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Thread of the day problem

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  • 12-12-2008 11:23am
    #1
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭


    This thread is the current thread of the day. I think it needs to be reviewed.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Weird.

    I had assumed that the "Thread of the day" was picked based on the number of thanks that the OP received. Clearly I was wrong.

    However, I would now like to suggest that this be the case, rather than some random thread.

    You should also include the logic so that $thread_of_day_op_id != $post_of_day_postid

    Get to it Cult. *clap* *clap*


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    #3
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,307 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The post of the day appears to be based on thanks, but I seem to remember CuLT saying before that the thread of the day was just random.


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    #4
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Perhaps closed threads should be excluded?


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    #5
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Hagar wrote: »
    This thread is the current thread of the day. I think it needs to be reviewed.

    how'd i miss that classic moral dilema.


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    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Deleted.


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    #7
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Could the Thread of the Day not be based on the number of views and/or posts on that particular day ?


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    #8
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    any update on this?
    is there a way to view the historical thread of the day as i would be interested to see how many were locked/deleted.

    todays one is another gem -
    is it racist to question the blacks income?

    i dont know if im just remembering it wrong but the majority of TOTD seem to be ridiculous, ive even seen a few spam threads.

    if it doesnt work should it be disabled?
    if it does work can it be made to point a the most popular / thanked / viewed thread started in the last 24 hours?
    if it doesnt work and isnt going to be disabled, perhaps it should be renamed "random thread" and changed every 30 minutes or so?


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    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    The eh... current thread of the day poses rather a similar problem, in terms of taste, as the original feller what were deleted did.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    The eh... current thread of the day poses rather a similar problem, in terms of taste, as the original feller what were deleted did.
    Indeed. I could have been more caustic at the end when closing the thread but that would just have been showboating.


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    #11
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,423 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    AFAIK TOTD is random.


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    #12
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    Victor wrote: »
    AFAIK TOTD is random.
    calling it thread of the day is a bit of a misnomer then really.
    i would wonder if an african, wandering onto boards for the first time, decided to click on our "thread of the day" and saw todays example, would they be overly impressed?

    i know if i was in a foreign land and went to the most popular social networking site and saw something called "topic of the day" that happened to be "is it racist to question the paddy's income?" i wouldnt feel to welcome


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    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


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    #14
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    i know, but its hardly thread of the day is it?


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    eVeNtInE
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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    subway wrote: »
    calling it thread of the day is a bit of a misnomer then really.
    i would wonder if an african, wandering onto boards for the first time, decided to click on our "thread of the day" and saw todays example, would they be overly impressed?

    i know if i was in a foreign land and went to the most popular social networking site and saw something called "topic of the day" that happened to be "is it racist to question the paddy's income?" i wouldnt feel to welcome

    Hopefully they would look at more than just the post of the day. Or perhaps read it and see that it was locked and the reaction to the OP was very negative. They might also guess that the Thread of the Day is picked randomly as similar "_____ of the day" things often are on websites. Maybe they would read a few more threads and see that that thread is not representative of the site in general.

    If they didn't do at least one of those things and instead jumped to the conclusion that we are a xenophobic or racist bunch here, then they probably weren't going to contribute much to the site anyway.

    Ideally the thread of the day would be less offensive but any automated system based on views/thanks/posts etc. would be just as likely (if not more likely) to select a potentially offensive thread as the current random system.


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    #17
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Victor wrote: »
    AFAIK TOTD is random.


    And with 39k worth of posts there horse,that's good enough for the Flutt.

    Fcuker is random... oooooooficial.


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Yeah it's random, the CuLTmeister said he had a funky new way of generating it on the to do list though, he would't divulge how far up it was, maybe he's waiting for the new boy to be employed so he can delegate....


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    #19
    Orion
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    fantastic PotD :D


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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Macros42 wrote: »
    fantastic PotD :D

    It was a tie. :mad:
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=58477875&postcount=1


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    #21
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    ill stop giving feedback on this site, i'm not exactly looking for an explanation.


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    #22
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,235 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    have the system pick its candidate for TOTD and have an admin approve it before its made TOTD, no?


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Overheal wrote: »
    have the system pick its candidate for TOTD and have an admin approve it before its made TOTD, no?

    Simple if only there was an admin available every morning to validate it :p

    Easier to just remove the feature.


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    Mimikyu
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    #25
    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Solitaryman666 wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Excluding certain words would be a nightmare really and unworkable. Having the most viewed thread or something similar would be good though. CuLT did say something about it before but even at that there's still no guarantee a potentially offensive thread won't be the most viewed.


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