunters of her tribe hit some sweet spots for me.

[witchchild]

I'm still failing hard at lj and dw stuff, but still trying to work on it.

Will you be at Paganicon?

[silveradept]

Would like to hear your thoughts on the new Who series, now that you've done the classics - I joined in at Doctor Nine and have been enjoying things, for the most part. Although not necessarily for sophisticated reasons other than "the companions regularly outshine the Doctor with clever, spirit, and heart."