Locked threads and other BS

[razor]

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When checking back several times a day and the sticky has 120 new posts since last visit, it is tough to know where to start.

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uh... FLAT MODE

click on the thread and you will be taken to the first unread post...

[PITTM]

i agree with dynasty on this one, but its pretty close. if youre using threaded mode the new way makes it impossible to get wsop news. however, if you switch to flat mode like ive done its a nice discussion on the wsop. however, i have to commend dynasty on letting a critique of him stay open. i made a post like this on another forum a month ago after a moderator locked it for no reason and i was permanantly banned for critisizing the moderator. in the end, anything thats posted on the forum is in that thread anyways, check it out.

rj

[Daliman]

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I'm only locking or deleting threads which do nothing but announce a certain players status in the WSOP or report news from the event. Any other WSOP post can stay up.

There are 678 replies in the stickied thread right now. Try imagining what this forum would look like if that were broken out into 40-50 threads of 12-15 replies each. When there were multiple threads on Day 1A, the forum was a disaster.

With one primary thread, you can get all the news in one location and there are still many non-news/results WSOP threads being discussed.

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This is not true. It appears you are also deleting threads that give a non-derogatory, explanatory nickname to a player. I'd like to hear a reason for it, and I think I know what you might say.

[Dynasty]

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I'm only locking or deleting threads which do nothing but announce a certain players status in the WSOP or report news from the event. Any other WSOP post can stay up.

There are 678 replies in the stickied thread right now. Try imagining what this forum would look like if that were broken out into 40-50 threads of 12-15 replies each. When there were multiple threads on Day 1A, the forum was a disaster.

With one primary thread, you can get all the news in one location and there are still many non-news/results WSOP threads being discussed.

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This is not true. It appears you are also deleting threads that give a non-derogatory, explanatory nickname to a player. I'd like to hear a reason for it, and I think I know what you might say.

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I was commenting about the recent WSOP "rule".

I've always deleted threads which are nothing but insults of TV poker players. That's what yours was.

[Daliman]

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I'm only locking or deleting threads which do nothing but announce a certain players status in the WSOP or report news from the event. Any other WSOP post can stay up.

There are 678 replies in the stickied thread right now. Try imagining what this forum would look like if that were broken out into 40-50 threads of 12-15 replies each. When there were multiple threads on Day 1A, the forum was a disaster.

With one primary thread, you can get all the news in one location and there are still many non-news/results WSOP threads being discussed.

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This is not true. It appears you are also deleting threads that give a non-derogatory, explanatory nickname to a player. I'd like to hear a reason for it, and I think I know what you might say.

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I was commenting about the recent WSOP "rule".

I've always deleted threads which are nothing but insults of TV poker players. That's what yours was.

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Mine was not an insult. That is exactly what I figured you would say about it. It was an actual commentary on her play style, which I and many others think is terrible for poker, and I'd bet BIG money that if my post were made about a male player, it would have stood fine. PC/BS Oversensitivity has finally fully come to roost at 2+2.

Oh, and a couple insulting WPT threads of late

Matusow Meltdown
Lamest Commentator Ever

I anticipate that soon opinions will no longer be allowed in this discussion board, lest a mod doesn't agree with it.

[Dynasty]

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Mine was not an insult.

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It absolutely was. Denying it is ridiculous.

In addition, you aren't even at the Rio. You're simply trying to create an insult nickname for a TV (eventually) player based soley on internet reports.

The Matusow thread isn't insulting him. It's speculation about Matusow's known tendancy to get upset and tilt away his chips.

The Commentor thread is something I don't have information since I don't get British TV.

[MMMMMM]

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Who wants to shift through 300-600 replies in one thread to find something interesting? I for one do not find it enjoyable. Most of the replies are not worth reading anyway, while 1/4 of them are repeats of the same post from 30 minutes ago because no one appears to be actually reading the damn thing.

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Two things the posters can do to improve this situation:

1) Change the post title within the main thread when they wish to make a new subject of discussion (for instance, by putting a player's name in the post title when they wish to announce or discuss that player, e.g., "Mickey Mouse Just Knocked Out!")

2) Posters can also post less drivel

[Myrtle]

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Who wants to shift through 300-600 replies in one thread to find something interesting? I for one do not find it enjoyable. Most of the replies are not worth reading anyway, while 1/4 of them are repeats of the same post from 30 minutes ago because no one appears to be actually reading the damn thing.

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Two things the posters can do to improve this situation:

1) Change the post title within the main thread when they wish to make a new subject of discussion (for instance, by putting a player's name in the post title when they wish to announce or discuss that player, e.g., "Mickey Mouse Just Knocked Out!")

2) Posters can also post less drivel

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.....rotsa ruck on point #2!!

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[benfranklin]

I agree with Dynasty about the megathread, and I have not seen him lock any WSOP threads that were really on a separate topic. We don't need a new thread for every player knocked out or every post-break chip count. Without a moderator, every time a top pro gets knocked out, you have 8 guys trying to be the first to start a new thread announcing it. If you read the megathread every few hours, you know where you left off, and can catch up quickly.

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2) Posters can also post less drivel

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The biggest problem here is that many posters are not aware that they are posting drivel, and are probably not capable of posting anything else.

Example: Poster A posts a 4 paragraph discussion of why Player XYZ is a donkey. Poster B reads it, doesn't understand it all, but also thinks XYZ is a donkey. So he just quotes the first post and posts it without comment, implying that he would have said the same thing if Poster A hadn't said it first. Poster C reads B's post, agrees, and quotes the whole thing, adding a profound one-word comment, like "Word!"

Asking some here posters not to post drivel is like asking a 3-year-old to stop babbling. It's pointless, because that's what 3-year-olds do.

[AngusThermopyle]

9:18 Pacific...3 hrs before day 5 begins and the "official" thread already has 70+ posts.
FWIW