Official Threads Killed This Website

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

I think common sense would be that if you don't like this site, then move the f*ck on...

Saying that to trolls is one thing. Saying that to well intentioned posters who have done a great job in past basketball discussions is another. Unfortunately, I think we're losing a lot of good posters because of attitudes like this, and the quality of basketball discussion is likely to suffer this season.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

Saying that to trolls is one thing. Saying that to well intentioned posters who have done a great job in past basketball discussions is another. Unfortunately, I think we're losing a lot of good posters because of attitudes like this, and the quality of basketball discussion is likely to suffer this season.

All you've done the last week is bitch about official threads - great contribution, champ!

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

Saying that to trolls is one thing. Saying that to well intentioned posters who have done a great job in past basketball discussions is another. Unfortunately, I think we're losing a lot of good posters because of attitudes like this, and the quality of basketball discussion is likely to suffer this season.

like 4 years ago. How long are people allowed a free pass to bitch and expect things without contributing?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

like 4 years ago. How long are people allowed a free pass to bitch and expect things without contributing?

I wasn't talking about any specific individual, and UD's post sounded like it applied to anyone.

But I don't think it should matter how long ago anyone was contributing. I think we should make real effort to find the best topics/threads ratio for attracting the best basketball posters, no matter how often they'd ever contributed. If I thought we were losing good basketball minds because of too many separate threads per topic, then I'd say that. As it is, I think we've got too many topics in a few threads.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

I wasn't talking about any specific individual, and UD's post sounded like it applied to anyone.

But I don't think it should matter how long ago anyone was contributing. I think we should make real effort to find the best topics/threads ratio for attracting the best basketball posters, no matter how often they'd ever contributed. If I thought we were losing good basketball minds because of too many separate threads per topic, then I'd say that. As it is, I think we've got too many topics in a few threads.

Why not just make new threads? It's such a simple concept. You think we need more threads... make more.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

Why not just make new threads? It's such a simple concept. You think we need more threads... make more.

That's been said over & over again in this thread...

Maybe we need to make a new thread about it?

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by Underdog

That's been said over & over again in this thread...

Maybe we need to make a new thread about it?

The Official Common Sense Thread?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

Why not just make new threads? It's such a simple concept. You think we need more threads... make more.

because
1)topics are already started in the general threads, and keeping multiple partial conversations going doesn't work

2)it's not always about starting new topics, but about joining into ongoing discussions. That's hard to do for some people when multiple discussions are in the same thread.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

because
1)topics are already started in the general threads, and keeping multiple partial conversations going doesn't work

2)it's not always about starting new topics, but about joining into ongoing discussions. That's hard to do for some people when multiple discussions are in the same thread.

So what's your solution to this problem?

Have you thought up of a way to control what the ball do, or are you just going to keep repeating the same thing over & over?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

So what's your solution to this problem?

people should exercise the new thread option (everyone knows they can) instead of rolling all the threads into a single topic.

Have you thought up of a way to control what the ball do, or are you just going to keep repeating the same thing over & over?

I have no idea what you mean by this.