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News thread format
Ghaleon:
--- Quote from: Tengukami on March 10, 2011, 08:00:20 PM ---Fortunately, you don't have to. Have you looked in the News thread? Someone posts an article, and if it gets comments at all, it'll be a handful. Unlike the Misc Questions thread, you don't have to read the entire thing to make sure someone hasn't covered what you want to post first. Just look at the last page. Chances are, there's one article that a few people are discussing (with some exceptions, such as the Middle East protests - which is why I believe major events should get their own thread, either by someone starting them, or if a string of comments on a story gets long enough, splitting it off into its own thread). It's really not that scary or complicated.
This is why I feel we don't need to make separate threads for each news post. The current News thread is doing its job just fine, although yes, major stories should get split off into a thread of their own. In my humble opinion.
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Yeah, I've done that a few times, and I find myself not interested in anything within the last few pages or most recent article, then wondering why I wasted the time. Because of this, the frequency of which I do this isn't great, and I rekon the majority of members are in the same boat, and/or don't bother to try at ALL. Making the overall interest of Renko's much lower than what it could be. I mean I get theoretically, it shouldn't be the case, but I think it simply is, and you can't force people to change their habits.
Unassuming Squid:
I was going to come in here and post my opinions, but then I read Ghaleon's posts. I personally have to agree with everything he's said. A megathread just doesn't seem to work for news. Also, I personally remember quite a few of the separate threads having several replies, more so than the megathread has had per story. I could be wrong, I guess.
Tengukami:
--- Quote from: Ghaleon on March 10, 2011, 08:07:49 PM ---Yeah, I've done that a few times, and I find myself not interested in anything within the last few pages or most recent article, then wondering why I wasted the time. Because of this, the frequency of which I do this isn't great, and I rekon the majority of members are in the same boat, and/or don't bother to try at ALL. Making the overall interest of Renko's much lower than what it could be. I mean I get theoretically, it shouldn't be the case, but I think it simply is, and you can't force people to change their habits.
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Let me ask you something: first you said you have a problem with the News thread, then you say you don't even read the News thread, and now you say you have read it, but have never seen anything that interests you - so what is this thread for? I'm confused, as the goalposts keep moving.
If you don't see News stories you like, guess what? You can post your own, and show people what interests you. The more the merrier!
The term "megathread" for the News thread is pretty laughable, to be honest, when you consider how easy it is to read and follow. It's really as simple looking at the last page, if you're new. You don't have to read the whole thread or even the last couple pages. If you take a look, you'll find that to be the case.
helvetica:
Except not everyone who's interested in the news thread is there to post news, but to look for news that may interest them. If it's hard to do so why bother reading it at all?
Tengukami:
--- Quote from: ♪ TheStupidOne ♫ on March 10, 2011, 08:34:25 PM ---Except not everyone who's interested in the news thread is there to post news, but to look for news that may interest them. If it's hard to do so why bother reading it at all?
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Except it isn't hard to do. Ghaleon pretty much said so. He's just complaining about the content at this point. And sorry, but if you're not contributing a story that interests you but are just waiting for someone to post something that entertains you, personally, well ...