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Why's my tracking thread anchored? It breaks no rules I'm aware of

Posted on 9/5/18 at 7:33 pm
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 7:33 pm
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Requesting the above thread be un-anchored, or an explanation why.

1. The subject of the thread is too short and not descriptive enough.
I keep the thread title updated with the current figure, as often as the central figure is officially updated, and within a few hours at worst.

2. The subject of the thread is cut off.
Not this.

3. THE SUBJECT OR POST IS IN ALL CAPS.
Not this.

4. There is already a thread on the info that you are posting.
No other tracker threads, although sometimes threads get started about updates by others. My thread gets updated consistently and timely, and has the whole history of updates.

5. The topic has been beaten to death.
The final GDP number for the quarter is a legit source of professional and amateur debate, and will continue to be for months.

A thread popped up today by trinidadtiger that included the GDPNow figure- except he didn't even use the current number for today, whereas mine was updated yesterday- and his wasn't anchored.

And in any case we're far from being done receiving economic data over this quarter.

6. A thread has gone off topic.
Sometimes people take swipes at me directly, but other than that it doesn't veer too much.

This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 7:34 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
71376 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 10:37 pm to
7. OP DOES NOT WORSHIP GEOTUS
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 9/5/18 at 11:19 pm to
Melt.
Posted by skinny domino
sebr
Member since Feb 2007
14436 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:34 am to
Money board?
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
30996 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

7. OP DOES NOT WORSHIP GEOTUS



OR, a monthlong thread with 23 posts, and half of them from OP, isn't worthy of daily bumping

it's one of those
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:17 pm to
Updates are usually 2-3x a week or less. And, the alternative would be to spam the board with new threads each update- which is what the cheerleaders often do with each favorable update anyway- and we don't get the contextual benefit of how the figure has evolved with each data release by doing it that way.

I would like to know if what dbcl suggests is in fact the rule being enforced here. Surely it's not the rule to suppress already-unpopular threads that don't violate the rules? What if the thread would have garnered more interest as the number got close to being finalized?
This post was edited on 9/6/18 at 4:18 pm
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
30996 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:56 pm to
quote:

I would like to know if what dbcl suggests is in fact the rule being enforced here.
I'm not a mod and don't really know, just having fun on the help board...
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
24357 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 10:16 pm to
Start a new thread
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 5:26 am to
Ok. In the future is it the wrong thing to do to bump it with the updates?
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
10546 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 7:49 pm to
My predictions have been spot on. You never make predictions.

Case closed.
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