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Just don’t have a match thread.
Have a pre match and a post match thread, but shut it down for the 90 minutes
Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a winner! ?
Just don’t have a match thread.
Have a pre match and a post match thread, but shut it down for the 90 minutes
Did he jump or was he pushed?Sorry to say it but just Yankspur leaving has made a difference.
what I find strange is that when I’m watching a match, the comments in the match thread rarely correlate with what I’m seeing on the pitch.
It’s massively sensationalised, exaggerated, hyperbolic and overly emotive.
like, if I don’t post “arrgghh! FFS ROYAL!! You’re fucking shit!!” at every loose pass
It doesn’t mean I’m not a proper fan
I think some overvalue their opinions and think we want to read them ad nauseam.
I think the ratings are great. Some people don't have time to write replies to every post and the ratings are a quick and easy way to show if you agree, disagree etc.It wouldn't be the whole solution (no single measure would), but my feedback would be to remove the rating system from match threads (and, to be honest, the site).
I don't have objective proof, but my anecdotal experience of posting on many other forums (gaming, current affairs, science and philosophy boards and so on) is this:
When you have ratings, people often engage with the rating, rather than the post. Understandably so: ratings are a quick way of reacting emotivey, or a way to (badly) instantly evaluate a post without actually engaging with the post itself.
It's rare to see a post with a lot of agrees AND disagrees; most of the time it's a rating snowball one way or the other.
This is a bit odd: sure, lots of people might find a post funny, so they naturally get a lot of funny ratings.
But if you're having a discussion about subjective things, you'd expect more of a mix.
On discussion boards I frequent that don't have ratings, my perception is that posters tend to engage more with the discussion. The arguments (in the reasoning sense), the issues, the opinions. There's no instant gratification of ratings and so people tend not to post useless driveby crap, which improves the quality baseline of the discussion.
And when you combine that elevated baseline for discussion with good modding - which we already have on SC, of course, it engenders what I call a better "discussion culture", and in time becomes mostly self-policing, with mods picking up the outliers.
Sorry for the long post. I've done a lot of work changing the "content culture" at various businesses I've worked in. And I think viewing this issue as a cultural one could be profitable and lead to the change almost everyone here wants to see - again, apart from outliers.
Being a football fan is intrinsically emotional. But people are also very passionate about politics, religion, philosophy and all sorts of other things. And if it's possible to have a good discussion culture about those things, it must surely be possible in a football match thread, or player thread etc.
None of the above is a criticism of the way things are done at present. Just my thoughts on how ratings might not be helping.
You leaving will make infinitely more difference to the entire site, you spamming ****. ?Sorry to say it but just Yankspur leaving has made a difference.
I don't venture in there that much but it seems to be a better atmosphere now. Could be the better results but hopefully not.
Sorry to say it but just Yankspur leaving has made a difference.
I don't venture in there that much but it seems to be a better atmosphere now. Could be the better results but hopefully not.
Every thread.he or she had a negative effect on match threads for you?
I don’t mean it in a nasty way at all. He was very over the top and incredibly negative.I'm intrigued about the poster who has apparently left the forum. I don't go into match threads purely because I'm too busy watching and concentrating on the matches to post anything, but from the tone of your post, it sounds like he or she had a negative effect on match threads for you?
Hank was comedy gold! I miss himI don’t mean it in a nasty way at all. He was very over the top and incredibly negative.
For me, posters like him set a bad tone in the match thread.
If im conte, im throwing him in an octogon with Dier to work on his aggression. He’s so timid.
Eat shit craig pawson. They are getting away with everything you dick
The post just cost me $1k. Everything is pain
Just liquidate this club. Fuck you ENIC.