What's up with DT? - Santo Domingo

RE: What's up with DT?

The editors know best what their traffic looks like, they have the stats. It isn't farfetched to guess maybe traffic has decreased lately. The same opinions & snide comments are rehashed endlessly by four or five members, and perhaps casual/lurking visitors have lost interest. Commentary is nice to read when there are 10-25 comments, even including the gags and provocative statements. But few people besides the combatants are going to care for repetitious 100+ comment discussions, especially when past the the first couple dozen they degenerate into the same stupid left vs right or DR vs Haiti battles. It'd be no problem to just leave them to their deices but maybe these have gotten so cliche and insulting that casual readers are turned off and don't return.

The other answer may be that those threads are simply too much of a burden on the servers, either because the combatants are checking in too often or because the technology can't handle that many entries in a stable manner.

Anyway only the editors know, so unless they make a statement for us we remain in the dark...

Edited on 2/19/2009 11:10 AM by Manhattanite.

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#5 - Posted 19 February 2009, 11:58 AM
gouletcolonial Location: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me Join date: December 2007 Member #: 9 Posts: 13562	RE: What's up with DT? Quote: Manhattanite previously said: The editors know best what their traffic looks like, they have the stats. It isn't farfetched to guess maybe traffic has decreased lately. The same opinions & snide comments are rehashed endlessly by four or five members, and perhaps casual/lurking visitors have lost interest. Commentary is nice to read when there are 10-25 comments, even including the gags and provocative statements. But few people besides the combatants are going to care for repetitious 100+ comment discussions, especially when past the the first couple dozen they degenerate into the same stupid left vs right or DR vs Haiti battles. It'd be no problem to just leave them to their deices but maybe these have gotten so cliche and insulting that casual readers are turned off and don't return. The other answer may be that those threads are simply too much of a burden on the servers, either because the combatants are checking in too often or because the technology can't handle that many entries in a stable manner. Anyway only the editors know, so unless they make a statement for us we remain in the dark... Manny this is a very reasoned and logical conclusion...let us hope there will be an explanation ...censorship of idiots even is distasteful unless libel and slander are involved....maybe the should put a red warning aviso on all potential incendiary items lets get ready to RUUMMMMMMBBBLLLEE
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#1 - Posted 19 February 2009, 10:34 AM
cibaeño75 Location: United States, New York City Join date: February 2008 Member #: 411 Posts: 5683	What's up with DT? . Edited on 6/17/2009 3:24 PM by cibaeño75. "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
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#2 - Posted 19 February 2009, 11:08 AM
Manhattanite Location: United States Join date: February 2008 Member #: 336 Posts: 1984	RE: What's up with DT? The editors know best what their traffic looks like, they have the stats. It isn't farfetched to guess maybe traffic has decreased lately. The same opinions & snide comments are rehashed endlessly by four or five members, and perhaps casual/lurking visitors have lost interest. Commentary is nice to read when there are 10-25 comments, even including the gags and provocative statements. But few people besides the combatants are going to care for repetitious 100+ comment discussions, especially when past the the first couple dozen they degenerate into the same stupid left vs right or DR vs Haiti battles. It'd be no problem to just leave them to their deices but maybe these have gotten so cliche and insulting that casual readers are turned off and don't return. The other answer may be that those threads are simply too much of a burden on the servers, either because the combatants are checking in too often or because the technology can't handle that many entries in a stable manner. Anyway only the editors know, so unless they make a statement for us we remain in the dark... Edited on 2/19/2009 11:10 AM by Manhattanite. I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am. http://twitter.com/ergface
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#3 - Posted 19 February 2009, 11:31 AM
TuPapaupa Location: United States, Everywhere Join date: August 2008 Member #: 1255 Posts: 13941	RE: What's up with DT? Quote: cibaeño75 previously said: What's up with Dominican Today closing threads, especially when they're hot with posters? I mean, if that's the case then why even have that option? It's BS DT. Stop it and let the number of posts go where they may. I was thinking the same thing. What about the mods deleting posts and not even telling posters why the deleted them? For example, there was a thread, something about a chica, an apartment and a gringo, where the thread went off-topic but the 'off topic' was much more interesting than the original "theme" and it was getting alot of traffic. Then, all of a sudden, instead of telling us to get back on topic, a bunch of posts where deleted without explanation. I even wrote the mod asking why some off-topic posts were deleted and some weren't and still no reply. Fine, I know they have a job to do but at least have the courtesy to let us know why some were and some weren't. Edited on 2/19/2009 11:35 AM by TuPapaupa. I am "An Army Of One" Come Get Some!!.
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#4 - Posted 19 February 2009, 11:44 AM
dreadlocks Location: United States Join date: December 2007 Member #: 4 Posts: 16654	RE: What's up with DT? cibaeno, let me join you in expressing dismay at DT for closing the thread. also, i am really puzzled by them allowing a poster who posts under the moniker Vacanos to post the most racist, derogatory remarks aimed at african americans, without taking action. i have never seen anything like that outside of a ku klux klan speech. yet, i posted a statistic from a new york census , indicating that the birth rate among hasidic jews was higher than that of blacks and hispanics, and they deleted the post. it is their site, so they can do as they wish. but actions such as that leave people to wonder if they support the belief system of vacanos, wherein blacks are fair game, but feel that other ethnicities should be protected from even the most innocuous of revelations.
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#6 - Posted 19 February 2009, 12:54 PM
antonioj Location: Canada, home safe Join date: January 2008 Member #: 268 Posts: 2786	RE: What's up with DT? The discussion on this article has been locked and no more comments can be posted. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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#7 - Posted 19 February 2009, 1:17 PM
ladronaso Location: United States Join date: May 2008 Member #: 783 Posts: 1257	RE: What's up with DT? Quote: antonioj previously said: The discussion on this article has been locked and no more comments can be posted. Anyone interested in starting our own? I have 2-300. anyone in? Why wont Dminincan Republic prosper? Because Dominicans are just plain to Stupid
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#8 - Posted 19 February 2009, 1:19 PM
ladronaso Location: United States Join date: May 2008 Member #: 783 Posts: 1257	RE: What's up with DT? any rational venture capitalist out their. Why wont Dminincan Republic prosper? Because Dominicans are just plain to Stupid
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#9 - Posted 19 February 2009, 1:32 PM
cibaeño75 Location: United States, New York City Join date: February 2008 Member #: 411 Posts: 5683	RE: What's up with DT? . Edited on 6/17/2009 3:24 PM by cibaeño75. "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
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#10 - Posted 19 February 2009, 1:41 PM
abc200 Location: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic Join date: August 2008 Member #: 1307 Posts: 10196	RE: What's up with DT? Could be. It would be good if DominicanToday was in the five major languages - French, Itialian, Russian, Spanish and English. S.
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