I vote no.

I've had no problems being logged on to both ATS and BTS for more than three years. It can't be that hard?

ive been browsing this site on and off for a few years, and have to have both saved to my favorites, i know how everything works here, i think it would be a bad idea, but adding stars back into BTS, ive seen a lot of good posts on there that are "star worthy" that dont get credit due

[edit on 2/10/2010 by BringMeTheHorizon]

I also vote no, I think it would open the boards to too much garbage about Lady Gaga's performance the night before, or your favorite superbowl commercial. But thats just me.

-E-

I've never had a bit of difficulty with logging onto BTS. Voting no on merging the two.

I like bts the way it is.
I don't mind having to do an extra log in.
BTS is good the way it is in my opinion.

I kind of like the way the two are separated. I don't mind having to log in for one or the other. It was never really an issue for me. Thanks for bringing it up though!

Another vote for NO, BTS is a fun escape for me, but it dumbs down ATS if merged. In current form it's quite easy to figure out how to log in/get to BTS.

Thanks for asking S.O.!

I also vote NO.

The two sites are totally different in their topics as well as their atmosphere.

Please don't ruin a good thing that many members enjoy.

Thank-you...

Just say NO to ATS/BTS marriage......keep things the way nature intended..

[edit on 2/10/2010 by tribewilder]

BTS is like a refuge when "things go bad" for whatever reason on ATS. It's a little sanctuary, a chillout zone, if you will.

Please don't merge the two.

Just make it so that once you are in ATS you are in BTS aswell no need to login then.
Simple really.

I am all for it. Often I enjoy some of the less intense fluff in there but am disuaded at the log in.

Some of the less popular boards could be culled down with broader topiics. It is like Automakers offering too many models.

EDIT TO ADD: As per normal, based on prior replies,I seldom go with the flow. " I'm a rebel, a loner." < Peewee Herman.

Thanks for the continued improvement and chance to chime in.






[edit on 10-2-2010 by kinda kurious]

An option:

Drop BTS entirely, save over the 4 best Forums (one of them being a "general chit chat" place for all the rest of the stuff) and Mutter over to ATS.

NO no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

We like BTS the way it is. We don't need all that riff raff in there mucking up the place.

Let them keep thinking BTS is oblivion and we can keep it nice and tranquil (for the most part) and friendly.

We like the little community that we have going. We like our mutter conversations we like the relaxed forum.

Don't Kill our BTS! PLEASE FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD AND DECENT IN THE UNIVERSE DON'T KILL OUR BTS!



[edit on 2/10/2010 by whatukno]

Originally posted by BringMeTheHorizon
ive been browsing this site on and off for a few years, and have to have both saved to my favorites, i know how everything works here, i think it would be a bad idea, but adding stars back into BTS, ive seen a lot of good posts on there that are "star worthy" that dont get credit due

[edit on 2/10/2010 by BringMeTheHorizon]

Me too, been coming here for years now. Many good posts in BTS, and I for one hardly take the trouble to log in there just to read. I think a merger would be a good thing to do. ATS, like everything else in this crazy world, has to roll with the changes.

I guess I have not been a member of ATS long enough to realize that this was a problem for some members. I like both ATS and BTS very much but ever since I logged on to both back in 2008 i have never been requested to do so again...

So i don't see a necessity for the merger of the two but then again i never experienced any problems.

Peace

Just the log-in system SO, especially just the log-in.
There's no need for a complete merge, perhaps you can just modify the recent post setting to add full BTS or something.
Although if you want to phase out the belowtopsecret.com domain, I'm okay with that. The key is the recent post button I guess. I don't want the entire BTS recent posts to pop up there. Mutter box is optional.

I vote no as well.

BTS is for fun, and ats is for serious matters. I've recently seen a few threads that were duplicated from BTS onto ATS (infuriating) and some ATS threads that should have been in BTS to begin with. And merging the 2 would cause even more confusion.

It doesn't bother me that I have to log into BTS (it's the same info anyway), it serves as a little reminder that you are about to have a little light hearted fun, and not to take things too seriously. I like the current system.

I don't see the big deal, I have a little program on my PC that saves the log in info and I don't have to put the infomation in unless I manually log out. Think it's fine the way it is.

[edit on 10-2-2010 by Aquarius1]