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pzhon -

A rash of bad beat posts might not dissuade you from contributing to this forum, but it does contribute to the resons why some good posters eventually leave a forum. If a forum has a lot of noise then that forum won't gather new contributors, and could eventually chase away the regulars.

I've seen this actually happen here at 2+2. Before moderators were introduced to the micro forum, it was largely community moderated. Some of the most visible posters (including myself) took steps to moderate the forum in the only ways that we could - by posting PSA type posts & being critical of noise. But in the ebb and flow of the enthusiasm of the leading posters, there came a point eventually where there was less effort to moderate the forum, and the noise ratio climbed up. The enthusiasm of the leading posters declined some more in a cyclic pattern, and eventually people started to leave. It took a great deal of effort to bring it back around.

In my interpretation, one of our jobs as the moderators (not our only job) of this forum is to keep the signal:noise ratio high becasue of the caustic effect that noise has on the forum's quality. Bad beat posts contribute a lot of noise to the forum.

Our sticky thread regarding KK is not intended to be the end-all, be-all preflop strategy post for KK. We acknowledge that there are times when it's right to fold KK preflop. But we also know that it takes special circumstances which don't often occur at this level. We know that we should all be cognizant and consider these special circumstances, and for that reason our sticky is only temporary. It is only intended to stem the flop of bad beat posts. Once the post has served it's purpose, it will come down.

I hope this makes some sense of why we created the sticky, and I hope we can cooperate to keep the quality of this forum high.