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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 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.

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 on 9/5/18 at 10:37 pm to 90proofprofessional
7. OP DOES NOT WORSHIP GEOTUS
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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 on 9/6/18 at 4:17 pm to dcbl
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?
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 on 9/6/18 at 4:56 pm to 90proofprofessional
quote:I'm not a mod and don't really know, just having fun on the help board...
I would like to know if what dbcl suggests is in fact the rule being enforced here.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 10:16 pm to 90proofprofessional
Start a new thread
Posted on 9/7/18 at 5:26 am to Chicken
Ok. In the future is it the wrong thing to do to bump it with the updates?
Posted on 9/7/18 at 7:49 pm to 90proofprofessional
My predictions have been spot on. You never make predictions.
Case closed.
Case closed.
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