ALL THAT CHAT

[Mark-o]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 4:07pm

Wow... some of the posters over there make this site look like a 1st grade playground!
Harsh!

[newintown]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 4:18pm

At least here, some people are actually funny. Over there, it's boringness or bitchery or both, except for Alan Scott, who seems very articulate and smart.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 4:20pm

Not to mention it's arguably over-moderated. You WILL stay on topic.

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 5:00pm

I thought they had strict moderating there so that there aren't any fights.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 5:06pm

I have a little crush on MikeR. But I don't post there anymore. I once had dinner with someone who posted there who was a terrifically nice guy.

I prefer the free-wheeling insanity of BWW. I actually like the fact that a lot of our posters are younger.

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 5:11pm

They are a bunch of stuffed shirt humorless prigs. Some of them are over here, too.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 5:52pm

I like the fact they don't tolerate trolls.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 6:35pm

It's so cute that they refer to BWW as "the other board." And rarely actually link to it.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 6:46pm

I spent five minutes there once.

That was enough.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:45pm

Eh. I think there's value to both, but I don't even remember my log-in name for ATC if that tells you anything. There are sometimes fascinating conversations between some of the old-timers (said with deference) over there that offer some great insight into theatre history. But too often, they got bogged down in dullest watching-paint-dry debates about things like whether a show's title should really have a colon in it. I mean, come on...

Oh, and, yeah, MikeR can have it.

[BwayGeek2]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 10:53am

Not to mention, the format is extremely convoluted and hard to follow.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 10:57am

The place also lost some of its vibrancy when the site crashed. Or was down for maintenance. Or whatever happened a few years ago.

[artscallion]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 11:00am

The format is my biggest problem with it. But obviously the folks there have adjusted to using it.

On a side note, "bitchery" is such a great word.

[indytallguy]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 12:29pm

It's pretty much the same format if you switch to threaded mode.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 12:38pm

Pretty sure the lead moderator over there is a suburban housewife with nothing better to do than watch the board 24/7, deleting whatever she feels like.

Also what's considered "off-topic" seems to change by the minute. Apparently it's on topic to post that it's a random celebrity's birthday, or to ask about restaurants, but off topic to talk about theatre performers on television.

Updated On: 11/8/13 at 12:38 PM

[Mark-o]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 9:39am

Don't dare misspell anything over there!

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 9:46am

And that childish moderator doesn't realize that you don't take sides as a mod.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 10:07am

What is this All That Chat you speak of?