# The elections forum is broken. Please move the World Cup threads to thread games **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 1, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869 "2019-06-01T12:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/21 "2019-06-02T00:46:00Z")
If you don’t want to discuss those things then those threads are perfect! None going on there! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/22 "2019-06-02T01:01:32Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Meh. > > I can find the multiple threads annoying and still play the game. > > It’s not horrific. But it is a poor excuse for actual political discussions; more of an acknowledgement that decent actual discussions are a bit wanting. They do not contribute to creating them; they fill in space on an assumption that nothing better will. Which could be an accurate assessment, but it helps assure the accuracy of that prophecy. You said that it hijacks the complete forum. I currently see 15 active threads from the past day. Ten of those threads have nothing to do with the match-ups. That means two-thirds of the forum have absolutely nothing to do with what is being complained about. Let’s open that up to the past two days: 23 active threads. Fifteen have nothing to do with the candidate match-ups. Plus, none of the more “serious” discussions have even gotten pushed down to a second page, so it’s not like people are having a hard time finding other threads because of these threads. Each of these threads have had at least 50 people vote, and some upwards of 80. People are participating. Nothing’s gotten hijacked. Heaven forbid that during the long slog of a primary campaign with a shit-ton of candidates we have a little fun once in a while. I find the results of these match-ups interesting. Others don’t. Shrug. Scrap the threads, move them, I don’t really give a shit. It just seems like a really weird thing to bitch about when they’re taking up such a small portion of the board’s real estate, and this place (us posters) really should be encouraging of more posts and threads, not less, even if they’re what you consider to be lame polls. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/23 "2019-06-02T01:58:55Z")
Of course that is a dynamic thing. When these threads go up they take up the real estate and for some period as various posters report what they voted. As those posts with no real content finish up the threads drop and the threads with potential discussions float back up. So yes the annoyance is mild and time limited. But same would be the case for eight similar to each other inane GQ or GD or even IMHO threads all opened at the same time by the same poster. They might get some period of activity and by two days later they’d be dropping off. So they should all be fine too!! FWIW it seems to me that the complainers include a good representation of the many of the more active participants in the Elections forum. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/24 "2019-06-02T02:50:30Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > FWIW it seems to me that the complainers include a good representation of the many of the more active participants in the Elections forum. I’d say five folks isn’t much of a sample to hang a statistical analysis on ;). Can’t really muster any outrage over this one. On the 1-10 scale of SDMB irritations this rates about a 1.5 from me. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/25 "2019-06-02T03:22:32Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You said that it hijacks the complete forum. I currently see 15 active threads from the past day. Ten of those threads have nothing to do with the match-ups. That means two-thirds of the forum have absolutely nothing to do with what is being complained about. > > Let’s open that up to the past two days: 23 active threads. Fifteen have nothing to do with the candidate match-ups. Plus, none of the more “serious” discussions have even gotten pushed down to a second page, so it’s not like people are having a hard time finding other threads because of these threads. > > Each of these threads have had at least 50 people vote, and some upwards of 80. People are participating. Nothing’s gotten hijacked. Heaven forbid that during the long slog of a primary campaign with a shit-ton of candidates we have a little fun once in a while. > > I find the results of these match-ups interesting. Others don’t. Shrug. Scrap the threads, move them, I don’t really give a shit. It just seems like a really weird thing to bitch about when they’re taking up such a small portion of the board’s real estate, and this place (us posters) really should be encouraging of more posts and threads, not less, even if they’re what you consider to be lame polls. I’ve been thinking. I’ll start a 10-15 threader tomorrow, with the theme of which candidates are most authoritarian. I’ll produce 10-15 threads in the elections forum. How does that taste? Let’s crash each forum with 10-15 shit threads? What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/26 "2019-06-02T04:34:27Z")
There’s a Pit thread on this, and I’ll repeat my question from there: There’s no limit on how many threads someone can start at once? If not, I’m surprised. eta: Well, I am glad to hear the perpetrator asked permission first, and that a couple of mods thought it through. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/27 "2019-06-02T11:39:06Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Yeah, I think they belong there. Be at peace and, if you don’t like them, they’ll be gone soon. As I understand it, the entire concept of them is that they won’t be gone soon. The whole thing has multiple rounds. Each round means an influx of new threads. And we’ve had this exactly issue before. People were making these same kinds of threads in the Game Room. Huge tournament brackets with multiple posts were not uncommon. And they wound up filling up the forum, making it harder to find more substantial posts. The polls may be related to Elections, but they also needlessly verbose. There is no reason the whole thing couldn’t be handled in a single thread. If using the voting system is essential, it still could be easily restricted to one post per round. There’s a legitimate gripe here, and I wish you would take the time to actually respond to the argument put forth, rather than empty platitudes like “be at peace,” which is no better than “calm down.” ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/28 "2019-06-02T20:04:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The polls may be related to Elections, but they also needlessly verbose. Heh. Dude, c’mon. That’s a pot/kettle/black situation. And I speak as a fellow sufferer of Logorrhea. On topic: FWIW (likely nothing), I find them annoying too, as a reader and infrequent poster. It’s especially aggravating since we already did this some months ago. Are we gonna have these flurries of threads every few weeks? People can use a single thread for the same purpose. Announce the different brackets and let people respond with their own votes in each pairing? Then calculate the answers and post the results, with a new matchup in the same thread. I know it means there’s no poll option, and also means the threat will be long _and_ require someone, presumably the OP, to keep track of the votes. But if you’re that interested in the game, someone would step up to count votes. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/29 "2019-06-03T19:46:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > There’s a Pit thread on this, and I’ll repeat my question from there: > There’s no limit on how many threads someone can start at once? If not, I’m surprised. > eta: Well, I am glad to hear the perpetrator asked permission first, and that a couple of mods thought it through. There’s no hard limit, however there is this from the Registration Agreement: > [@](#): > > Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time. Given permission was requested prior to posting, I think the posts in question do not run afoul of this rule. > [@BigT](#): > > There’s a legitimate gripe here, and I wish you would take the time to actually respond to the argument put forth, rather than empty platitudes like “be at peace,” which is no better than “calm down.” It’s a polite way of saying “no”. How about this. I acknowledge the comments made thus far. The argument seems to be that these threads push down other threads and create visual clutter. That there are alternative ways to accomplish the same thing that don’t bother people in the same way. That Thread Games may be more appropriate. The answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/30 "2019-06-03T20:20:48Z")
So can I post a series of threads known as the Democratic Primary Playoff Challenge, which features head to head polling on two Dem candidates, but just has the candidates seeded in a much more exciting way? I mean, Joe Biden vs. John Delaney? Lame! Joe Biden vs. Andrew Yang? Now that’s excitement. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869/31 "2019-06-03T20:32:57Z")
You have to ask a moderator for permission. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elections-forum-is-broken-please-move-the-world-cup-threads-to-thread-games/834869.md?page=1)