Chatterbox: Blab About Books

Let's face it. Blab About Books is dead. Everything, and I mean everything, is a Warriors RP. We've had this problem for a very long time. When I came to the Chatterbox, BaB was about books. That's books with an s, all sorts of books. There were no roleplays. Then a Warriors RP popped up, and that was OK, and I participated. Then some of the Clan leaders made their own threads, and that was OK too, because there were only 2 or 3. Then new clans popped up, and you know what? That was also OK. Then about 30 new clans were made. You know what? That is not OK, because now if anyone actually wants to blab about books, they will have a great deal of difficulty doing so. Yes, you can say they could start a new thread. It will soon be lost in the fields of Warriors RPs. Let's have some numbers before I propose our plan. On BaB, there are 69 threads relating to Warriors RPs in the first 10 pages. That includes threads like this one, addressing the problem; Choklitclan, ridiculing the problem; and interclan talk. Now, here are my thoughts on how we can address this problem. I have borrowed liberally from Ima's, as I agree with many of hers.

#1. No new Clans. Yes, this is going to be protested. But there's got to be 60 threads out there. If you want to RP, join a clan, don't make one. Let's crunch some numbers. There're more than 50 clans out there. However, I think there are not 50 Chatterboxers! That means some people have made multiple clans. Who needs to make more than one Clan? No new clans. Join the old ones.

#2. Let me paraphrase Ima. "There should only be 5 Clan threads at a time on the front page." How about this? Five RP threads. I don't really care if it's "I want a clan", an actual "clan", a "battle", a "gathering", or whatever. Five RPs. And ChoklitClan is not an RP.

#3. Antiwarriors. Lighten up. Let them have fun. Let them have their fun on five or fewer threads.

#4. Warriors RPers. I understand, OK. I'm in StormClan, and it is fun, I admit that. But seriously. We have to draw the line somewhere, or it's not going to be fun for anyone else.

#5, and this is the most important. Everyone, make serious threads. Talk about books, and that will help lessen the WRPS. We can't ask the Admins or Webpeople to do everything for us. We have to be the change. 

Please heed my ideas, stop fighting, and start building BaB again.

-Reuben

Very good ideas, Reuben. You're right. There are many more worthy books to discuss!

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