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re: The continuing campaign for a Tech Board

Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:06 pm to
Posted by RonFNSwanson
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:06 pm to
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Ron, can you delete or edit the image you posted above? I have a 20" monitor, yet I have to scroll horizontally to read everything...


I just wanted it big enough to read, I'll edit
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:09 pm to
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I'm not doing it wrong. You are saying you need a tech board because there have been 166 thread. But the percentage is really small


That arguement is weak
you should consider that there are a lot of things that are not posted about technology bc there is no board for it
Posted by RonFNSwanson
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:11 pm to
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you should consider that there are a lot of things that are not posted about technology bc there is no board for it



no, that is a weak argument
Posted by jeff5891
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:11 pm to
Also what ever you do dont put "tech board:" at the start of a thread title or you will see this from chicken

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I would lose the "Tech Board" in the subject...the mods don't care for that


Posted by Cs
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:13 pm to
That's not just for the tech board. Mods don't want any thread started on the OT with "_____ Board:".
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:15 pm to
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no, that is a weak argument


really bc i heard plenty of times that there was never as many posts about music before there was a music board as compared to now.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:16 pm to
ok so we can have a bunch of threads like "whats your favorite iPhone?" "whats your favorite laptop?"



Posted by Cs
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:19 pm to
Look at the threads collected from October. It's quite diverse - discussions on TVs, torrents, bluetooth headsets, satellite dishes, browsers, tablets, etc.

Conversely, it seems almost half of the threads on the Music Board take the form of, "What are you listening to right now", or "What do you think about ______".
This post was edited on 10/18/12 at 2:21 pm
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:20 pm to
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ok so we can have a bunch of threads like "whats your favorite iPhone?" "whats your favorite laptop?"


i doubt that. there is way more news about tech than music everyday. so i would assume a lot would be about tech news instead crap like that
This post was edited on 10/18/12 at 2:23 pm
Posted by jeff5891
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:21 pm to
and im sure there would be a lot of "official _____ phone thread"
Posted by Cs
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:21 pm to
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there is way more news about tech than music everyday.


Also, this.

There is a plethora of new news everyday in the realm of Technology.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
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Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:21 pm to
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Look at the threads collected from October. It's quite diverse.


Yeah I know. But he was saying think about how many threads aren't posted because there is no board. He used the music board as an example.

So that's when I said what I said....
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:23 pm to
im saying that there are a lot of posts that arent made bc there is no specific board for it.
Posted by Cs
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:24 pm to
I think what he's saying is that a new, dedicated board brings about more threads on a given topic. Music threads were sparse on the OT, but obviously when you open up a dedicated board for a given topic, more threads are naturally going to be produced.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:31 pm to
but they are kinda forced, was my point
Posted by Polar Bear
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:59 pm to
TigerFred has said repeatedly that Dhillip is "mulling" it over...
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:06 pm to
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1 tech thread maybe
I count 3, and one of them has been stickied for weeks.
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:16 pm to
Thinking a group should get together and bombard the OT one day with Tech threads
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:18 pm to
didn't work for golf or fitness.





good luck
Posted by Cs
Member since Aug 2008
10464 posts
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:20 pm to
No...we don't have to. That's my point.

Users tried to do that with the music and golf threads precisely because there weren't enough of those threads to justify dedicated boards. So proponents tried to artificially inflate the numbers. It didn't work.

That isn't the case for Technology threads. The reason I'm here putting forth a case for a tech board is because the data is there. The numbers back it up.

That isn't the case for health/fitness or golf topics.
This post was edited on 10/18/12 at 3:26 pm
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