So translated. Ignore what the majority want.
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I wouldn't mind the thread for game 5, Argentina v Saudi Arabia, putting in an appearance soon. It kicks off at 10 am tomorrow morning and I will be busy then.
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The prediction threads do bring in more search engine traffic than any other thread being posted, I suspect because the initial post is much more search engine friendly than what most people post when creating a thread. When people have landed there though previously they were going up a level, just seeing old prediction threads and left. This season the City ones have been getting traffic in and they are going up a level and visiting other threads, average time on forum for those landing on the prediction threads is up from 1.42 before to 18.32 which is a massive increase which means more ad viewing and more chance of them registering.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Storck likes this. -
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The Regular ones are going nowhere, they have actually provided way better SEO benefits to the forum than in own forum especially as they have to be archived each year when in their own forum to prevent confusion (whereas here they effectively auto-archive). And we have has fewer people saying they forgot to enter for a game when it's in the same forum as things like the match thread, so its easier for users as well.
As for the World Cup ones are in here temporarily, they will go into the General Football forum but it's being used as a test for the automation system for the regular prediction league and it's less problematic developing and testing the system when it's in one location
As for people saying they squeeze actual city threads, hardly. Without the prediction league threads the last thread on the first page is the Dion Pereira one that hasn't had a post since 9th November. Even the existing first page there hasn't been a post in that last thread since the 16th. If all the first page was Prediction League threads and all new threads were pushed quickly off the front page then maybe that would be the case but its not. Actually, if anything the whole forum is being negatively impacted by the front pages on all the forums having posts that haven't been posted on in a few days. Ideally, we should be merging so many of them into each other so at any time any front post thread has fresh content in it in the last 24 hoursStop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand... -
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I love the thought of a ‘Huddersfield Town predication league’. Is that where you predict where they will go on vacation?
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And what gives you the right to decide what the majority want? You might not want to see the regular prediction league threads but many do, they get more views than most of the threads you have ever started so if they don't belong here then basically all your content should also be moved elsewhere as well. Forums aren't supposed to be your own personal echo chamber.
And I said the World Cup ones are in this forum on a temp basis. Karl doesn't pay me for the Prediction League, it's done in my spare time, spare time that's been getting squeezed over the last year and I need to automate it more, but that also takes time to save time later on. It's easier and less time-consuming developing, testing and enhancing a single system than having two different ones running parallel. The World Cup is allowing me to do get the system for the regular one finally finished and tested. When it reaches a certain point I will be able to move to start having the system post and look up threads for the world cup one in the General Football forum instead but again all this is being done in my own time and I'm not about to start giving it an extra time or even prioritising it over paid work to appease a few. If it really bothers you then perhaps you could pay me for that extra time but otherwise, you need to just be patient for a few daysStop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand... -
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I'm not into the prediction leagues either but many are and it Brings an extra dimension to the forum
In my opinion the sooner they are moved into there own dedicated section the better but I also understand the reason and its only temporary so hopefully not too long before we can shift them all
The white themes a bit of fun and if your not interested in the prediction leagues there's no reason why it should bother you
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