Why Your Tiki Finds Deserve Their Own Threads - Collecting Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Sun, Nov 6, 2005 3:40 PM I don't think there's any need, or desire, to lock Tiki Finds. I'm not interesting in seeing people stop posting their finds in Tiki Finds -- it can be fun to see what people are able to find in clusters and hear about their trips to the thrift store -- but rather, to also get these items posted in threads for discussion and conversation. On 2005-11-05 20:19, hewey wrote: I like the idea, but wasnt the idea of the single collecting thread to keep all this stuff together in a relatively ordered way, without a bazillion topics? Nope. The "Tiki Finds keeps everything in one place" argument doesn't hold water. The items getting posted are extraordinarily varied, the only thing they have in common is that they've been "found." By that argument, the entire Collecting Tiki section would be "relatively ordered" if everything went into one great big thread. Sure, you could do a search and find a post within that monster thread, but discussion would be a cacophany of unrelated jabbering. Discussion about the generics of looking for and finding tiki items make sense in Tiki Finds, but discussion about specific tiki items do not. Sure, you might be able to find an item in Tiki Finds (though that requires that whoever found the item knew what it was, and typed the name of the item next to the picture), but how common is it for someone to find an old post in Tiki Finds, have a question about it, or more information about it, and post it to the thread? It occasionally happens for the day or 2 after the find has been posted, but it doesn't happen for old finds. Again -- we wouldn't have a new thread every time someone finds an item. Rather, we would have a new post every time someone finds a new item, sometimes in existing threads about that type of item, and sometimes in a new thread if there isn't already one. For instance, if someone finds a new coconut monkey, they would probably choose to put it in the coconut monkey thread that badmojo started. That lets us see the variety across all of them, and keeps relevant information about where they were made, how far back they date, etc. all together in one place. Much more organized, actually. If you're not interested in coconut monkeys, then you can just skip the thread -- hell, that's how message boards work. But if you are interested in coconut monkeys, that thread is a whole lot more useful than searching within Tiki Finds for coconut monkeys. And, I'd be willing to wager that more than a few people found coconut monkeys a lot more interesting as that thread grew.

I don't think there's any need, or desire, to lock Tiki Finds. I'm not interesting in seeing people stop posting their finds in Tiki Finds -- it can be fun to see what people are able to find in clusters and hear about their trips to the thrift store -- but rather, to also get these items posted in threads for discussion and conversation.

On 2005-11-05 20:19, hewey wrote:
I like the idea, but wasnt the idea of the single collecting thread to keep all this stuff together in a relatively ordered way, without a bazillion topics?

Nope. The "Tiki Finds keeps everything in one place" argument doesn't hold water. The items getting posted are extraordinarily varied, the only thing they have in common is that they've been "found." By that argument, the entire Collecting Tiki section would be "relatively ordered" if everything went into one great big thread. Sure, you could do a search and find a post within that monster thread, but discussion would be a cacophany of unrelated jabbering.

Discussion about the generics of looking for and finding tiki items make sense in Tiki Finds, but discussion about specific tiki items do not.

Sure, you might be able to find an item in Tiki Finds (though that requires that whoever found the item knew what it was, and typed the name of the item next to the picture), but how common is it for someone to find an old post in Tiki Finds, have a question about it, or more information about it, and post it to the thread? It occasionally happens for the day or 2 after the find has been posted, but it doesn't happen for old finds.

Again -- we wouldn't have a new thread every time someone finds an item. Rather, we would have a new post every time someone finds a new item, sometimes in existing threads about that type of item, and sometimes in a new thread if there isn't already one. For instance, if someone finds a new coconut monkey, they would probably choose to put it in the coconut monkey thread that badmojo started. That lets us see the variety across all of them, and keeps relevant information about where they were made, how far back they date, etc. all together in one place. Much more organized, actually.

If you're not interested in coconut monkeys, then you can just skip the thread -- hell, that's how message boards work. But if you are interested in coconut monkeys, that thread is a whole lot more useful than searching within Tiki Finds for coconut monkeys. And, I'd be willing to wager that more than a few people found coconut monkeys a lot more interesting as that thread grew.

Post #196716 by Humuhumu on Sun, Nov 6, 2005 3:40 PM