Why group threads suck

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  1. Bingo Bango

    Bingo Bango Well-Known Member

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    I saw an article on O-Live earlier today about CJ saying Lillard was probably done in Portland, but then I come here and there’s not a single thread about it. I’m sure some moderator has buried it in some long group thread, but I couldn’t tell you which one, and I don’t feel like searching for it. There are probably five or six threads were it could have been stuck. This is the problem with group threads—interesting stories get buried on a regular basis.
     
  2. riverman

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    Those videos of CJ and Dame's interviews are all over the trade and Dame threads already....posts don't have to be threads..CJ starts with a clear disclaimer before he speculates...no big deal...Dame discounted it ...O Live still exists? Shocking.
     
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    it's been mentioned about 2 dozen times in 4 or 5 different threads here

    fortunately, everybody recognized two things: 1) it wasn't worthy of it's own thread because 2) CJ was talking out of his ass during performance art for Stephen A
     
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  4. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Maybe try Reddit then?

    @Bingo Bango when clicking on a "group thread" doesn't it take you to the last post you read?
     
  5. Strenuus

    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    You've never been opposed to making a lot of threads, so what made you hesitate on this one?
     
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    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    snarky moderators?
     
  7. Whyachi

    Whyachi Well-Known Member

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    CJ isn't Dame's agent. He can't give us insight on any potential gossip surrounding Lillard. All he can do is rip on the Blazers, because he's done it before.
     
  8. Whyachi

    Whyachi Well-Known Member

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    Just make a new thread
    CJ HATES US
    then start attaching videos

    make sure to tag it with a fancy button, so blazerkor doesn't have a rampaging anxiety attack
     
  9. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Honestly, I would have had no problem with it being its own new thread. Dame's running mate for nearly a decade speculating that Dame is likely out is pretty significant.

    I also think his speculation is hooey, but that's neither here nor there.
     
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    Bingo Bango Well-Known Member

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    That might be true, but it’s still newsworthy, and it still deserves its own thread.
     
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    Getting ripped by people like you for starting a thread on something already being talked about.
     
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  12. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I agree with this. I’m all for more specific threads
     
  13. Strenuus

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    Observant moderators wishing to encourage making threads and was concerned why a new, new one wasn't made.
     
  14. Strenuus

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    Simply observing and offering a solution and was concerned as to why a thread wasn't made for that incident instead of this one. All it was.
     
  15. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Don’t worry, eventually they will be replaced by ChatGPT. They barely do anything around here anyway. Sly just likes to keep them around so they piss people off and he looks good.
     
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    I hate general threads. In my opinion, each thread should be about a topic and then if the topic isn't popular it'll float down and out of the main page.

    That CJ's interview was mentioned in four or five threads shows that people wanted to talk about it, but I don't know where I'd go to discuss it without repeating myself. Is it on page 23 of one thread and 112 of another? Who knows?

    Similarly, Chris Paul might be getting waived and I don't know where that's being discussed... maybe the catch-all NBA offseason thread that I never have read because it's got too many different topics in it?

    That I hate general threads isn't terribly relevant, though, as a mod. I wasn't active for a few years and this seems to be the way the board has gone, so I wasn't about to come back in and start changing everything all around. For the record, though, I'd definitely prefer topic- and news-specific threads.
     
  17. Phatguysrule

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    Doesn't seem like merging threads is all that big of a deal... We should encourage people to post.

    If too many similar threads get going it seems like a mod merging them is better than people being hesitant to make a post.

    Unless I'm wrong and merging threads is a more complicated than it seems.
     
  18. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    It's very easy to do...sometimes less easy to defend.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    CJ , instead of sticking up for Portland, as ScreaminA was belittling it, responds with something like , a lame ass " There's good wine country" , "it doesn't rain much in the summer". Thanks CJ. Then Screamin' A comes off like Nawlins is some kind of better NBA City than PDX. Get that weak stuff outta here. Portland is not a basketball Siberia Biotch.
     
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    Makes perfect sense.
     

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