I have an account with Talkin' Broadway. Although I appreciate the insight of many of the posters there, I have to agree with neon that the aggressive moderation and arbitrariness of many of their rules hinders open dialogue and posting. They're also obviously very slow to adapt to anything new--the site's mods want to run it like it's still 1997--as evidenced by the fact that simple change requests (like adding an edit button) are met with months-long "dialogues".
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Also, posts live on ATC only for about a week, and then they're gone. So I don't feel like writing a lot for such a short period of exposure. Also, because of this "feature," you can't build on what previous posters said, unlike BWW.
It seems to me that the posters on All that Chat are mostly older, which is probably one reason why there has been reluctance to change the format. But there are some very knowledgeable posters over there. I do think its a shame that discussions aren't archived, because over the years I've read many wonderful stories and anecdotes about the golden era of Broadway (50s-60s).
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”
I do read it at least once a day for stories like those and a slightly more readable format for press releases (really the only best their antiquated format is good for), but the moderation, lack of interesting posts, and pervasive ineptitude ("I saw this link on some site but I don't know how to tell you where it was, so just click" is too much for me to bother re-registering after a decade.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
I wish people who had accounts on both boards would not simply copy-and-paste the same exact posts on both. It's only logical to think that theatre lovers would read both boards. So why would anyone think that people want to read the same posts twice? If you're going to post on both boards, then at least vary it up a little.
After Eight said: "I wish people who had accounts on both boards would not simply copy-and-paste the same exact posts on both. It's only logical to think that theatre lovers would read both boards. So why would anyone think that people want to read the same posts twice? If you're going to post on both boards, then at least vary it up a little.
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Most people may *read* both boards (and that's a big, not-easily-verifiable assumption in and of itself), but most people don't have accounts for both boards. That's largely due to ATC's rather draconian account creation process. I see no problem in someone supplying the same text on both boards, because it gives people the opportunity to respond on one forum when they couldn't on another.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
What a needless and nonsensical response. Although, from you, I'd expect nothing else.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
There's definitely been times I've seen a post on ATC that I want to respond to, so then I wish the person would also post it on BWW. (Sometimes my wish comes true!)
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
I don't usually have time to post much during the day, so by the evening here in California when I have time to chat ATC posts are buried and the discussions are ending, especially due to all the press releases. Here at BWW the most active posts keep cycling to the top and my responses are more visible and I feel part of the discussion. I also love the feature to get an email when you subscribe to a thread. Often I don't want to continue responding but am curious to read what others post...and then I can unsubscribe if I become disinterested or the thread tone turns mean-spirited.
I do appreciate the knowledge from industry folks when I post my Today's Random Question on ATC. I've learned a lot about the business of show from ATC. My ID on ATC is basically the same. I often wonder who has similar IDs on both sites or if you have completely different identities on the sites. I don't notice many similarities but haven't looked all that close.
It seems to be dominated by one truly obnoxious know-it-all. I have a suspicion that that person may also post here under a different name. I've blocked that individual here.
There are actually several people who fit that description --- the most annoying (and "prolific") being the insufferable Michael Portantiere!
It seems that most of the frequent ATC posters (i.e. the "favorites" of the moderators) don't post here much because they aren't able to hide behind the moderators' apron strings.
i attempted to join and it took almost a month for me to be confirmed or whatever, which was obnoxious and i'd forgotten the reason why i had wanted to. and it's a very difficult site to read (like seriously why is it formatted the way it is)
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."