Include After Hours in post of day

Liam McPoyle · 10-03-2017 11:05am #1

Hello.

A number of years ago AH was removed from being eligible for post of the day.

I think it was to give other forums a chance to get a bit of the spotlight which was admirable. Iirc it was also because it was felt that some of the POTD from AH weren't POTD worthy as they were short quips, one liners and what not.

These days though, more often than not, POTD is from the "you laugh you lose" thread or from the weather forum.

I view the YLYL thread regularly and have no interest in weather so imo, POTD is a bit of a waste.

The main reason I think AH should be included in POTD is because the forum has moved on from its more base roots. A lot of the "funny" stuff from 5 to 10 years ago is gone and I believe the user base has matured in a lot of ways.

I'm an occasional poster in the forum and don't really read the larger threads as they can be frankly unwieldy but there are often well thought out and cromulent arguments that don't get the wider audience that they deserve as the forum is excluded from POTD.

So what I'd like to see, even for a trial basis of say a month, is to have the forum included in the POTD count.

Cheers.

The_Valeyard · 10-03-2017 8:13pm

I have never heard of post of the day????

hungry hypno toad · 10-03-2017 8:14pm

Rod Munch. He he. That deserves to be username of the day.

arkrow · 11-03-2017 1:01pm

Just open the most thanked page and scroll down past ylyl lose and weather and there they are.

fran17 · 11-03-2017 1:53pm

arkrow wrote: »

Just open the most thanked page and scroll down past ylyl lose and weather and there they are.

That's actually the first time I have ever opened that page.What's the point of its existence?

Beasty · 11-03-2017 3:00pm

I think POTD has had its day. It's a relic from the past. Yes when most posters where accessing the old site via desktops there was probably a lot more interest. Nowadays though it's easy enough to rank posts by reference to thanks, forums, when posted etc. which gives a wider (and in my view better) perspective of what's popular.

Liam McPoyle · 13-03-2017 4:14pm

Beasty wrote: »

I think POTD has had its day. It's a relic from the past. Yes when most posters where accessing the old site via desktops there was probably a lot more interest. Nowadays though it's easy enough to rank posts by reference to thanks, forums, when posted etc. which gives a wider (and in my view better) perspective of what's popular.

Personally speaking I check POTD every day but I don't check into some of the bigger, fast moving threads.

In the past I've used it to read up on stuff that I may not have been aware of or to educate myself on what's currently been discussed in the larger world.

I feel that having a link to the "hot topic" of the day is a good thing and tbh id much rather that AH be included rather than CPV&L.

An opinion, comment or thought is much more valuable than a meme.