Proposed Changes to WTO/TWW

lulu1180

We were discussing possible changes in the randoms thread and want to get everyone's input on it.  Because the board has been slow, we discussed combining the daily WTO and TWW threads into one.  That way, we can all interact with our friends regardless of where they are in their cycle.  When the activity on the board picks back up, we can separate them again.  What are you thoughts/feelings/opinion on this?

Feel free to note any questions/concerns/comments below.  This poll will be open until Friday at 1 pm (ET).  If the majority agrees, we will start the new structure next week.

general_organa

Definitely in favor of combining the threads! 

sparklingdiamond

I think they should be combined.

prpl11butterfly

I'm probably going to be odd man out. I get that it's slow, but here are my reasons for thinking to keep separate. 1, I have a hard time keeping up with just whatever thread I'm in at the time. Keeping up with whose where is going to be too much for me. And 2, if I'm CD3 and feeling really down about another month passing, I'm not going to want to pop in and see someone else chart that looks super promising. That is just my 2 cents.

lulu1180

@prpl11butterfly Thanks for sharing your view!  For the situation you mention, would it help to have all charts in a spoiler so you have the option of whether or not you want to look at it? 

prpl11butterfly

I know that they generally are, and it would help. But still think it's best to keep seperate.
ETA  I guess I don't mean just the literal chart. It would be comments about charts, SS, and the such. I personally feel like on a bad TTC day, there could be a lot of things that one happens across that hurt them.

My participation will decrease if they are combined. I will not have the ability to keep up with everything (by this I mean TB, my job and home life) and actually be supportive and keep up with everyone.

The random thread is great for keeping the "groups" interacting, IMO.

nitnat007

Would it be better to keep the body of the TWW/WTO thread as they are, and only merging the GTKY questions? Would that be too many threads every day? Just a thought. 

general_organa

nitnat007 said:

Would it be better to keep the body of the TWW/WTO thread as they are, and only merging the GTKY questions? Would that be too many threads every day? Just a thought. 

Honestly, I originally suggested merging the daily GTKY questions for the sake of being sensitive and not subjecting people to cycle details who don't want to peek in on the other side. But then it seemed like people wanted to combine everything! I'm happy to go with the majority. I definitely don't want the result of the changes to be alienating!

Personally, I have a hard time positing much during WTO as it is because AF is like 8-9 days long and I don't O until ~CD18, and it's just the same stats every day - I find it depressing to dwell on. So I feel like I kind of check out of the community during that time with nowhere else to go. I think it would be nice to move the GTKY out of the TWW/WTO threads. I feel like one always copies the question from the other, anyway. I also think having a daily GTKY in place of the more negative dailies (bitchfest, twatwaffle, UO, etc) would be a good thing, too. I noticed those don't really happen much, anyway.

LJMoon6

I kinda want to change my vote. I agree with @prpl11butterfly that during the TWW I'm usually hopefully and giddy, but during the WTO I can get pretty dark and twisty. I think keeping them separate would be better. But I do like what @general_organa is suggesting. Pull the GTKY question out and creating a massive one. Maybe that could help everyone, not only the dailies, but also in the IF, TFAS, and TTCAL threads interact more.

lulu1180

This is what I get for opening my big mouth.  I'm with @general_organa and absolutely don't want anyone to feel alienated.  I know that this community helped keep me sane when I've struggled and I certainly don't want to chase anyone away who may need it, because let's face it TTC is effing hard!!  

I think a daily GTKY for the board as a whole would work instead of having individual ones on the daily threads.  For anyone interested, here's a couple websites I've used to look up GTKY questions.  Sometimes I've changed one slightly to make it more applicable to this setting. 
https://www.mantelligence.com/good-questions-to-ask-to-get-to-know-someone/
https://www.oprah.com/spirit/entertaining-getting-to-know-you-questions

@prpl11butterfly Thank you for speaking up and letting us know that this bothered you

luckywife10

Is it possible to redo the poll and add other options? I'm in favor of just combining the GTKY and leaving the TWW/WTO separate also.

lulu1180

@luckywife10 We would have to do a whole new poll which I can do tomorrow morning if I don’t get a chance tonight.  Unfortunately you can’t edit a poll to change/add options

general_organa

@lulu1180 I'm on a computer now and can add a new poll if you want. It really is annoying that you can't add poll options once you post it! 

lulu1180

@general_organa sounds good to me!  And I’ve definitely felt the frustration on wanting to add poll options after the fact

suzycupcake

I'm with the others about keeping it the same. I'm cool with combining gtky.

TJtheGoat

I like having separate WTO/TWW threads as well. 

general_organa

@lulu1180 I posted the new poll. I really hope I got all the options correct! 

+++ Please go vote on the new poll - sorry to make y'all vote twice! +++ 


ETA Gif for attention. 

navete

I also like separate WTO/TWW threads. As a newbie I’m having trouble keeping up with all the convos as it is

Combined GTKY sounds fun.