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reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 05:21 AM by Badge01
reply to post by SantaClaus



Ever thought of putting a link to them in your .sig?

It's a bit of 'self-promotion', but so what?

Just a thought. Solves the problem in a local, rather than global manner.



reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 07:38 AM by Cadbury
Originally posted by whatukno
What I want to see, is the increase of quality of the posts on BTS. ATS is the center for all great alternative topics such as UFOs Conspiracy and other topics that require hard facts, good research and are trying to get at the truth. A short story on ATS just doesn't belong in my opinion.


What if it's a conspiratorial story, though? You've got to remember, not everyone is writing your everyday "run-of-the-mill" stories that would, indeed, be better suited to BTS. That's why I think it best that the Short Story forum be a feature of both. Why do you want to make it exclusively BTS? What real purpose would it serve?


BTS is for general off topic and non conspiratorial talk and general chit chat. It is made for more lighthearted and more creative threads. I believe that Short Stories being put into the BTS forums would make BTS a better environment, increase traffic to the forums on BTS and make a better place for writers to work on stories without (falsely) having to think that the story should have a conspiratorial twist to it.


If you're looking to make BTS a better environment then make sure, if you move the Short Story forum there, that it shows up on ATS too. You're trying to increase BTS traffic, right? So what good would it do making that forum BTS specific? It makes no sense. All you'll do is ruin the Short Story forum.

Again, you're being selfish. What if the writer doesn't have to "falsely" put a conspiratorial slant on his work? What if a writer writes in that genre anyway? You don't, but others do.


Some members see BTS as a waste ground or garbage dump. I certainly disagree with this statement. I think that BTS is a great place to post threads of a non conspiratorial nature and have fun in the process. I think that putting Short Stories into BTS would benefit both ATS and BTS similarly. By leaving ATS open for the more alternative side of discussion and debate and increasing traffic to BTS for member submitted short stories, and giving members that feel more comfortable posting on BTS the oppertunity to create and collaborate on great works of fiction.


All of the above could be achieved by making the forum show on both. By making it specific to one or the other you're alienating people. You say "and giving members that feel more comfortable posting on BTS the oppertunity to create and collaborate on great works of fiction," but what about the people who aren't comfortable posting on BTS -- those who prefer ATS?

At least if the forum is a feature of both it's a compromise. You, Sir, are really only concerned with yourself and your group of BTS friends.


reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 07:40 AM by whatukno
reply to post by Cadbury



no no don't get me wrong, I agree that it could be in both ATS and BTS simultaniously. I think that would be a great idea. A great compromise. (as I stated before)


reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 07:43 AM by Cadbury
reply to post by whatukno



You said that before but then you turned around and said make it BTS specific again a few posts later, saying a Short Story doesn't belong on ATS.


reply posted on 1-8-2008 @ 10:48 PM by whatukno
reply to post by Cadbury



But you see, I can agree with you and still want my origional thought. If it is possible to have it on both boards I am all for that. But if not I would like to see it on BTS.

The subject matter is clearly made for the forums on BTS. It's just logical that it be placed on that board instead of ATS. However, I do see your point. Yes some writers do put a conspiritorial twist into their work. That in itself is clearly ATS. If it is possible to have it on both boards at once, or perhaps even a separate yet equal BTS version perhaps that could be a compromise that everyone can agree with. Perhaps, a new forum called Creative Fiction. for BTS. Where writers more comfortable with the BTS forums can gather and write and have their work read by people that post often on BTS.

[edit on 8/2/2008 by whatukno]
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