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Thread Of The Day. Do We Need It?

humanji · 2007-02-16 15:13:16

Todays Thread Of The Day is the exciting: Oil heating Boiler? Is there really a need for the Thread Of The Day link? It just pics random threads that generally aren't that exciting. If it maybe picked the most active thread of the dat, then that would make more sense, but at the moment, it confuses and angers me.

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16-02-2007 4:13pm

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humanji

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Todays Thread Of The Day is the exciting: Oil heating Boiler?

Is there really a need for the Thread Of The Day link? It just pics random threads that generally aren't that exciting. If it maybe picked the most active thread of the dat, then that would make more sense, but at the moment, it confuses and angers me.

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#2 16-02-2007 4:15pm
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What have you got against oil heating boilers?

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#3 16-02-2007 4:15pm
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As far as I know, its randomly generated.

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#4 16-02-2007 4:53pm
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These kids want to do away with everything,when I was younger this was all fields.

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#5 16-02-2007 5:19pm
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petes wrote:

What have you got against oil heating boilers?

They're the work of the devil!!! :mad:

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#6 16-02-2007 5:20pm
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aye, i remember being able to read all the boards here in the old days, post in feedback and still have tuppence ha'penny to rent out a high class hooker with.

'course in those days he was Cassius Clay and Boards was in black and white.

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#7 16-02-2007 5:28pm
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I think 'thread of the day' arose out of a feedback thread asking for a 'random thread' button. Again, I quite like it.

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#8 16-02-2007 6:15pm
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You like what? Boilers?

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#9 17-02-2007 1:48pm
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humanji wrote:

Is there really a need for the Thread Of The Day link?

Yes, I quite like the thread of the day link.

Happy?

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#10 17-02-2007 2:24pm
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What would happen is this thread was made thread of the day?!!?!?!?

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#11 17-02-2007 3:10pm
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Boards would implode clearly.

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#12 17-02-2007 4:13pm
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The great thing about the thread of the day is that it can bring you to forums you would otherwise ignore

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#13 17-02-2007 9:53pm
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Last night a thread of the day saved my life...

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#14 18-02-2007 4:23pm
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#15 18-02-2007 5:36pm
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As long as its not causing problems or contributing heavily towards the slowdown periods, I could care less.

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#16 18-02-2007 5:55pm
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Thread Of The Day. Do we not need it?

i.e. what advantage would come of getting rid of it?

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#17 18-02-2007 6:11pm
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Thread of the day is no mere appendix!

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#18 19-02-2007 4:13pm
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Cake Fiend wrote:

Thread Of The Day. Do we not need it?

i.e. what advantage would come of getting rid of it?

Well if you get rid of it you could fit a set of high-rise apartments and a chipper.

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#19 19-02-2007 7:30pm
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How about if the thread of the day was set to the one that either has gotten the most views, or has gotten the highest feedback for the day? There'd probably have to be a bit of logic to put in though, so the same stickies / favourite threads aren't selected every day.

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