Post of the day issue..

Grindylow

Just pointing it out, and hoping I'm not the only one, but the "You laugh you lose" thread is constantly taking over the post of the day segment of boards. It can get really annoying because if I really wanted to see funny pictures I could google it. I dunno if I'm the only one it annoys, but sure said I'd point it out there anyway! :P

Cookie_Monster

done on thanks and people thank the posts cos they're funny. whats wrong with that?

Bottle_of_Smoke

Have a read here Noel. Would appear we're the only people who realise this is annoying.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056038709

Ross

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Have a read here Noel. Would appear we're the only people who realise this is annoying.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056038709

But, how do you know that it's annoying? Is there a way you can have absolute knowledge that it is annoying? No.

You can use empirical evidence by matching thanks to images and deduce a probability, but at base you are relying on a set of assumptions about the universe.

Therefore, Post of the Day exists.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Fair enough. We're the only ones who regard it as annoying.

Though we're right;)

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Is the thanks filter that was on the old front page available anywhere now?

javaboy

Lawrence Easy Berry wrote: »

Is the thanks filter that was on the old front page available anywhere now?

http://www.boards.ie/?filter=thanks

You just select the filter you want from the right most tab on top of the thread list on the home page.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

javaboy wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/?filter=thanks

You just select the filter you want from the right most tab on top of the thread list on the home page.

Ah sure it was right under my nose! Cheers

D4RK ONION

While it wont change, I completely agree with Noel.

POTD was something you used to look forward to, A good contribution/well thought out post, or a funny homegrown slice of comedy from AH.

These days it's just a repost of something that appeared on reddit a few days ago.

Konata

The vast majority of those images winning POTD aren't even that funny! I used to love POTD - some clever remark, witty insight or hilarious ancedote - but now I rarely even check it.

Fago!

Couldn't agree more. POTD used to be something I'd look forward to, for a bit of funny reading.

I'm sick of seeing post of the day being:

A) A picture from You Laugh You Lose

A photo from the Random Photo Thread in the Photography forum

Although the photography one annoys me, it'd be harsh to ask a thanks ban on the photography thread, because that's actually amateur photographers' work and thanking their pic means their work is appreciated. But I'm all up for a thanks ban on Laugh You lose please. PLEASE!!!? please?

IITYWYBMAD

Post of the Day, garnered by "most thanked post" is probably one of the most inaccurate ways of doing it. It does not take into account the thanks versus views of the particular forum, nor does it rate the quality of the post, as one-sided as that may be.

Can I suggest that the post of the day, should be chosen by some random user, as opposed to the amount of thanks (at least for a while) as it would probably be as accurate. Failing that, you could lock a whole lot of monkeys in a room, and who knows, the entire works of Shakespeare could be churned out!!

OutlawPete

If you post just before midnight, and your post gets one thousand thanks the next day, you still won't get post of the day, not sure why that was changed - think a post should be able to get 'post of the day' - no matter which day it was posted.

Anyway, I think that 'You Laugh You Lose' should remain in the running, unfair to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

How about, if someone posts something in the YLYL thread, that had been posted before, they get banned from posting in that thread for a month. Could make a game of it, users could join in and expose the reposters when they spot a repost of something that was posted already, within the last six months or so.

strobe

I don't check post of the day that often. The reason I stopped checking it, back in the days before the YLYL thread, was because every time I checked it it was just some post from the photography forum of a leaf shot in sepia meant to symbolise the fragility of nature or a black and white photo of a knocked over street cone which reflected the encroachment of urban sprawl on man kinds naturalistic spirit.

Won't that just happen again or was I just unlucky that the 50 or so times I checked it 48 of those times resulted in the above.

So what do we do? Ban YLYL posts from getting POTD? Then ban the photography posts from getting it? Then when people complain it's always some smart arse remark in AH that get's it, ban AH posts from getting it? Where do you stop?

strobe

Ross wrote: »

But, how do you know that it's annoying? Is there a way you can have absolute knowledge that it is annoying? No.

You can use empirical evidence by matching thanks to images and deduce a probability, but at base you are relying on a set of assumptions about the universe.

Therefore, Post of the Day exists.

Best thread ever.

OldGoat

Ross wrote: »

You can use empirical evidence by matching thanks to images and deduce a probability, but at base you are relying on a set of assumptions about the universe.

Therefore, Post of the Day exists.

I Thank therefore I am.

OutlawPete

strobe wrote: »

.. because every time I checked it it was just some post from the photography forum of a leaf shot in sepia meant to symbolise the fragility of nature or a black and white photo of a knocked over street cone which reflected the encroachment of urban sprawl on man kinds naturalistic spirit.

Ah, that's why I said last time this question came up, but you put it better that ever could

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68127149&postcount=9

IITYWYBMAD

OutlawPete wrote: »

Ah, that's why I said last time this question came up, but you put it better that ever could

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68127149&postcount=9

Indeed, but it appears to matter to you more.....

OutlawPete wrote:

I have lost out on post of the day twice thanks to that thread just piping me by one or two thanks, not a happy bunny was I

OutlawPete

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Indeed, but it appears to matter to you more.....

I was joking :rolleyes:

I also said I printed out the statistics and had them laminated.

IITYWYBMAD

OutlawPete wrote: »

I was joking :rolleyes:

I also said I printed out the statistics and had them laminated.

Of course you were, as was I......

/Edit/ {_: as per smiley

OutlawPete

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Of course you were, as was I......

/Edit/ {_: as per smiley

You didn't use a smiley.

Tallon

I've got POTD 2 or 3 times since I started posting in that thread so i'm not complaining

IITYWYBMAD

OutlawPete wrote: »

You didn't use a smiley.

I did. You didn't recognise it.

OutlawPete

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

I did. You didn't recognise it.

Let me see ..

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Indeed, but it appears to matter to you more.....

Oh I see it now, you used an invisible smiley - didn't notice at first, apologies.

RolandIRL

OutlawPete wrote: »

If you post just before midnight, and your post gets one thousand thanks the next day, you still won't get post of the day, not sure why that was changed - think a post should be able to get 'post of the day' - no matter which day it was posted.

It's not that way... Look at today's POTD, posted on 27/10 after 4pm. today's the 29/10, so it is based on most thanks, though i'd say on a thanks per day basis

jaysus pete, get your facts right :P

OutlawPete

whiteman19 wrote: »

It's not that way... Look at today's POTD, posted on 27/10 after 4pm.

That got post of the for the 27th, the day it was posted.

This got post of the day yesterday ..

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68730363

.. and it was posted yesterday.

today's the 29/10, so it is based on most thanks, though i'd say on a thanks per day basis

whiteman19 wrote: »

..jaysus pete, get your facts right :P

:cool:

Maybe I'm wrong, but the chances of me being wrong twice in one decade, are highly unlikely to be fair

mikemac

Just on this how is thread of the day selected?

The current selection is to with FÁS training course.
It's informative though not exactly memorable

What's the process for thread of the day?
Thanks

El Weirdo

feelingstressed wrote: »

Just on this how is thread of the day selected?

The current selection is to with FÁS training course.
It's informative though not exactly memorable

What's the process for thread of the day?
Thanks

Random. At least that's been the answer every other time that question was asked.

RolandIRL

has the time at which POTD changed changed? it changed today after 4pm iirc. used to be at midnight.

Tallon

whiteman19 wrote: »

has the time at which POTD changed changed? it changed today after 4pm iirc. used to be at midnight.

I was going to say, I checked at 2am and it was still the same as yesterday

ibarelycare

POTD is from 31st October Has it not changed in a couple of days?

Tallon

What theme are you using?

This is the current POTD

ibarelycare

Yeah that has the most thanks when you look on the front page, but if you actually go to POTD it's coming up with this post.

starbelgrade

javaboy wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/?filter=thanks

You just select the filter you want from the right most tab on top of the thread list on the home page.

I never knew that even existed. Ha! It's like a daily league table!

ibarelycare

My POTD is still a few days out Today it's showing Xavi's post from a couple of days ago as POTD!

Tallon

It's a differnet Xavi post

ibarelycare

No, I know he's top of the thanks list with a picture in the YLYL thread today, but when I go to the dropdown boards.ie menu and click on POTD, it brings me to his post from 1st November.

Tallon

Jaysus, somethign seriously messed up so

Kersmash

Yep, that particular Xavi post has been the POTD for the past few days.

Tallon

Use the beta skin... It's much Beta !

Kersmash

I've been using it for weeks! The POTD's changed now though.

Xavi6

Bump

POTD has become a bit pointless lately with MT Cranium having a monopoly on it.
Fair play to him as his posts are well researched and very interesting to read but let's face it, it's cold. We get it.

Is there any way POTD can be changed a bit? Maybe have it so the same person can't win two days in a row? I know people have said before that they were directed to great threads/posts before because of it but now it's just a link to the Weather forum.

Tallon

Kind of agree with you, except, like all potd 'memes?' it should pass itself naturally

His posts are pretty much only poular because of the bad weather and the sheer amount of people in the weather forum lately

Sure the POTD today is YLYL.... again... Not that I'm complaining, but you see what I mean.

Xavi6

Tallon wrote: »

Kind of agree with you, except, like all potd 'memes?' it should pass itself naturally

His posts are pretty much only poular because of the bad weather and the sheer amount of people in the weather forum lately

Sure the POTD today is YLYL.... again... Not that I'm complaining, but you see what I mean.

Bah, any other day for the past week and I'd have been sorted with MT as POTD.

Still though, it's lost its effectiveness and some sort of filter would be great.

Tallon

I know what your saying, but how far will people ask to filter it down?

It's the most thanked post that day, it works well imo.

I just can't wait to see what sensation takes it over next :pac:

Sharpshooter

Xavi6 wrote: »

Bump

POTD has become a bit pointless lately with MT Cranium having a monopoly on it.
Fair play to him as his posts are well researched and very interesting to read but let's face it, it's cold. We get it.

And we are well informed because of his posts, therefore you can understand the amount of thanks he receives.

Xavi6 wrote: »

Is there any way POTD can be changed a bit? Maybe have it so the same person can't win two days in a row? I know people have said before that they were directed to great threads/posts before because of it but now it's just a link to the Weather forum.

Why change it?

If someone like MT Cranium goes to the lengths he does to post up helpful information I think he deserves every single thanks he gets, tbh!

He posts, he gets thanked.

He gets POTD for a reason, isn't that what it's about?

Xavi6

Sharpshooter wrote: »

And we are well informed because of his posts, therefore you can understand the amount of thanks he receives.

Where did I say I didn't understand? In fact in the bit you quoted I said I'm aware why he gets the thanks.

Why change it?

Variety is the spice of life and all that.

If someone like MT Cranium goes to the lengths he does to post up helpful information I think he deserves every single thanks he gets, tbh!

He posts, he gets thanked.

Where did I say he didn't deserve the thanks? Again, I said the opposite. Please stop implying things that aren't there. It's a waste of time having to clear them up.

He gets POTD for a reason, isn't that what it's about?

In its simplest form yes, but it benefits nobody whereas when there was a healthy mix people found new threads and forums just by taking a look at the latest POTD. Now there's no point as it's either one of two things.

Bein the regular that you are I'm sure you would agree that opening doors on boards is a good thing and should be encouraged. Well POTD doesn't do that anymore.

Change it, don't change it, whatever. This is Feedback and I'm giving feedback.

dr.bollocko

What about a top 5 posts of the day instead? I mean it'd be pretty easily incorporated into the existing menu structure.
Or a post of the day per category if you wanted to get needlessly OTT with the whole thing.

Tallon

If you want more POTD though, you can just filter by thanks

AntiMatter

dr.bollocko wrote: »

What about a top 5 posts of the day instead? I mean it'd be pretty easily incorporated into the existing menu structure.
Or a post of the day per category if you wanted to get needlessly OTT with the whole thing.

There can be only one.

javaboy

Xavi has a point: Post of the day list

I just don't bother checking POTD anymore really.