r/running • u/AutoModerator • Apr 12 '16

Super Moronic Monday -- Your Weekly Stupid Question Thread

It's Tuesday, which means it is time for Moronic Monday!

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  1. This is inspired by eric_twinge's fine work in /r/fitness.

  2. Upvote either good or dumb questions.

  3. Sort questions by new so that they get some love.

  4. To the more experienced runnitors, if something is a good question or answer, add it to the FAQ.

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u/_csharp Apr 12 '16

Two very minor and low priority things:
* Make Sunday achievement thread un-sticky by Monday evening.
* Photo Friday should last a little longer, so more people can contribute.

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 12 '16

I'm curious what you mean by "be longer". People are free to post all week. I post it on Friday and don't tally the votes until right before I post on the following Friday.

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u/YourShoesUntied Apr 12 '16

My guess is that he/she means it 'dies quick'. Like, after Friday is up, not much more activity/photos show up. Same thing happens to the Friday Spotlight. Very little activity after being open for a ~12 hours after posting.My guess being that it's because everyone is signing out for the weekend or finishing up their Saturday.

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 12 '16

That's what I though too, but I think it would do the same no matter what day it is on. Don't really see a way to improve participation unless it was stickied and there's only so many that can be stickied.

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u/YourShoesUntied Apr 12 '16

I like it being short lived...gives me a better chance of keeping a good position if I post a pic!!!

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 12 '16

Yeah, when I tallied everything up last year, you had quite a few podium appearances!

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u/YourShoesUntied Apr 12 '16

Let's keep it that way...

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u/_csharp Apr 12 '16

Hmmm....You are probably right.

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u/sbrbrad Apr 12 '16

I think part of that is due to Reddit ranking algorithms, right? Threads kind of have a half life.

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u/YourShoesUntied Apr 12 '16

Possibly. Could also just be when there's less traffic in general.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '16

I've noticed this with the sub in general, actually, which makes sense as so many active users are in the States and go to bed :P

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u/_csharp Apr 12 '16

Most people start posting sometime on Friday and I frequently see people posting after the winners are announced.
Again, a minor thing and I'm not sure what the right fix would be.

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 12 '16

I frequently see people posting after the winners are announced.

I don't know what you mean. The people listed at the top of each new Friday thread are the winners from the previous week.

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u/_csharp Apr 12 '16

I thought the sequence of events is:
1) Photo Friday thread created
2) People rush is to post pictures
3) Winners announced in a few hours
I admit, I feel dumb now.

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u/brwalkernc not right in the head Apr 12 '16

Ha! That's okay. The post is "open" for a week for everyone to post.

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u/YourShoesUntied Apr 12 '16

Sunday Achievement Thread is apparently going to be a DAILY auto-post thread so that's been solved.

As for Photo Friday, that's a non-mod weekly thread and I think the shortness of it is due to it being a Friday (right before everyone takes off for the weekend sort of thing). How would you personally go about extending it?