Idea: Take betting events off of the Recent Threads page

peachy · 06-20-2008, 07:45 PM

Here is an idea......
Since there are so many threads, probably hundreds a week, the recent threads (homepage) lists only replies to the top 10 most recent replies. I feel like I miss out on some very good threads and discussions, simply because they are pushed out by the latest betting board (you need help if you are gambling on European soccer).

How about on the homepage, list the recent threads by category. For example, list the 10 most recent threads for basketball. List the 10 most recent for football, the 10 most recent for off-topic, etc., but list them all on the homepage. You might have to condense some of the forums a bit, (currently there are 22, maybe condense down to about 12, politics could go into off-topic, betting board could merge with gaming, etc.) but it could easily work. That way you can go to the last 10 threads of what you want to read about (I love to read MBB threads), and not have to try and find the thread because it has been replaced by the days latest Cubs score.

cytech · 06-20-2008, 08:36 PM

I personally like them there, of course I liked the politics there too. If enough people hate it I won't complain if it goes. It will just make me bet less.

tigershoops31 · 06-20-2008, 08:47 PM

What if we made the betting events something that you couldn't post on? Then you wouldn't have so many threads with games that you don't care about, and if somebody wanted to discuss a game they could start a thread on it. Just a thought...

Dormeezy · 06-20-2008, 10:13 PM

I like the idea of removing the betting events from the front page. I don't participate in the betting (don't see the point of betting fake money) so it can get irritating when the whole recent threads list is bombarded with betting events.

mwitt · 06-20-2008, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by chadm

I agree, they are recent threads. If someone want's to be specific, they can click each forum they want individually.

Then why aren't political and gaming threads included? They're recent, too.

rworkman83 · 06-20-2008, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by mwitt

Then why aren't political and gaming threads included? They're recent, too.

I have no idea, but I would guess there are a far greater number of people that don't want to see politics and gaming, compared to the number that want betting.

mwitt · 06-20-2008, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by rworkman83

I have no idea, but I would guess there are a far greater number of people that don't want to see politics and gaming, compared to the number that want betting.

I know. I was saying that directly in response to the poster's comment. If we used that logic, then all recent threads would be included. I don't think this is the first thread making this suggestion about the betting.