Hello everyone,
Starting today, I will be part of the mod team for LVL. I've been quite active in LVL lately, so I decided to reach out to the new owners last week and offer my services. They were happy to have me, especially with the upcoming WSOP and the expected increase in activity on the forum. So here I am.
Now, LVL is a cool place, but it could be better. I've had a few ideas for a while now, which I have been discussing with Marknfw over the past few days. We came up with a couple of changes. These should improve the forum experience for all users.
1. No More Trip Reports
Trip reports have been part of LVL for a long time. However, this phenomenon has completely gotten out of hand. They cause so much clutter that all the practical (and most valuable) information about Las Vegas is almost impossible to find nowadays. A ban on TRs should solve this problem.
We're going to start locking existing trip reports from 2023 and 2024 shortly.
Don't start a new TR. It will be deleted, and you will receive an infraction. Multiple infractions will result in a ban from 2+2.
2. AI Replies
The potential of Artificial Intelligence cannot be overstated. This forum could - and will - benefit a lot from AI. For starters, I'm going to create a bot account that will answer all questions in the existing LVL FAQ sticky. It will also automatically delete every new post in that thread that doesn't contain a question. This is because we are certain that its replies (sourced from ChatGPT) are much more helpful and accurate than the reply of the average human Vegas veteran. Expect this to be rolled out in other threads at some point as well.
I realize these are big changes, so it might take some time to get used to them. But we are convinced that they will make LVL a better place for everyone.