Keeping Threads On Topic
I've noticed that so many threads on this site become off topic and it only hurts this site. While a lot of the posts may be funny it's really just a waste of time for people that want to read the actually thread topic.
I'm considering making only certain sections of the site to allow pictures as its not needed for every category.
I also noticed "all aces" used to be a active member here as well as other respected poker players but have since stopped posting because of how the threads become such a mess.
Suggestions?? Should this be strictly enforced?
btw I want to start by keeping this thread 100% on topic and any off topic posts will be deleted and a warning given.
I'm considering making only certain sections of the site to allow pictures as its not needed for every category.
I also noticed "all aces" used to be a active member here as well as other respected poker players but have since stopped posting because of how the threads become such a mess.
Suggestions?? Should this be strictly enforced?
btw I want to start by keeping this thread 100% on topic and any off topic posts will be deleted and a warning given.
Comments
Cutting back on some of the bs derailments might also help bring back, and attract some (more) really good players.
If I wanted that, I'd stick to twoplustwo, they have better strat and bigger collective brains..(not an insult, they have 50x the number of posters)
What I LIKE about this forum is its sense of freedom.
All Aces stopped posting here wayyyyy back when Sloth still owned the forum, well before the age of the tangent and photobucket, anyone who has suggested the cause is related to this (including himself) is lying.
Lastly, for every whiner you'll get crying about us having a laugh while getting our point across ..I probably get two telling me that I'm one of their favourite parts of this forum. (and let's face it..I'm pretty much the queen of going off topic and pic-posting, so this change largely applies to me.)
Good luck Scoops.
Wow, I just realized that we have been..and for no good reason.
This thread was funny and inviting before it was tampered with.
Please put those posts back, they weren't hurting anyone. In fact, they were pretty actively building a community as we were having a laugh together.
I have no issue with keeping strat threads on topic, but I think the charm of this site, is the complete wing-nuttery that abounds.
Standard caveat applies . . . It's your house do what you want.
If this is what you have in mind, I vote NO.
http://www.pokerforum.ca/f80/just-joined-21555/
While this may fail its worth a try.
Were probably going to disagree on this but really the site needs to be more organized in certain sections anyway. Members and guest visitors reading a thread in the strategy section are looking to improve there game or give input for others..Having to skip over a bunch of none topic posts in a thread like this is just a waste of time for "most" people.
I will restore the posts in the into section as i guess that area isnt as important but really there is a off topic section where alot of the stuff belongs.
Haven't read the rest of this thread yet, but I wanted to say 'Thanks' to Scoop for fixing that thread.
You're making the mistake of thinking that those sections have a life outside of us having fun. (look at the post counts, view counts and thread dates if you need proof)
We are not a strat. forum, we are a bunch of low and middle stakes players who tend to enjoy each other. Graham can testify from much trying that you will not change that. All you'll do is alienate regular posters.
This.
Although I wish the startegy content was greater here, it will never be. I'll stick to 2p2/p5s if thats where we're going.
You think Watts doesnt post here anymore because of the trolling?
LOL. He realized where he could gain the most, and went to join the 2p2 elite.
I STAY for the community and retardation. Take that away and well.....
PS -- welcome to pokerforum where hardly any of the posters play pokerz
Was that this one or the other threads that had posts deleted from them? Sorry, it's hard to keep track
If you want to curtail that freedom, that is your right and privilege as owner.
We, your faithful subjects will vote on any changes with our mice (mouses?). If we like them, we stay . . . if not, we go.
Every owner has gone through this, at some point, and it always seems to go back to how the serfs want things. I do not know you, and vice versa, but I think you need to tread carefully here, before upsetting the established order. New members will adapt, or not. It's up to them. But, as others have said, this isn't going to be P5's or 2+2 anytime in the near future.
Me? As a lovely woman once whispered in my ear . . .
"homo-num" is..
oh maybe that is a...
We all play, just not very well
I believe the drooling masses have spoken
PS -- Scoops is going too loose control over theyre posts above
Thanks for the input so far and keep it coming..Key points noted above.
Mine have educational value.. do you realize how many forumers are running around not knowing what a 'homophone' is?
I barely stopped myself from posting "The more you know rainbow.jpg" right there.
Is it this won?
I don't want to
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If I never wanted to see the OT/BBV, etc. threads, I'd use the site differently. I'd go to where I can see all the categories and go into the strategy, etc. section and stay there.
I tend to read as many of the strategy section posts as I can. I tend not to be a very mathematical player, don't have HUDS, etc. so I don't clutter the strategy section up with my dumbness or my strategy of humming "feelings, nothing more than feelings" while I play. When I feel I know enough to contribute and not get destroyed by the elite, I will. I can completely understand why players like Wetts, etc. are territorial of these threads/sections and don't want them trolled, derailed, etc. They are more serious/committed to the pokerz than I.
For now, I'm here for a bit of everything but moreso the community aspect.
I think guidance and nudging would be a better approach than deleting posts and censorship. If I/someone contribute something that strays slightly but is tangentially close to topic and someone using their discretion arbitrarily deletes it...People will get pissed and say "Why bother", eventually click on remove from bookmarks and be done with it. I guess that would be called 'culling the heard' if that's the goal.
Pretty neat eh?
Mark
+1
This has got to be the potd, no?
Too predictable.
Does this mean we won?
Mark
My thoughts exactly!
Huh? I disagree. I think posting pictures is a key part of any internet forum, and especially one related to home and online poker. I'm notorious for posting pictures of hands, whether it's a screen capture of an online poker hand, or a photograph of cards and chips in a live game, or a graph of bankroll vs. time, or whatever. I think it's just use of the medium. If it was all text, it would be boring.
Taking away pictures isn't going to keep threads on topic, but makes it less enjoyable for those who are on topic.
It's tough to enforce anything without somebody screaming "censorship!" It would be great if posters would naturally respect that poker players want to talk about poker in poker-related sections, and to try to keep dirty jokes and pictures in off-topic sections (preferably with "NSFW" or similar in the thread title), simply out of respect for others - especially those who browse the forum during down-time at work.
And this is exactly why this site will never be very profitable (from poker advertising, etc.). As a Canadian amateur poker player looking for similar, you would think "pokerforum.ca" would be the place to go. Unfortunately, the title is a misnomer, because it has become a site for 10-20 regular posters in the K-W area. I'll stick around because I like the 1 or 2 poker-related threads that get started daily, but I don't really care for the rest of it. Sure, you don't want to alienate the 10 or so regulars who use this forum as an outlet to joke around with friends that live down the street (although I often wonder why they can't just use facebook for that stuff like everybody else), but at the same time, there are thousands of poker players across Canada that would probably post here if there was more substance and less noise. Alas...