We would like your input on how you feel about topics that do not relate to football in this forum. That would pertain mainly to the discussion of other sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Boxing and Soccer.
Do you like to see these threads here? Only in the off season? Would like to see them moved after they get legs to a separate "Other Sports Board" with one tacked up thread with all the other sports topics and a link to the thread? Keep the discussion here only to football and move them as they come up?
Obviously we will not all agree on this, but there has to be a majority opinion on this. Right now, it's allowed to stay and discuss. Some of these threads have longevity such as the Ranger's thread. If you aren't interested you can ignore them. Those of no interest drop from the first page pretty quickly.
Would those of you who post on the Ranger's thread go to a "Sports Extra" board to discuss the Rangers and Hockey or would it be out of sight out of mind?
Thank you in advance for your perspective.
Ed
I vote to keep things the way they are, which is fine.
i agree with blue that things should remain the same.....as long as posts are tagged with NFT you have the option of opening it or not
i don't like the idea of lumping all other sports together in a different section as it would be as vette says "out of sight , out of mind".....im not a rangers fan but i do post on that thread occasionally as i am a hockey fan but i do read the new posts to the thread
baseball, basketball and soccer i could care less about so i just ignore threads about those sports....go Giants!!!!!
I read the Ranger thread daily. I grew up with and my family still has Ranger tickets. Prior to 95 I went to 20-30 home games a year. As I do not have NHL ticket and the NHL contract is sold as per per view outside of the highlights and comments from GMO, Jamie, Rambo, Ny, G.O, files, Kmed (if he comes back and starts posting again), 101 Steve, et al... I would have nothing.
I really do enjoy their comments and perspective of the games and what is being said related to the team on a daily basis.
If it gets pinned up in a different area (front porch or a new section for other sports or stays the same) I would vote for the ability to discuss other fan favorite teams here on the BBH as I have little desire or time to start going somewhere else for such things.
Keep it the way it is.
NFT, NGT, etc is, NBD (no big deal). I say leave as is. ;)
I say leave as is. No harm in keeping as long as posts are properly tagged and pertain to other sports. I would not like to see NFT that pertain to politics for instance.
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Keep as is would get my vote. Stuck away somewhere else is definitely out of sight, out of mind,.
My vote is to move them.
To start with this is a Giants board. While I'm all for NFT's and I understand that they typically drift away naturally the Rangers thread (as an example) is not that. It has become permanent on the front page for months. I feel the Rangers thread has become a placeholder for an ongoing discussion of hockey. This is great and I understand that members here want to discuss other sports with friends here. I simply do not see the down side to having these threads on another board. Add the other board to your favorites and get in the habit of checking it regularly. I used the Rangers thread as the primary example but I could see the same for a Knicks thread, Soccer thread, Yankees thread.... Where does it end?
The NFT's aren't choking the board by any means, so I have no problem with everything in one place. If there were so many topics that the NFT's were pushing the Giants topics off the first page it would be one thing, but the posters here are good about adding to existing threads instead of starting their own topics.
Keep it as it is.
Keep as is.
I've seen other team boards incorporate sub forums for non-sports discussions, but I don't believe there is enough traffic here to do the same. And that's not a bad thing; this board works great as a Giants-centric forum.
Quote from: vette on February 16, 2012, 10:07:22 AM
We would like your input on how you feel about topics that do not relate to football in this forum. That would pertain mainly to the discussion of other sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Boxing and Soccer.
Do you like to see these threads here? Only in the off season? Would like to see them moved after they get legs to a separate "Other Sports Board" with one tacked up thread with all the other sports topics and a link to the thread? Keep the discussion here only to football and move them as they come up?
Obviously we will not all agree on this, but there has to be a majority opinion on this. Right now, it's allowed to stay and discuss. Some of these threads have longevity such as the Ranger's thread. If you aren't interested you can ignore them. Those of no interest drop from the first page pretty quickly.
Would those of you who post on the Ranger's thread go to a "Sports Extra" board to discuss the Rangers and Hockey or would it be out of sight out of mind?
Thank you in advance for your perspective.
Ed
I have no real problem with the way it is, but I'll throw out a question. Is there any capability in the board software to allow a user to Ignore a thread, so it doesn't come up on the thread list for that user any more? Then it wouldn't really matter. Anyone not wanting to see those threads on the main board could just Ignore them and they'd never see them while those who like them can be accommodated.
Count me in for "as-is" also.
As mentioned earlier, the NFTs get moved off the first page by attrition due to low interest as it is. This forum continues to be Giants-related-information driven. We all come here for our Giants fix. It's ok to have some NFT/NGT info to share with the community.
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As is. The Jeremy Lin stuff applies to many Giants fans. The Rangers, too. I don't care about that. Yanks have a baseball board, so no problem there, Mets too, ugh. That would be the parameter here, I hope. Breaking stories about celebrities, those kind of things I don't mind.
I would vote keep as is, but honestly I would find the Rangers thread if it had it's own category. The posters there are great and knowledgeable...it is a must read daily for me.
Ed,
I say leave it as is. Just keep 1 thread per sport like we have now and add to it and not have multi threads. Like a lot of others on board I follow our other teams like rangers, knicks and yankees. I like it on our boards because you don't have the lunatics and a lot of the foul language like you have on other boards. You actually have good perspectives done in respectful manner. I don't think it has taken away from our giants news. My 2 cents.
Steve
Quote from: CAGiantFan on February 16, 2012, 03:31:10 PM
Quote from: vette on February 16, 2012, 10:07:22 AM
We would like your input on how you feel about topics that do not relate to football in this forum. That would pertain mainly to the discussion of other sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Boxing and Soccer.
Do you like to see these threads here? Only in the off season? Would like to see them moved after they get legs to a separate "Other Sports Board" with one tacked up thread with all the other sports topics and a link to the thread? Keep the discussion here only to football and move them as they come up?
Obviously we will not all agree on this, but there has to be a majority opinion on this. Right now, it's allowed to stay and discuss. Some of these threads have longevity such as the Ranger's thread. If you aren't interested you can ignore them. Those of no interest drop from the first page pretty quickly.
Would those of you who post on the Ranger's thread go to a "Sports Extra" board to discuss the Rangers and Hockey or would it be out of sight out of mind?
Thank you in advance for your perspective.
Ed
I have no real problem with the way it is, but I'll throw out a question. Is there any capability in the board software to allow a user to Ignore a thread, so it doesn't come up on the thread list for that user any more? Then it wouldn't really matter. Anyone not wanting to see those threads on the main board could just Ignore them and they'd never see them while those who like them can be accommodated.
I would say leave as is generally, but I like CA's proposal. I think that would be a nice option for those not interested in the other NFT or NGT threads.
As is please. Love it!
Keep as is. just mark the thread as a nft.
Quote from: UniHamachi on February 16, 2012, 01:52:12 PM
The NFT's aren't choking the board by any means, so I have no problem with everything in one place. If there were so many topics that the NFT's were pushing the Giants topics off the first page it would be one thing, but the posters here are good about adding to existing threads instead of starting their own topics.
I just joined, so my opinion on this is relatively insignificant, but I have lurked for a while, and I think this makes the most sense now. But, if the board expanded and it became like BBI, where 1 out of 25 threads is an intelligent thread, at most, then yes I would move them. But for now, the NFT's are not out of control and are generally about topics that Giants fans would be interested in, such as the Rangers thread.
Keep as is. This is about the only NFT I've bothered to open in months save for the Lin one and that was only because I didn't know who the hell he was Redfaced
As is, It's not outta control.
I am not at all a techno person so I wouldn't know but unless there is some sort of technical advantage to moving non football postings to a different board I am in favor of leaving them right here. To me this board is not at all crowded. I go down the list and what grabs my attention I read and perhaps respond to and what doesn't I pass by. In fact we have a separate location for baseball but I have no problem with people posting baseball topics on the main board. I check the baseball board fairly often but once and a while I miss something I wish I had seen earlier.
I think the continuation of NFT or NGT topics on the main board is fine. But, I wouldn't be opposed to moving threads on other teams, i.e. the Knicks and Rangers and Soccer to what is a very much underutilized Baseball board and renaming that board. Retro was what made the baseball board go, and last year there were minimal threads there.
Ok, loud and clear. Leave the NFT's other sports topics as is unless they become too prevalent on the front page, which most of you don't believe will happen. It enhances the community. If you don't want to discuss it, ignore the thread.
Thank you all for your responses.
Let's fast forward a bit. Let's say it's now Draft time, OTA's, Mini Camp, Summer Camp, Pre-season etc. and Football is starting to get into the swing of things and other sports will wind down by the summer with the exception of baseball. Those threads on Hockey and Basketball will certainly fall off the from page. Last season the Baseball board existed from April throughout the year on one page, BUT, this is a baseball town. There seems to be a lot more interest in Baseball than any other non-football sport especially considering the seasons both New York teams had. So, does it make sense to keep the Baseball board as it is?
Would you like to have another board of "Other Sports" to discuss anything of interest year around? We could actually save popular topics of other sports that wind up falling off the front page so that they don't get lost and the discussion could continue, or at least there will be some archive of the content put forth there. Some fans put a considerable about of time and thought into their posts, especially when it comes to research and the compilation of stats.
So, to review:
Incorporate an all Sports theme into the Baseball Forum.
Set up another "Sports Extra" board for other sports other than Baseball and Football to have year around discussion of other sports? (leaving NFT's to their life cycle and then moving them after they fall off the front page) Leave the Baseball Board as is!
Don't change a thing. It ain't broke, don't fix it!
It ain't broke. Don't fix it.
As one of the Mods here, we have discussed this before so I won't give my opinion here, but as some one brought up, if you don't want to read it, you just skip over it. I, personally, like hockey, but I don't come here to talk about it, so as long as that Rangers thread has been up, I have never opened it. That's each posters choice. As long as it is labeled NFT and the topic clearly states what the thread is about, it gives every person here ample opportunity to open it or skip it.
As long as it is labeled NFT and the topic clearly states what the thread is about, it gives every person here ample opportunity to open it or skip it.
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well said , lenn....i think we all agree on this ....go Giants!!!!!