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I don't even mess with the political forum. I can only imagine the shit you people talk about. I am sure my views are different. That is a ban waiting to happen.

The political forum would be the one place you would be allowed to speak your mind unfiltered.
 

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your a good thread starter.. you could have made it better than this debacle...

like "What has changed about theRX since you've first started posting" or "How have you changed since you joined theRX"... "My favorite RX moment is.."

you know well have 10x more thread this summer of "therx is so slow/dead/quiet... "

Yea I could have been more creative but I'm lazy today.
 

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one annoying thing is bumping to wish a celebrity a happy birthday , i mean cmon guys who has time for that shit.. you click on a link about daryl strawberry thinking what did he do now and its to wish him a happy birthday .. i mean if its THAT interesting how about just a HBD thread as a whole.
 

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I've always thought more sticky threads but people aren't into that. Too much to click through I guess.
 

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Agree 100%. I mean 3 or 4 days of threads on the first page, terrible.
And that one mod just sucks. Don't get me wrong most of the mods are good but one of them is terrible.


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One of the problems is a lack of quality thread starters.

Or unmotivated thread starters.

This place seems to have a very high Lurk vs posting ratio.

What I mean is there seems to be a lot of people who read but never post.


Because in those rare occasions when an interesting thread pops up there is a lot of post.

Its just that there are not enough of those kinds of threads started to make a consistent dent.

Just look at this thead.

4 pages in 3 hrs.


I don't think this place is completely did viewing wise but there are not enough content creators.


Someone asked me in this thread what my solution is to this problem.


My solution is this place needs to hire quality thread starters.
Not mods.
Thread starters.
They are not one and the same.

Some great thread starters are mods, but not all mods are great thread starters.


Get 4 or 5 payed posters like Journeyman and JGold posting 10 threads each a day it will create more traffic . Then more people will start thread with the busier traffic .

Its organic
 

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Choptalk: Looks like you figured out how to increase the number of posts.
 

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Defying is a good thread starter but what do you do? clone him? Seems like that could have unintended consequences.

I think what Chop really wants to say but he is just too nice to say it, is that some people need to step up.
 

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The solution is nothing. Boards are dying everywhere. Forums are becoming a thing of the post with social media going the way it is.

only place i go to regularly is reddit now.
Good one!! Too bad probably not on purpose.
 

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Controversy sells, take a page from Fox News. As much as people hate to admit it, they like it. Tons of middle aged dudes talking about protein shakes, blueberry pie days, or Kawai Leonard's birthday is not going to get much traffic. Merge politics, economics, sports, and even some peoples desperate last ditch pick threads and it would generate a lot more conversations. People need to be exposed to Sheriff Joe and his buds... that dude is a hot commodity. Him and Vlad teamed up together, woah!!! Would have to upgrade your servers.
 

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Yea I could have been more creative but I'm lazy today.

I'm usually tired lazy and have little interest in sports. Kinda says how players appear when I do watch a ballgame........

That explains my contribution to forums. Now/Then

Look here; http://www.majorwager.com/forums/mess-hall/ 11 of 14 topic starters today by 1 person? This site/That site is what it is....... In the real world there was...... now there is alot of nothing? Finding a local ball field empty was rare now lights are out? I think with 1/3 of the Country on some form of Federal Assistance and 40% of those unemployed not looking for work not many are caring about the traffic anywhere! :):) ^<<^
 

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