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The bigger question - what do we want this board to be in the future?
Posted on 8/7/13 at 9:19 am
Posted on 8/7/13 at 9:19 am
Getting past the who gets in and who does not threads what do folks on here want as the big picture focus of this forum?
How would you implement this?
Chicken has given us a place on the Rant with this forum but I feel he expects us to take it to the next level. Time for regular posters and lurkers alike to step up and build a framework for the future.
Goal #1 (Belle) - "produce good discussion"
How would you implement this?
Chicken has given us a place on the Rant with this forum but I feel he expects us to take it to the next level. Time for regular posters and lurkers alike to step up and build a framework for the future.
Goal #1 (Belle) - "produce good discussion"
This post was edited on 8/7/13 at 9:41 am
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Posted on 8/7/13 at 9:29 am to Cheese Grits
Add posters from other teams who actually want to be here to generate traffic and interest. We've tried recruiting other UK fans (which isn't as easy it sounds BTW, especially on a football centric board and you can't exactly just go advertise it on other major UK boards without the risk of being banned).
The goal should be to produce good discussion at this point.
The goal should be to produce good discussion at this point.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 10:12 am to BluegrassBelle
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UK boards without the risk of being banned
What boards were you thinking about? What about old fashioned face to face recruiting among your peer group or work group (provided they do not fire you for Ranting @ work)?
Posted on 8/7/13 at 10:16 am to Cheese Grits
Most of the UK fans I know in person who don't already post on message boards (and have tried here), don't do message boards.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 11:14 am to BluegrassBelle
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BluegrassBelle
What boards have been hostile to your attempts and is there a way to backchannel them so both sites can benefit?
Posted on 8/7/13 at 12:45 pm to Cheese Grits
Scout, Rivals, and 247 all frown upon it because they consider it you taking their views/business. KSR will not approve it for their comment section if you try to plant a link there or recommend a site. When I was an admin for a smaller but popular UK site we had a policy against it (especially if someone was regularly linking another site like this).
I'm not aware of anyway to back channel that.
I'm not aware of anyway to back channel that.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:03 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Scout, Rivals, and 247 all frown upon it because they consider it you taking their views/business.
Short term territory issues and why I hate non school / teams having an unemotional interest in the local group. It is why I do not eat at chains and prefer local places instead.
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KSR will not approve it for their comment section if you try to plant a link there or recommend a site.
That one may be ego more than anything else. Jones has no real interest in the secondary stuff and ridicules it instead of supporting it. Since he tows the line he keeps his access but it would be nice if Mitch or Eli "encouraged" a broader view.
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When I was an admin for a smaller but popular UK site
That is more where I was thinking on a site like SoB or EJSIC where there is win win issues where collaborative effort can be achieved. Not in case of an obvious regular crossover but a backdoor agreement with each side to allow it now and again.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:11 pm to Cheese Grits
I mean you're more than welcome to try yourself, but I'm just speaking from experience that small sites will likely not be any more receptive because it's very dog eat dog.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:24 pm to BluegrassBelle
I don't think KSR approves comments before they're posted. They just delete them as they see fit.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:30 pm to BluegrassBelle
Was the small site you were a part of based in the Ville or was it all somewhere else and it was just electronic fill back and forth?
Posted on 8/7/13 at 1:36 pm to CatFan81
They used to because we'd try to troll the hell out of them and it'd never show up 
You're probably right though with how big the site has gotten it's probably easier for them to just delete comments instead of approve them now.
Cheese the site I worked with was "based" somewhere else. Admins were UK folks from all over. It started as a small site then merged with another then split again. It no longer exists now.
You're probably right though with how big the site has gotten it's probably easier for them to just delete comments instead of approve them now. Cheese the site I worked with was "based" somewhere else. Admins were UK folks from all over. It started as a small site then merged with another then split again. It no longer exists now.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:25 pm to BluegrassBelle
Yeah, it used to be moderated, but it isn't anymore. There's just too much traffic now. They read through the comments and delete the ones that they don't like eventually.
Posted on 8/7/13 at 2:30 pm to CatFan81
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I don't think KSR approves comments before they're posted.
I know they used to block IP's if it was coming from a site that did not adhere to the party line. I know there were some groups from the local community that tried to interject opposing data to what Todd & Co wanted out, especially in relation to seats that would be lost in Rupp they were not being open about.
Not sure if that is still going on but I do not go there much so unless somebody links me there I generally don't read it.
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They just delete them as they see fit.
They did this a lot when KSR was pushing that Louisville woman in the Hooters thing years ago and it was coming out that she was actually a UL fan. They also were letting their buddies post and not ride herd when they wanted to make something appear more popular than it was. Just lost too much credibility in my book by that time. Not saying Combs or Bromley were perfect but at least they were held to a higher standard on reporting and common sense.
Posted on 8/8/13 at 4:21 pm to Cheese Grits
Well, I don't want it to be full of Arkansas fans which it appear you now are.
Posted on 8/8/13 at 6:16 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Well, I don't want it to be full of Arkansas fans which it appear you now are.
Mizzou board has been accusing me of it for months so why not feed their fantasy for awhile if it seems to make them happy. I will be back to the good old USA unless Chicken makes a Sewanee one or a SEC one. roadGator is doing it too so maybe it is becoming trendy.
Are you going to attend any UK volleyball games soon? Might be a good run this season and I know they are pricing the seats higher plus starting a "donation" this year for volleyball so they are gonna have to move up a level and push the Gators for top dog in the SEC.
Posted on 8/9/13 at 4:08 pm to Cheese Grits
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Posted on 8/10/13 at 9:24 am to Cheese Grits
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you going to attend any UK volleyball games soon?
Not sure about volleyball, have never been to one, but do plan to attend a few UK Hoops games. Matthew Mitchell is set to take over the SEC in Women's basketball.
Posted on 8/10/13 at 1:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
Volleyball's actually one of my favorite women's events to go to. It's pretty fast paced, and can keep my interest well. We're not very good, not sure how Kentucky is. It's still pretty fun though
Posted on 8/10/13 at 6:26 pm to Bama Bird
Usually it is the Gators and Vols with UK in the hunt but there was a mass exodus from UT this spring and UK is on the upswing. On the other side it was Arkansas and TAMU but not sure yet who will rise in the west this year. The big issue is not enough SEC schools are playing tough OOC games during the season.
Cats have been scheduling tougher than most and it seems to be getting more national attention. Here was last years OOC :
(There are 330 teams in the RPI and UK's schedule was #20 - Western Carolina was a drag)
NORTH CAROLINA......... W 3-0 - #18 in RPI
LIPSCOMB............... W 3-2 - #98 in RPI
LONG BEACH STATE....... W 3-1 - #61 in RPI
@ LOUISVILLE.......... L 1-3 - #7 in RPI : Finished at #17
@ Ohio................ W 3-1 - #50 RPI
vs #17 Oregon.......... L 0-3 - #4 in RPI : Finished at #2
vs Western Carolina.... W 3-0 - #269 in RPI
vs DUQUESNE............ W 3-0 - #117 in RPI
vs Oklahoma............ L 1-3 - #27 in RPI
@ #1 NEBRASKA......... L 1-3 - #5 in RPI : Finished at #7
I already have a thread up for UK volleyball for this fall - season starts in a few weeks
Cats have been scheduling tougher than most and it seems to be getting more national attention. Here was last years OOC :
(There are 330 teams in the RPI and UK's schedule was #20 - Western Carolina was a drag)
NORTH CAROLINA......... W 3-0 - #18 in RPI
LIPSCOMB............... W 3-2 - #98 in RPI
LONG BEACH STATE....... W 3-1 - #61 in RPI
@ LOUISVILLE.......... L 1-3 - #7 in RPI : Finished at #17
@ Ohio................ W 3-1 - #50 RPI
vs #17 Oregon.......... L 0-3 - #4 in RPI : Finished at #2
vs Western Carolina.... W 3-0 - #269 in RPI
vs DUQUESNE............ W 3-0 - #117 in RPI
vs Oklahoma............ L 1-3 - #27 in RPI
@ #1 NEBRASKA......... L 1-3 - #5 in RPI : Finished at #7
I already have a thread up for UK volleyball for this fall - season starts in a few weeks
This post was edited on 8/10/13 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:44 pm to Cheese Grits
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what do we want this board to be in the future?
As an outsider, I would say get other posters who are known basketball posters access.. At least traffic would pick up for basketball season.
I know SouthofSouth (LSU) and Bryant (Bama)really are tuned in to basketball and would talk ball all day with the top SEC program.
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