tcurtbike wrote:While I don't agree with deleting the thread, I can understand why it needed to be done. The Pro thread was starting to lag in quality with lots of useless chat about unrelated things. The mods gave us plenty of warnings and even locked the thread for a day, but we didn't take heed. I don't think we have anyone but ourselves to blame.
Agreed. Way to many "That is fugly" in there. Really, a lot of comments with no value at all and questions asked twice on the same page.
I don't know, but I guess I only saw half of them because the mods had deleted most of 'em. I don't know how much time exactly it takes to delete a post, but I guess it involves a lot of nerve wrecking, why did you delete my post pm waste of time.
And how difficult can it be to use the reply function instead of having the same pics 4 times on the same page?
tcurtbike wrote:On another note, I think the time of year has an impact on the thread's quality. There are periods between the bigger races when there isn't really anything on and coverage is lacking and as such there really isn't much to talk about that is directly related to new gear or interesting PRO mods. It's in these periods when the quality starts to take a dive, and OT discussion starts.
Maybe that would be a way to get a handle on it? Have seperate threads for the begining of the season, Le Tour, WCs or soemthing like that.
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