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[libert19]

What's wrong with posting in mega threads? If particular mega thread is spam, just trash it otherwise don't consider posting there wrong.

Everything is wrong about it. Nobody doesn't read what was written above, people just repeat what was already said many times and there is no real discussion.

I post on cricket mega threads, and from what I have observed, users do read 'above' and comment, of course there are occasional absolute shitposts from some users like what you say and writing the match stats and leave but for the most part it's fine.

Agree but not sure about different topics on same sports. I don't know man, shouldn't there be one single topic to discuss football instead of separate topics about each league? I can take it and see some justification, but I still wonder.

Not sure it's serious suggestion or not, but how you imagine such thing. Discussing everything from EPL, CL, La Liga  to transfers and various lower tier leagues. It would be something awful. 10-15 pages each day filled with mix about everything. There won't be any discussion, it will be just some kind of chatbox.

It wasn't a suggestion, it was more like seeking opinion on the idea, I post and then let others judge the worth of an idea. I find it hard to think out of the box, so this is how it goes.

[Stalker22]

What's wrong with posting in mega threads? If particular mega thread is spam, just trash it otherwise don't consider posting there wrong.

Everything is wrong about it. Nobody doesn't read what was written above, people just repeat what was already said many times and there is no real discussion.

This does not apply to all mega threads.  Some thread let you jump right into the discussion without reading the whole history.  For example, the Football Transfers Speculation thread. 
By the way, if "Nobody doesn't read" does that mean everyone reads it? (I understand what you meant, its just that your wording is weird.)

Agree but not sure about different topics on same sports. I don't know man, shouldn't there be one single topic to discuss football instead of separate topics about each league? I can take it and see some justification, but I still wonder.

Not sure it's serious suggestion or not, but how you imagine such thing. Discussing everything from EPL, CL, La Liga  to transfers and various lower tier leagues. It would be something awful. 10-15 pages each day filled with mix about everything. There won't be any discussion, it will be just some kind of chatbox.

I agree.  I do not think the amount of topics is the problem, but the discussions in them.  The other problem is that some of these topics have nothing to do with gambling.

[MarryWithBTC]

What I think happened...when m*xers were banned, what was left on BCT is 75% of gambling related services and signatures which pushed alot of users into unfamiliar territories and people were forced to talk about gambling because the users are required to post  in gambling boards by their sigs or are just are advertising for such a product and they need to walk the talk... and also maybe because people don't even gamble in the first place and only gamble by text not risking any money on the line..

By the statistics available in the forum, it shows that even when mixers were not banned in the forum, gambling campaigns still dominated the forum. Even if mixers are returned today, it's not going to remedy the situation as the number of gambling posters are not going to reduce.

The interesting part of your post is the idea that most people posting in the gambling board do not actually gamble, they gamble just by texts

[LTU_btc]

I post on cricket mega threads, and from what I have observed, users do read 'above' and comment, of course there are occasional absolute shitposts from some users like what you say and writing the match stats and leave but for the most part it's fine.

This does not apply to all mega threads.  Some thread let you jump right into the discussion without reading the whole history.  For example, the Football Transfers Speculation thread. 
By the way, if "Nobody doesn't read" does that mean everyone reads it? (I understand what you meant, its just that your wording is weird.)

Yes, there is exceptions for every rule. Some megathreads indeed have genuine discussions, but from what I see it's mostly topics about not that popular spoirts/leagues. Open EPL topic for example and you will find worst kind of spam there.
And lol, sentences with double negative is a bit complicated thing . Now I'm not even sure how correct wording should look like.

[khatarnak]

I am going to lock this thread to stop it from getting filled with spam.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts.

If any staff happens to read this, have a look at my suggestion as well:

One idea that might help is having a few permanent sticky threads dedicated to betting discussion.

Something like:

- Betting Strategies
- Value Betting & EV Discussion
- Finding Value Bets

These discussions would always be visible, not getting lost on page 10 after a couple of days because of low-effort threads.
At least people who actually bet would know where to go for a proper discussion.
It also makes reporting much easier, because it would no longer feel like you are picking and choosing which users to report.