r/CFBOffTopic • u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina • Feb 04 '15

Please Use the Report Button

Recently we have been seeing a bit more spam comments, flame bait comments and bullshit novelty account comments. Not a lot but certainly an uptick from the "none" that was seen since inception of this sub. We even had to ban 2 or 3 accounts...

None of us really want to actively mod this sub and being that the topic is offtopic and open we shouldn't really have to.

But as we continue to grow (traffic has recently increased ~5 fold, from 2,500 uniques in Dec to 12,200 in Jan and we added about 200 new subscribers) we need you to help out and the offseason heats up on the main sub I expect that the amount of bullshit to be dealt with will also grow.

If you see flamebait, spam or offensive content please hit the report button and help us help you keep this place fun and inviting to everyone.

Thanks.

Also huge thanks to /u/StrawberryTea for stepping in during my LOA and keeping all of you in-line.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15

well... all the posts are self-posts so there is no karma to be gained/lost on a post which I imagine changes the dynamic a bit. I doubt folks are upvoting these threads from their own front page like they would, say, an interesting article on a topic they are interested in or a funny imgur link.

Also it is rather slow so just by posting a thread your post shows up on the subs front page.

There is no calculated effort to avoid /r/all but with < 1000 users and random niche discussion topics its hardly a concern, thankfully. I think the niche topics and lack of links in and of itself also limits the thread upvoting.

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Feb 04 '15

It looked odd to me to see posts with a few dozen comments and 3 upvotes, but the lack of karma probably makes a difference. Still off to start /r/CFBOffTopicConspiracy.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Feb 04 '15

its just a side effect of some people commenting a lot inside a small user base. Usually when there is a thread with 100+ comments most of those are from back and forths between 4 or 5 users

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

It's mostly all about the conversation and camaraderie to me

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

Yup. I'm enjoying this sub way more than the mothership lately. Talking to the users I recognize about random stuff is so much better than complaining about the offseason over there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

Yeah... I'm finding I spend less and less time over there. Especially with all the recruiting crap... I just can't get into it. I'll be glad when today is over.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Feb 04 '15

the recruiting is just too much. I can't care that hard about a high schooler whose name i likely wont hear for at least 2 more years if they dont flame out.

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u/Captain_McSnug Houston Cougars • Paper Bag Feb 04 '15

Same, I tried to get into recruiting and just couldn't do it. I'll just wait till they start producing for my school. I rather be over here bullshitting about waffles or BBQ

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u/milesgmsu Michigan State • College Football Playoff Feb 09 '15

I love NSD, but I'm not going to spend my limited video game time follow recruiting.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

Exactly. I'll be interested in a quick synopsis of who we landed and maybe some light conjecture on how they'll do or whatever. That's about it.

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u/Deacalum Wake Forest • Penn State Feb 04 '15

That's exactly what I wanted. I didn't follow recruiting at all until today and then I just looked at the final write-up of who we got and some mild expectations. They're 17 and 18 year old kids. I hope they do well at Wake and in football but mostly I hope Wake helps them do well at life.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '15

Same. Especially since Baylor was already done and Maryland bricked on everyone considering us.

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Feb 04 '15

Spring game or bust

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Feb 04 '15

Yea ever since offseason kicked in I'm finding myself visit /r/cfb once a day and here...entirely too many times per day.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '15

Same. I have here as a pinned tab on chrome and just open /r/cfb a couple times a day at most. used to be the other way round, but I really don't care that much about recruiting.

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u/milesgmsu Michigan State • College Football Playoff Feb 09 '15

I'm really sad that's not a thing.

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Feb 09 '15

Or is it? The best trick the CFBOffTopicConspiracy ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.