How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

This question seems to come up a lot. Particularly, questions like "where can I find that "aleo's guide thing." I wanted to share the reason that such a question personally gets a little on my nerves.

Say I'm a new poster, looking to do, oh, ANY research in this forum. Basically, the first thing I'm doing when I get to the forum front page is to try to find out what are the most viewed threads, and the most replied to threads, in the currently available history of the forum.

The most viewed threads: here.

The most replied to threads:
here.

Now, honestly, when I go and look, many of the most responded to posts in the forum just aren't that great. But well, the top of the "most viewed" list is almost exactly what you'd expect it to be. Maybe the problem is that people have (fairly recently I think) started referring to it as "aleo's guide" instead of the "beating the party 10+1s" as I think was pretty common previously.

As an interesting note, here's what happens when you go to the "recent archives" and do the same thing:

The most viewed threads:
here.

The most replied to threads:
here.

Anyway, that's just my helpful links for people or something for the day, and my 2 cents on why I find it a little silly to keep linking to this stuff all the time, even without mentioning the search function.

citanul

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

I remember making an effort to get a http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/images/hottopic.gif for my 88 post 3 weeks ago, but it doesn't show up any of the links you provided (here or here).

The post itself isn't memorable, but it demonstrates the limitations of the forum. It is too old for the first list, and too new for the second list.

A lot of posts simply cannot be found unless you know what to look for.

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

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A lot of posts simply cannot be found unless you know what to look for.

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So we have a catch 22 in many cases.

I know i miss out on a lot of good posts because i simply didnt know it was there. Shadows post pointed out at least 5 good solid threads that i simply didnt know existed.

So what goes first, the horse or the cart?

Phill

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

design of the front page would be a good start, it really needs some hierarchy...it would be cool to see the main topics break out into subtopics and you could stick a item in there for popular threads

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

I've been here for awhile and never noticed that handy feature. This definitely weeds through a lot of the crap automatically.

I'm such an idiot.

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

no worries dude, have fun with that trove, and well, the second set does "double" as a set of links to the recent archives, which are good stuff.

citanul

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

this is way helpful, thanks!!!

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

Why, all one has to do to know everything you need to know about poker is click this link. It's all presented in a patient and kind manner, completely free of arrogance or condescension.

I suggest everyone bookmark it immediately.

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

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I remember making an effort to get a for my 88 post 3 weeks ago, but it doesn't show up any of the links you provided (here or here).

The post itself isn't memorable, but it demonstrates the limitations of the forum. It is too old for the first list, and too new for the second list.

A lot of posts simply cannot be found unless you know what to look for.

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I just printed the advice for Levels 3 and 4. Great content. Thanks alot.

Edit: I see that I replied under the wrong post. What I am referring to can be found under PVS's response to The Shadow's post about stickying favorite threads. Either way, great posts...

Re: How are newbies supposed to find anything good?
 

i'm gonna assume, since i'm ignoring you, that you said something idiotic and pointless about me being a jackass, or something like that. strange, coming in this thread, where everyone else is basically saying that it was nice and helpful of me to post it.

do feel free to troll me all you want though, it warms my heart.

citanul