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Place looks fantastic

Only thing I don't like about the Live Thread option is if we want to have some low key impromptu chat about some random sports or non-sports live event shit happening that is either unscheduled or not important enough in advance for a live thread to have been started, that seems difficult if only zack can start them.
 
I wouldn't be the only one that could start them. Making it live would be an option similar to adding a poll.

But I agree with your other point. Maybe have a dedicated random live thread? Make randomopolis live?
 
I don't think that will be a big problem, since there is a thread for everything. If someone wants to chat about some UFC fight or horse race, just start posting in Other Sports.
 
I wouldn't be the only one that could start them. Making it live would be an option similar to adding a poll.

But I agree with your other point. Maybe have a dedicated random live thread? Make randomopolis live?

Also it would be nice to possibly have some kind of alert on the front page when a live thread is going? Is that possible? Something to attract immediate attention to the fact that one is in progress, which I imagine would be a good indicator of activity for those new to the site as well.
 
I definitely prefer live threads. So much of our traffic during basketball season got swallowed by chat. I really like having everyone's knee-jerk overreactions archived for comedic value if nothing else.
 
Also it would be nice to possibly have some kind of alert on the front page when a live thread is going? Is that possible? Something to attract immediate attention to the fact that one is in progress, which I imagine would be a good indicator of activity for those new to the site as well.

This would be perfect.
 
We can probably limit the live threads to the following topics, assuming there is some benefit to not having every thread be a live thread by default:

Game-Specific
1. Duke game threads: These should be all-in-one going forward for each game, including the betting aspect and a preview writeup, if any

Season-Specific
2. UNC basketball season thread: People can jump in to chat about any UNC game that season at any time in this one thread
3. College basketball season thread: Same idea; will include chats about any NIT or lesser post-season tournament games, if any
4. ACC Tournament thread, specific to one season: Same idea
5. NCAA Tournament thread, specific to one season: Same idea

Sport-Specific
6. NFL thread: People can jump in to chat about any NFL game during any season at any time in this thread
7. MLB thread: Same idea
8. NHL thread: Same idea (I understand chatting about an NHL game will never actually happen)
9. College football thread (in the Duke football sub-forum, for now): Same idea
10. Olympics thread: I think we have this? Would be used for all Olympics, summer and winter
11. Duke recruiting thread (basketball): Because commitments are now a live media event for every top 500 player
12. College basketball recruiting thread: Same idea
13. Other Sports thread: Any other sporting event with more than one person who cares can be chatted about in here

????-Specific
14. Duke football game/season threads: Depending on traffic, we need to make the call on whether to have individual Duke football game threads or just lump it all into one season thread

Other
15. Television thread: Probably can be used for things worth having live reactions to, like the Breaking Bad series finale or GoT season finales
16. Politics thread: Enough big events are happening every week that this could feasibly make better use of live-ness than the MLB or NHL thread
17. News thread: I guess this one could make use of live-ness as well (e.g., mass shootings, going to war with North Korea)

What else?

Edit: Forgot Golf thread and Soccer thread for Sport-Specific.
 
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Zack did all the work. The rest of us just complained when something wasn't perfect.
 
Zack did all the work. The rest of us just complained when something wasn't perfect.
Hopefully he doesn't hate us all yet. Zack has done a fantastic job rolling this out and addressing our complaints & suggestions.
 
Good job on the site design Zack. Looks a million times better. We may actually have a solid site to post on again.
 
Good job on the site design Zack. Looks a million times better. We may actually have a solid site to post on again.
I sure hope so. But traffic drives more traffic. So it's important that users are active in order for us to gain traction.
 
I sure hope so. But traffic drives more traffic. So it's important that users are active in order for us to gain traction.
I'll definitely be more active. I'm on vacation ATM so not around my phone a lot.
 
Just registered here. Seems like a really cool place. The layout is better than any of the other Duke forums I have lurked on.
 

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