Is gambling problem or anything related to addiction is an off-topic?

[stompix]

Be honest too, is this topic not related to gambling discussion board? How come is this an off-topic on gambling if it’s all about gambling. Even if the discussion is just a repetition of other topic, this is common even on Bitcoin discussion board and others especially price speculation.

Oh my bad, then it should have gone just like the rest in the trashcan!
And thanks for acknowledging we have too many of that spam-infected topics that led absolutely nowhere!

Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽
⚽ English Premier League Season: 2023/2024 New

Give me reason why we need three [I am sure there are more] threads we need? Everyone wants to have their own thread. Keep one and move many of these to off-topic too. It does not need a rule.

For the Premier League at least there is one moderated by Jollygood, so this will not count in the opinion of the mods, there is the older one run by Trofo and there is a topic that was run by hilariousandco only for the players that paid for the pool game,   so basically those 3 could all still run since they cater to different users.
You're not a player and JG doesn't like your post, you still need a topic..
That said, the last one opened ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ really makes no sense and should be locked.

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[Eternad]

Be honest too, is this topic not related to gambling discussion board? How come is this an off-topic on gambling if it’s all about gambling. Even if the discussion is just a repetition of other topic, this is common even on Bitcoin discussion board and others especially price speculation.

Oh my bad, then it should have gone just like the rest in the trashcan!
And thanks for acknowledging we have too many of that spam-infected topics that led absolutely nowhere!

Haha, Honestly, yeah there's a lot of this issue all over the forum that's why I'm just curious why the gambling board is singling out this recent aggressive action towards repetitive topics.

I want to hear from mods about the proper guidelines for creating a new topic in the gambling board to avoid contributing to spam because gambling topics are just repeating. Still, the variation of user experience is what makes it unique for discussion.

[Maus0728]

It is possible that some moderators are bored already as they see more topics to be about gambling discussion. But in my opinion, I think gambling addiction threads should be on gambling discussion. It is one if the benefits we have on the gambling discussion board for people to avoid gambling addiction.

But that's not a valid decision to do in my opinion, that's a bit too much, maybe a little call off to the people the OP of those threads to just lock them when it reaches a certain amount of pages but to move it Off-Topic because they're bored seems to make them a bad people. There's probably some other reason why it got moved to that point, maybe because it's talking about the well-being of people that's gambling instead of gambling that's led to this topic moving, maybe they qualify it as the post never had gambling as the main theme but a side theme of the topic so they've decided that it doesn't qualify to stay in the Gambling Discussion board.

[bitbollo]

Most of these discussions are clearly on topic regarding gambling... we need to move to off topic for gambling related questions/arguments?
I was wondering something similar to the topic... why so many topics have been moved to off topic section after some days?
I had 4 posts move there in just one week....there are "new internal rules"? We have changed something on this board?

[jrrsparkles]

I see that it is to reduce the amount of spam from the gambling section because everyone said that the gambling section is filled with only spam so mod decided to make actions that may bring the changes.

[EarnOnVictor]

Recently my thread related to sign of early gambling addiction thread was moved to off-topic. I’m not questioning the mods decision but I want to clarify what’s real rules on what should be on topic discussion on gambling discussion board.

This kind of topic was allowed before since addiction is a huge part of gambling in general. I just want to know what’s the real stand of mods on this kind of topics so we can improve and avoid.

Bro, I hope this is not late, I just saw this thread and I am being pushed to add my bid.

One thing I like you to understand is that moderators are always moving around and will not act without a reason. If you agree with me, the addiction discussions are so many, if not too many in the gambling section of the forum. If yours is not so constructive and unique, I don't think moderators will let it stay, unless they only overlooked it at their own discretion. Too many similar topics and bodies like that are not necessary, it will only make that section of the forum look spammed, which was why it was moved to the off-topic section.

More posts are needed in the gambling section (because the one I reported to be moved there a while ago was moved without issues and is still there), but it has to be unique above other considerations. Notwithstanding, if it is still about addiction, it shouldn't be constructed in the regular way that has already littered the place.

[_BlackStar]

I see that it is to reduce the amount of spam from the gambling section because everyone said that the gambling section is filled with only spam so mod decided to make actions that may bring the changes.

Only filled with spam - I think you are wrong. You can still say the gambling section has a lot of spam - but not all of it.

I'm not sure what the problem is that some questionable topics are moved to off-topic - but if the moderator really do that, then they must have a reason based on their own interpretation. I don't know if the mods will clarify this and provide an explanation - but there are always positives to consider.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

You're not a player and JG doesn't like your post, you still need a topic..

So people notice it after all. I remember once I was in a game or something and the man denied my entry without any valid reason but I got to understand that it was personal for him. Anyway, I really don't post in EPL and other general threads except those prediction pools where I am participating. So none of the other threads really mean anything for me. 

[Sexylizzy2813]

I think the mod have a reason for doing so and if you check properly you'd notice that there are many threads that all mean the same thing but the topic is different, is like it repeats itself in different form, mods have to act fast before we start seeing same thread in the same section.
We do have a thread for EPL discussion that have been there for long but someone opened same EPL thread in the same section and I was thinking if is suppose to be so. I don't know if some members who knows that this thread is there and they go ahead to open another just get followers 🤔, I don't know if that's their aim.

[yahoo62278]

More and more silly threads being created in the gambling discussion section daily. Most of the threads created have be asking the same question in different words, which makes me think they're creating the threads to get quotas in a gambling campaign.

Eventually mods are going to crack down and start sig banning some folks IMO.

[dzungmobile]

More and more silly threads being created in the gambling discussion section daily. Most of the threads created have be asking the same question in different words, which makes me think they're creating the threads to get quotas in a gambling campaign

Months ago, there were discussions and request from community to have a board for Security discussions which are more helpful than Gambling discussions.

Community Vote: Add "Cybersecurity & Privacy" board to Bitcointalk.

Many topics on Security were move to Off-topic and because I considered they are more helpful than Gambling discussion threads, I don't see big problems if they were moved to Off-topic board too.

[Eternad]

Months ago, there were discussions and request from community to have a board for Security discussions which are more helpful than Gambling discussions.

Community Vote: Add "Cybersecurity & Privacy" board to Bitcointalk.

Many topics on Security were move to Off-topic and because I considered they are more helpful than Gambling discussion threads, I don't see big problems if they were moved to Off-topic board too.

I understand the importance of Cybersecurity & Privacy but there’s no current board that fits it right now while general gambling discussion topic has a gambling board which these topics is fitted instead off-topic.

More and more silly threads being created in the gambling discussion section daily. Most of the threads created have be asking the same question in different words, which makes me think they're creating the threads to get quotas in a gambling campaign.

Eventually mods are going to crack down and start sig banning some folks IMO.

Agree to this, This is due to a bunch of new comers that was a regular poster on Bitcoin discussion that got accepted on signature campaign with gambling post requirements on their quota. The increase of spam new topic increased significantly after mixer campaigns is banned since many user that is not a regular gambling board poster try to create a new topic just to meet the campaign requirements.

[xLays]

The problem with the gambling board I noticed is, there are many topics with similar discussion idea. There are no need for that. Consider premier league.

Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽
⚽ English Premier League Season: 2023/2024 New

Give me reason why we need three [I am sure there are more] threads we need? Everyone wants to have their own thread. Keep one and move many of these to off-topic too. It does not need a rule.

I also posted about this here in Meta Section asking about it, but it seems like it just ended up going nowhere or more likely was just ignored. There are many thread like that, almost like they're competing for sponsorship in the thread they created (if you know what I mean).

Look at this discussion thread (OP), it was posted on April 5, but it seems like the moderator who moved OP's post doesn't care at all (sorry for the words but that what I observed).

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I also posted about this here in Meta Section asking about it, but it seems like it just ended up going nowhere or more likely was just ignored. There are many thread like that, almost like they're competing for sponsorship in the thread they created (if you know what I mean).

Look at this discussion thread (OP), it was posted on April 5, but it seems like the moderator who moved OP's post doesn't care at all (sorry for the words but that what I observed).

When a gambling business start their signature campaign they focus on gambling board. Many campaigns even specify the numbers they want from the gambling board. So, members are forced to make posts in the section. This is the only reason for all these similar threads so that signature campaigners can increase their post counts.

[Y3shot]

Deeply looking towards the gambling board you would see that there are lots of topics or post that are related to gambling addition, where mods or admin could start seeing them as spamming. I think gambling addiction post should be pinned on the gambling discussion board to reduce gambling addiction post.
If any mod move those topics to off-topic board then we can assume that the topic itself is a low quality effort post, instead of the post to belong to the gambling section they may decides to move them to section where it's belongs.

Some of the topics are topic without any substance, people just cook up stories about gambling addiction and when you go through them they have no message that can help readers. A lot of topic have been moved to the off topic board and these topics have no good content. If you check the gambling section you'll find out that good topics about addiction are still there, that's to say the moderators knows what they are doing. Moderators are only trying clean up the gambling section where real gambling topics can be found. If moderators allows anyhow topic to be in the gambling section i think the board will just be like the off topic board.

[Pmalek]

It might be a new way the admins have implemented to battle all the spam that comes from the gambling boards, making it close to unreadable because 8/10 posts are completely useless. My first thought was that discussions about gambling addiction should be in Gambling Discussion, but not if it only creates a spam fest where we keep going around in circles without anyone saying anything of value. 

Creating such threads is a trick used by those who don't know what to write in the gambling boards, but are required to do so because their campaign manager wants 5-10 posts written there weekly. Now, they will have to apply themselves a bit more.

[Adbitco]

Creating such threads is a trick used by those who don't know what to write in the gambling boards, but are required to do so because their campaign manager wants 5-10 posts written there weekly. Now, they will have to apply themselves a bit more.

You are correct even though this action is being taken upon the mod/admin then I think is very necessary to implements, sometimes when I visit gambling boards I often sees same post with just a little difference but they are speaking the same in general. Sometimes I do find some people almost repeating what they posted from topic A to topic B, which I think is very bad and such post should be either archived or moved to off-topic.

[Eternad]

Right now, the mods is not that aggressive on moving repetitive topic/useless topic on gambling board to off-topic. I'm not sure what’s the real reason but gambling discussion is now back with those topic that has similarities to the previous topic that move on off-topic lately.

I’m not sure if the mods will still take action soon. I will just watch for now and lock this thread since there’s no mass move of thread already happening on current topics on gambling.