Questions on blocked posts
Does management have any idea of what thread is blocked by the most members? (my money is on the Hot Blond Wager)
To answer your second question, the top 5 blocked threads are:
1) Spanish word of the day
2) Gun show loophole rant
3) 2012-2013 NBA picks
4) Recipe thread
5) Casino chip of the day
I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?
Quote: DJTeddyBearChip of the day? Wow. That's shocking.
I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?
I block stuff I have no interest in. Especially regularly updated threads that don't appeal to me.
Don't take it as a bad thing.
Quote: DeMangoIs it possibile to unblock all blocked threads with one keystroke?
Does management have any idea of what thread is blocked by the most members? (my money is on the Hot Blond Wager)
How much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?
Quote: DJTeddyBearChip of the day? Wow. That's shocking.
I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?
Because there are only ten viewable threads in the preview pane of active threads, blocking a thread that comes everyday at the top that you don't read adds more veiwable realestate to that area.
Quote: SOOPOOHow much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?
Hardly loved by all. Turned into a war and caused the most suspensions of any thread. In usenet days it was called a "flame war" before that word got other meanings.
Quote: JB
To answer your second question, the top 5 blocked threads are:
1) Spanish word of the day
2) Gun show loophole rant
3) 2012-2013 NBA picks
4) Recipe thread
5) Casino chip of the day
I have all these blocked plus about 2000 more.
I counted them months ago and there were
1300, has to be 2000 by now, I block most new
threads right away.
With all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the mkl654321/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.Quote: SOOPOOHow much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?
Quote: teddysWith all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the Kevin Lewis/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.
I thought that was QUITE boring actually. I can summarize it.... I'm mkl. I'm very smart. I understand math and odds. I'm Jerry Logan. I can win playing video poker using 'special plays'. No you can't. Yes I can. No you can't Yes I can. You are an idiot. No, you are an idiot. Etc.... there was little else in there, actually.
Quote: teddysWith all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the Kevin Lewis/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.
Who was Kevin Lewis? MLK654321's real name?
Yes.Quote: thecesspitWho was Kevin Lewis? MLK654321's real name?
Quote: 1BBWow! Are we allowed to post a member's real name?
Are people who have been permanently banned considered to be members? I think it was determined/decreed that for the purposes of name-calling and personal attacks, posts about former members were fair game. Maybe other protections are also not afforded to former members as well?
Quote: rdw4potusAre people who have been permanently banned considered to be members?
I don't think mkl654321 was permanently banned. He was given a two-week suspension here and subsequently "permanently resigned" according to this follow-up post. My impression is that, upon request, he could be reinstated.
Quote: DocI don't think mkl654321 was permanently banned. He was given a two-week suspension here and subsequently "permanently resigned" according to this follow-up post. My impression is that, upon request, he could be reinstated.
Fair point. I'll rephrase. Are people who are currently not members protected by the same set of rules that govern the treatment of active forum members?
Quote: rdw4potus
Fair point. I'll rephrase. Are people who are currently not members protected by the same set of rules that govern the treatment of active forum members?
The Wiz used to say banned members were fair game,
you could say anything you liked about permanently
banned members.
On flipside, Jerry Logan's real name was Rob Singer.
Quote: teddysIt was never told to me in confidence. He posts elsewhere on the Internet as Kevin Lewis, which I assume is his real name.
On flipside, Jerry Logan's real name was Rob Singer.
Rob Singer's real name isn't Rob Singer.
I was never 100% sure Logan was Singer. I turned down the chance to meet him (Logan that is) in Vancouver when he claimed he was visiting. Wasn't worth my time and energy.
Quote: 1BBWow! Are we allowed to post a member's real name?
I'm not sure how long ago this was, but generally speaking, any information that a Member makes public (with exception to using it as a personal attack) could probably be repeated with impunity. If called upon, (which I am not doing in this case) then one may have to prove that the member freely and voluntarily disseminated (i.e. posted) that information, though.
For example, I acknowledged my first name and last initial in another thread when I was quoted in a gambling article, so given that acknowledgement, if anyone wanted to say that Mission146 is a guy named Pierce from Ohio, then that would be fine. (Acknowledgement + Profile says I live in Ohio)
Quote: SOOPOOI thought that was QUITE boring actually. I can summarize it.... I'm mkl. I'm very smart. I understand math and odds. I'm Jerry Logan. I can win playing video poker using 'special plays'. No you can't. Yes I can. No you can't Yes I can. You are an idiot. No, you are an idiot. Etc.... there was little else in there, actually.
Hmm? I thought Jerry Logan's shtick was that he thought no one could beat video poker, because of the narrow edges, high variance, and complicated strategies, and went off on anyone who claimed otherwise.
Quote: 24BingoHmm? I thought Jerry Logan's shtick was that he thought no one could beat video poker, because of the narrow edges, high variance, and complicated strategies, and went off on anyone who claimed otherwise.
He thinks that it's not possible/worth it to beat VP in the long term. But with Rob Singer's special magic methods, it's possible to win in the short-term every time forever.
