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Fine citizens of the Alabama Sports Board, get in here for some news

Posted on 8/20/24 at 6:21 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
83184 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 6:21 pm
We have been told by site ownership to move away from pinned megathreads, sans recruiting.

I know megathreads are a divisive subject here, and have been for a decade, so some of you will be happy with this news while others will be upset.

Boz and I didn't make this decision, but we're going to roll with it.

Posted by Goombaw
Kentucky
Member since Jan 2013
6217 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 7:32 pm to
I req'd for this thread to be stickied...


Posted by Carlton
Forced LANKing made the GOAT Retire
Member since Feb 2016
14712 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 7:41 pm to
Can we have unpinned Megathreads or pinned Gigathreads?
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 7:52 pm to



I need to know which basketball thread to post in.
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7573 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:01 pm to



Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
50950 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

We have been told by site ownership to move away from pinned megathreads

Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
50950 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:17 pm to
I am prepared to fight this asinine policy, for the sake of the Bama Board.



Posted by Wulfgar
Member since Jan 2013
2028 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:22 pm to
Posted by VaBamaMan
North AL
Member since Apr 2013
8060 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:26 pm to
I'm sure this is because pinned megathreads hurt website traffic and turns away prospective new posters. People will go to their board, see no new topics or months old posts on the front page, don't check the megathreads where the conversation is actually happening, and then leave without saying anything. They end up elsewhere, a different site which they believe is busier and will have more conversation.

I understand the intent behind pinning megathreads, but I think in some ways it discourages discussion.
Posted by Carlton
Forced LANKing made the GOAT Retire
Member since Feb 2016
14712 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:39 pm to
Posted by Alfie Solomons
Alabama
Member since Aug 2020
1546 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:47 pm to
So can you do something like a pinned quarterly thread or monthly thread?
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11494 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:51 pm to
if we only ever post in 4 topics then we can keep them stickied
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26136 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:53 pm to
quote:

We have been told by site ownership to move away from pinned megathreads, sans recruiting.

Posted by Carlton
Forced LANKing made the GOAT Retire
Member since Feb 2016
14712 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:53 pm to
Can we still pin the "Chicken and Brian Kelly eat corn the long way" thread?
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
16539 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

We have been told by site ownership to move away from pinned megathreads


Posted by CrimsonBoz
Member since Sep 2014
20097 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 9:01 pm to
Spears and Shields!!!
Posted by BasedCrimson
Member since Jun 2024
1019 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 9:30 pm to
I like this idea. What's the point of a football board (this is a football board let's not kid ourselves) if all football posts take place in one thread?
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 9:40 pm to
I hate megathreads, most notably the basketball season thread.
It's like the basketball season has been relegated to a single thread
This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 9:41 pm
Posted by Carlton
Forced LANKing made the GOAT Retire
Member since Feb 2016
14712 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 9:49 pm to
They never did. For the people who didn't like Megathreads, instead of making a new thread on the topic they were interested in, they typically just went into the Megathreads to complain about the Megathreads .

I don't care, I was more into the Megathreads for the joy of the high post counts, but I generally have no interest in starting new threads so I will likely just wait for someone else to post news instead of trying to get it here quickly and as a whole end up posting less.

What is funny to me is that once any thread reaches a 2nd page many on here can't be bothered to read any of the previous pages .
This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 9:50 pm
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
8666 posts
Posted on 8/20/24 at 10:21 pm to
Good. Don't care for the mega threads.

Do think the Bama in the NFL thread should be pinned though.
This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 10:26 pm
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