2K13: What Can We Do to Improve the Fantasy Baseball Forum?

[Fresno Bob]

Another thing that might help is to eliminate some of the sub-forums. The traffic is light enough that having the asst gm threads here might spark a bit more discussion and encourage more lurkers to post. I'd put the prospect posts here as well.

i agree with this, we could also all take on some content creation for our local teams like I've tried to do with the Giants and was more successfully done with the Padres...

[Judge Jude]

fresnobob pointed me to a cheap Fred Lewis a few years back - a little local knowledge can be gold!

and yes, for all some of us kid GITH about his Padres prognosticating, he provides a ton of info that is not so quickly found somewhere else. I'd love to see more of those, especially for those teams that just don't get a lot of attention on the main fantasy sites.

[revo]

Another thing that might help is to eliminate some of the sub-forums. The traffic is light enough that having the asst gm threads here might spark a bit more discussion and encourage more lurkers to post. I'd put the prospect posts here as well.

That's a good idea. I don't see any reason why not to try that.

[Jefe]

There is less debate and discussion, which contributes. But I also think, like someone already said, it's the forum format — I love it, always have, but the younger generation doesn't use it as much. I've been part of a band-based group for over a decade that was a Yahoo group. It was petering out till we moved it over to Facebook and made it a private group there. It's been reborn in a big way, just because it's at a location and in a format people are already using all the time. Not saying that's what needs to happen here, but it sure would help if we could get the reputation out that this place has always been a springboard for people who share insights and then go on to become professionals at it. Surely there are some wanna-be's out there.

In any case, bring on the 2k13 threads.

[Lucky]

I will pledge to be more active in responding to the 2013 "who do I freeze", "do I make this trade", "who do I target in the auction", and "HDID" threads. I tend to lay back, since there are so many people who are so much better than I am in this regard, but perhaps the more viewpoints we generate the better it will be in the aggregate.

Anyway, that may not be much, but it is something I can do which might help. And I think we still have a tremendous amount of baseball savvy here. I miss Paul Sporer, too, but maybe we can entice him to visit more often. I know he has a lot of fans here.

Plus, the more baseball threads, the more KS posts we have, which is always a good thing.

[luckyheel]

Maybe it's because the Cheerleader Draft thread died....that was always nice to 'read'...

[Moonlight J]

Maybe it's because the Cheerleader Draft thread died....that was always nice to 'read'...

yea, that HAS to come back

[schlesinj]

A lot has already been said. For me I still can not get on on my work computer. I check on my phone, but not the same.

Getting breaking news like trades is obsolete with Twitter or mlbtraderumors and that was always an advantage of the forum. In many cases we would see it before Rotoworld. That said, the analysis is really what should be the driver and why you should visit. We always list transactions, but if we did a better job giving a little blurb on any cause and effect that may provide some more activity by any lurker.

[joncarlos]

Actually having a usable 2k13 thread would probably help too

[Stephen]

yea, that HAS to come back

Only if we can also add in a "Cute Nerdy Geeky Chick" draft or possibly a "Hot Jewish Girls" draft too. I mean...not all of us care for the pom pom shaking, cheerios.

[Steve]

Did this site only get blocked for those of you that cannot use it at work after the move to the current domain or was it blocked before?

That seems to be a fairly common theme and one that would be well worth addressing, if possible.

In my case it was after, but well after, not immediately upon the switch. I'm not really sure why it's blocked at work - they block nothing else. I think it may be a DNS situation.

[Steve]

Only if we can also add in a "Cute Nerdy Geeky Chick" draft or possibly a "Hot Jewish Girls" draft too. I mean...not all of us care for the pom pom shaking, cheerios.

You don't draft actual cheerleaders in a cheerleader draft. (although, you can if you like - it's just not a requirement)

[Stephen]

Well, color me educated.

[Moonlight J]

Actually having a usable 2k13 thread would probably help too

it's up there, isn't it?

[swampdragon]

Only if we can also add in a "Cute Nerdy Geeky Chick" draft or possibly a "Hot Jewish Girls" draft too. I mean...not all of us care for the pom pom shaking, cheerios.

I get first pick for both

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