Forum renaming Poll

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 10:47

Should we rename "Portobello On Line" -General discussion " to "Gossip and Tittle Tattle"

I know its sort of Lawrence's idea and he got flamed at the time,by me, but I'm thinking it may be a more fitting nom de plume. It certainly fits with the chat and it has a nice neighbourly feel. It also would better de-lineate the "Portobello Matters" forum. It could be a wee testament to Lawrence too but that's no reason not to do it, the boy does his best.

What do you think

Post by **wangi** » 21 Mar 2006, 10:49

All for it!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 10:50

Wangi-Nike!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 10:53

Gossip & Tittle Tattle

This famous quote from our elected representative should be enshrined forever on internets as it is in our collective community consciousness.

Rename.

G&TT.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 21 Mar 2006, 11:00

Absolutely rename...I love a G&TT

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Mar 2006, 11:11

I appreciate the irony but I feel that it would devalue the general forum and play into the hands of our critics. As you know, I enjoy a bit of G&TT myself (ice and lemon) but there are also very serious topics that are discussed here that don't belong on Portobello Matters because they are not local issues.

I can't speak for BB and Marya, however I might be prepared to compromise with 'General discussion, gossip and tittle-tattle'

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 11:15

More than good enough for me. Porty - you've got Bob in a compromising position.

ceejam · Post by **ceejam** » 21 Mar 2006, 11:36

Gossip, chatter-natter, tittle-tattle, still we prattle on!

A quote from BRODIE! The Musical

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 11:38

Bob Jefferson wrote:I appreciate the irony but I feel that it would devalue the general forum and play into the hands of our critics.

We obvioulsy have to wait until the outcome of the Poll. However, surely the secret of any succesful enterprise is determined by giving the customer base what it wants, within reason?

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Mar 2006, 12:24

Portobello Chatters, Portobello Natters, Portobello Nutters.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 12:27

You are crap at marketing.

It simply has to be G &TT.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 21 Mar 2006, 13:32

Dadaist wrote: you've got Bob in a compromising position.

So if I agree, does that mean I'll be found in a compromising position with Bob?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 13:39

Bellybabe wrote:
Dadaist wrote: you've got Bob in a compromising position.
So if I agree, does that mean I'll be found in a compromising position with Bob?

No, with Porty.

Maybe it should be the Royal Bank Of Scotland General Discussion Forum!

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 21 Mar 2006, 13:42

Dadaist wrote:
No, with Porty.

Would it not in fact be with both of them? Bob and Porty?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 13:54

Bellybabe wrote:
Dadaist wrote:
No, with Porty.

Would it not in fact be with both of them? Bob and Porty?

The more people compromise with each other, the better.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 14:21

ceejam wrote:Gossip, chatter-natter, tittle-tattle, still we prattle on!

A quote from BRODIE! The Musical

Nice one.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 21 Mar 2006, 14:34

Dadaist wrote:Gossip & Tittle Tattle

This famous quote from our elected representative should be enshrined forever on internets as it is in our collective community consciousness.

Rename.

G&TT.

They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. You must admire Seanie a lot Dada

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 21 Mar 2006, 14:43

BTW what is being proposed here Porty; that Portobello Online is renamed or that the description 'General discussion' is replaced?
Until this question is answered I think there is insufficient detail to this proposal for the community to give it serious consideration and that rumours that it will be 'rubber stamped' at the next Administrators meeting are simply the results of deliberate scaremongering.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:00

Marya wrote:
Dadaist wrote:Gossip & Tittle Tattle

This famous quote from our elected representative should be enshrined forever on internets as it is in our collective community consciousness.

Rename.

G&TT.
They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. You must admire Seanie a lot Dada

Did you see my post over on 'Matters? He took it like a gent, and has also been very mature in not rising to any of my repeated Dr Who taunts.

I sure do admire him - his posts read like footnotes and I love nothing more than textbooks with good footnotes.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:02

Marya wrote:BTW what is being proposed here Porty; that Portobello Online is renamed or that the description 'General discussion' is replaced?

The clues are all in the question:

Porty wrote:Should we rename "Portobello On Line" -General discussion " to "Gossip and Tittle Tattle"

Portobello On Line is a silly title. By the time someone sees it they are already on line and no other Forums are so pre-fixed yet they are all on-line.. Gossip and Tittle Tattle gives a sense of gathering to discuss topics both frivolous and serious. General Discussion sounds like an order. IMHO

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:18

Hmmm...G+TT certainly seems to be coming into common usage. Doesn't, however, really sit that well as a heading for topics such as discussions on the morality of war or the deployment of torture. On the other hand, it seems a pretty good one for the thread 'Stuff on my cat'...

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:22

Stop fighting it. You know it makes sense.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:25

My (bad) idea which I was never going to share was to have general discussion, but when one of the threads turns into a bunfight it gets moved to a forum called the sandpit where you're free to kick sand in someone's eye but you know you've been naughty.

It would have an 18+ warning, require a moderator-decided opt-in to get access and have no profanity filter or rules.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 21 Mar 2006, 15:27

Porty wrote:You know it makes sense.

Was that not the slogan for the Monster Raving Loony Party?

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 21 Mar 2006, 16:34

I like " the gossip and tittla tattle" idea too, it sounds light hearted and friendly!!! Ideal for all the " light hearted and frindly" stuff!!!

Would it not be possible to have another forum for the serious topics which don't concern Portobello? Perhaps calling it " serious matters"??

( or something similar!)

Mate of Marya · Post by **Mate of Marya** » 21 Mar 2006, 17:01

How about gossip, truth and tittle tattle?

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 21 Mar 2006, 18:34

How about "It's Tittle Tattle Time with Larry Marshall"?

I propose Councillor L. Marshall as the only moderator on the board. If he decides a person has gone one gossip too far, then they get hit with his virtual tittling stick. There could be a Larry-Marshall-hitting-someone-with-his-tittling-stick emoticon.

I know, I know, it sounds rubbish, but it might just work.

JP.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 21 Mar 2006, 18:46

To rhyme with "Portobello Matters", why not "Portobello Chatters"??

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 19:08

Mate of Marya wrote:How about gossip, truth and tittle tattle?

GT & TT, is that too much?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 21 Mar 2006, 20:54

Poppy wrote:To rhyme with "Portobello Matters", why not "Portobello Chatters"??

Nice one, Poppy.

I don't really care what the forum is called but G&TT doesn't allow for the more serious threads, the music threads and let's not forget (as if) those threads that descend into seemingly interminable bouts of male puffing and posturing.

ali · Post by **ali** » 21 Mar 2006, 21:17

ecm wrote:............................. seemingly interminable bouts of male puffing and posturing.

What (or who) can she mean????

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2006, 21:19

ali wrote:
ecm wrote:............................. seemingly interminable bouts of male puffing and posturing.
What (or who) can she mean????

Pick any 9 from 10.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 21 Mar 2006, 21:29

Porty wrote:
ali wrote:
ecm wrote:............................. seemingly interminable bouts of male puffing and posturing.
What (or who) can she mean????
Pick any 9 from 10.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 21 Mar 2006, 22:34

GT & TT...general topics and tittle-tattle

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Mar 2006, 22:35

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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