Also, AutoFran can work in the morning, afternoons, or evenings, I think--so the timing of the Salon can be separated from your always-appreciated-by-me input, which means you can--post as you like!
Ach...maybe I no make zer sense as per normal.
Anyways,
Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
If Fran feels like the Salon has become a chore then maybe we could do with just bring-your-own-news open threads? And given that people don't like to come to an open thread where there are dozens of comments already one open thread a day or even two may not be good enough, so maybe "Morning", "Afternoon" and "Evening" open threads, or "Breakfast", "Lunch" and "Dinner", or "European", "American", and "Asia-Pacific"...
I'll just throw it out there for the time being, as we should give the current new arrangement a try for at least a couple of weeks before reconsidering. My point is that there are ways to accommodate everyone if everyone makes their needs known. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
Actually I enjoyed setting up the Salon the past two evenings, I do not mind spending the time, really.
However, I must say I am a little amazed that the correct timeline seems to be more important the the contents of the Salon, which actually is not really much different, from when I postet it in the morning.
I think we need more diaries about the English language. :-D
Based on the first day's trial, it's looking like that if it hadn't been for the Boo-crash we'd have had more traffic for both the Salon and the OT than usual, which makes it a win.
In spite of appearances the Salon isn't a newswire, so if it takes a few extra hours for news to appear there, I wouldn't see that as a bad thing.
I'm sure if something unavoidably important happens we'll hear about it anyway, one way or another.
And yes, most of the items, whether you access and post them early in the morning or the evening before, are the same.
Anyway, if there are people who want someone to shoot over this change, it's not Fran: the idea was mine.
