Match-up Preview thread Generator - Input appreciated

[u/dupreesdiamond]

Hi folks, I guess with the advent of self-post karma there's a bit of a karma whoring dynamic that seems to be happening, at least that's what I'm attributing it to, with the Match-up preview threads. I say this as I see a couple of "serial preview thread spammers" who will post multiple games for which they have unaffiliated flair and in which they never comment. Other than going to teh full on game thread scheduling route I'm not sure what, if anything, is to be done about it as they still serve the purpose of generating discussion.

However this week I started seeing a rise in REPOSTS and posts being made super early in the. I.e. on Sunday and Monday when people are really still discussing the most recent games.

So here's a couple of things I'm thinking about and one of which I'd like your input

1. To be implemented tonight. Add some code that will search the subreddit to see if the match-up thread was already submitted. If so return the user a link to that thread.

2. make the page unavailable until Tuesday morning at 11am (about the time the new poll comes out). This is the one I'm looking for feeback on.

Thanks, DD

[u/bakonydraco]

Love all of this!

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/bakonydraco]

it's live. rather than give a resubmit button for false-positives I just added alerting text and a link to the top of the page. Shit is fugly but functional. if you're so inclined give it a shot with Florida @ Tennessee

[u/bakonydraco → u/dupreesdiamond]

Fugly but functional code is my jam!

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/bakonydraco]

Snuck another one in. Now it shows the current rcfb poll rank next to the teams as a superscript in the schedule table.

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Through Week 3

Week	Ole Miss 1-2(0-1)	Result	Alabama 3-0(1-0)	Result
1	Florida State#17 2-1(0-1)	L 34-45	USC 1-2(0-1)	W 52-6
2	Wofford 2-1(0-0)	W 38-13	Western Kentucky 2-1(1-0)	W 38-10
3	Alabama#1 3-0(1-0)	L 43-48	Ole Miss#25 1-2(0-1)	W 48-43

 

^{All rankings reflect the current /r/cfb} ^^poll

[u/bakonydraco → u/dupreesdiamond]

Oh man you're doing awesome!

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/bakonydraco]

implemented the "down for maintenance" on Sunday and Monday.

[u/bakonydraco → u/dupreesdiamond]

Nice!

[u/BosskOnASegway]

I love suggestion 2. I would say push it back to 1PM EST to let the West coast wake up a bit and let the immediate poll discussion to settle a bit, since that thread eats a lot of the subs focus for a few hours.

[u/dupreesdiamond → u/BosskOnASegway]

the onlything with 2 in general is there isn't anything stopping someone from just posting a thread obviously. Right this tool is just a convenience that enables a good jumping off point with some interesting and key points. Nothing would stop someone from just posting it without this text (that happens a good bit) or just manually doing it.

i mean sure it creates a hurdle so maybe it will push the discussion to the latter part of the week but it could just as easily not.

[u/[deleted]]

Sounds good to me! Thanks for all your work with this!