Here is what it comes down to.
The difference here is 2+2 universally was always held in a high regard for information. That's how the powers to be want it, no? The average intelligence of each poster is much higher here than Pocket Fives, or other poker forums. The same holds true for the Sports Betting section. Look at SBR, or Covers, or RX, or whatever else is out there and look at the content. It is swamped by morons, or picks/fake records, no real discussion. 2+2 is different because the haves vs have nots ratio is such where the haves have an actual fighting chance of not being completely dominated on a 100-1 ratio. There was a reason certain posters chose to post on 2+2 instead of other places. Think about it for a minute, it isn't by accident.
Sports betting isn't the same as poker (If you can win betting 10cents a game, you can win betting 100,000 a game) information is going to be a lot different and much harder to obtain than in poker. I can't change gears betting sports, I can't immediately feel the ramifications of a bad beat, etc.
2+2 can't have it both ways.
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But irrespective of that, I don't think that the big solution to bringing better content to this forum is to allow people to be as nasty as they can be to each other. That's really more for your entertainment value than anything else. If you want to help improve the content of the forum then stop wasting all this time pointing out the flaws and insulting and ripping people...which you kind of do a lot of. It's like you're on jdock and poogs alert. Just seems to be creating unnecessary drama and isn't helping.
You just don't get it. None of the "haves" are not going to comb over posts just looking for places they can give their ricebowl away. I'd go donate $10,000 to charity and at least be able to write it off. I'd go work at a soup kitchen for an hour a day instead of reading this forum. There are 100's of selfless acts that wouldn't hurt you as much as posting in the manner you or anyone else would hope.
Telling someone they are an idiot IS a community service. If you had 2 unknowns yelling at each other over which thing is correct, as another unknown, you wouldn't know who is correct. At least when someone with a solid rep is arguing the unknown, others can safely assume who is going to be right much more often. And again, there is no discussion on which route you played the hand, or making solid arguments for raising/calling etc. Sports betting is black and white, which to it's roots limits discussion.
If someone can't search the wong thread and post in it the most basic of questions, they deserve whatever happens to them, even if they get discouraged and never post again.
So let me get this straight... They can disrespect every poster here, but blatantly putting in no effort looking for free information that has been provided expecting to be spoon fed the answer, but we can't be disrespectful to them by calling them a ****ing moron or whatever? RSigley said it earlier. Almost every question that has been asked has been answered at least 3x already. Where can I learn to start building a model? What sportsbook should I use? Where can I get NBA play by play data, where can I get push charts for college football, blah blah f'n blah.
If this is the stance that 2+2 wants to take, I would really suggest just shutting the entire place down because it will be of no use to anyone, except for the archives.