Why so many threads blocking the top of the first page

[Navid]

There are 12 threads right now at the top of the Hot Deals forum that are locked there and practically make half of the first page useless!

It was not like this before! There used to be only 3 or 4 threads like that.
Why the change?

Am I the only one who finds this annoying?

 

[olds]

The Moderator posts will stay as needed, separate threads.

We have nothing to do with what AnandTechDeals posts.
Maybe PM him/her and ask?

 

[Navid]

It used to be that I could go to the first page and see if there were any interesting deals that I might want to have a look at.
Now, I have to check the second page too every time!

If this is OK with everyone else, I am not going to complain.

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: Navid
It used to be that I could go to the first page and see if there were any interesting deals that I might want to have a look at.
Now, I have to check the second page too every time!

If this is OK with everyone else, I am not going to complain.

You can also change the number of topics and messages per page in your profile.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Navid
It used to be that I could go to the first page and see if there were any interesting deals that I might want to have a look at.
Now, I have to check the second page too every time!

If this is OK with everyone else, I am not going to complain.

Actually I just came here to see if anyone had started a thread about this. I find it a tad annoying as well. This has happened before and once a thread was started here I think some of the separate stickies were consolidated so there weren't so many of them taking up so much space.

 

[Pulsar]

Thirded. I'm not normally one to complain, but now that I see other folks have the same complaints, I'll throw my hat in the ring too.

 

[polypterus]

Agreed, it's annoying to have to scroll down just to see the first "real" topic. There are now 13 locked threads. :roll: The Anandtech Deals are never deals, no one uses "How Do I" or I Wanna," and "Brag & Moan" and "Rebate Tracking" could be combined.

 

[crimson117]

Actually, I think I've found a good solution for this... I added "AnandTech Moderator" and "AnandTechDeals" to my ignore list (My Forums, click "Add Ignored User" button).

I wish I could just ignore individual threads, because I don't really like having to ignore all posts by "AnandTech Moderator", but this is the best way I've found for now.

 

[minendo]

I've started discussion amongst the moderators to determine what threads can be removed and/or consolidated.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: crimson117
Actually, I think I've found a good solution for this... I added "AnandTech Moderator" and "AnandTechDeals" to my ignore list (My Forums, click "Add Ignored User" button).

I wish I could just ignore individual threads, because I don't really like having to ignore all posts by "AnandTech Moderator", but this is the best way I've found for now.

That's an idea as I have as of yet to see a post from AnandTechDeals that was actually a deal and not spam.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: crimson117
Actually, I think I've found a good solution for this... I added "AnandTech Moderator" and "AnandTechDeals" to my ignore list (My Forums, click "Add Ignored User" button).

I wish I could just ignore individual threads, because I don't really like having to ignore all posts by "AnandTech Moderator", but this is the best way I've found for now.

Thank you so much! :thumbsup:

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: crimson117
Actually, I think I've found a good solution for this... I added "AnandTech Moderator" and "AnandTechDeals" to my ignore list (My Forums, click "Add Ignored User" button).

I wish I could just ignore individual threads, because I don't really like having to ignore all posts by "AnandTech Moderator", but this is the best way I've found for now.

Now that you are at it, do you by any chance have any idea for getting the search function to give a list of threads one has posted to recently (ordered by date)?

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: Navid
Now that you are at it, do you by any chance have any idea for getting the search function to give a list of threads one has posted to recently (ordered by date)?

You can get that for your own posts through "my forums", "Your Latest Posts".

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: Navid
Now that you are at it, do you by any chance have any idea for getting the search function to give a list of threads one has posted to recently (ordered by date)?

You can get that for your own posts through "my forums", "Your Latest Posts".

That only shows the titles of the forum and the threads. It does not show the last poster's name.

The benefit of the way the search function used to work was that you could see all your latest posts and you could see if anyone has replied since you posted. That is what is missing right now.

 

[minendo]

I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

 

[polypterus]

Originally posted by: minendo
I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

Yay, "I Wanna" "Brag & Moan" and "How Do I" are gone! (Just as I suggested. )

Thanks.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: minendo
I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

Thanks for the improvement.

Still, more than a quarter of that page is covered with threads that are not really hot deals and hardly ever change!
Compare that page to the first page of the fatwallets hot deals forum.

 

[polypterus]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: minendo
I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

Thanks for the improvement.

Still, more than a quarter of that page is covered with threads that are not really hot deals and hardly ever change!
Compare that page to the first page of the fatwallets hot deals forum.

If you block AnandTechDeals it looks very clean, just three stickies, and presumably it'll be two after Black Friday. I don't think you'll miss anything by blocking AnandTechDeals.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: minendo
I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

Thanks for the improvement.

Still, more than a quarter of that page is covered with threads that are not really hot deals and hardly ever change!
Compare that page to the first page of the fatwallets hot deals forum.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about the AnandTech Deals threads. That is out of my control.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: minendo
I have removed three of the stickies we as moderators feel were unneeded.

Thanks for the improvement.

Still, more than a quarter of that page is covered with threads that are not really hot deals and hardly ever change!
Compare that page to the first page of the fatwallets hot deals forum.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about the AnandTech Deals threads. That is out of my control.

Yeah I'm sure AnandTechDeals is some sort of advertising option, much like the banner ads. At least now I can un-ignore "Anandtech Moderator"