Creating Value in the Forum

[CybrPunk]

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I think one of the problems is that people get tired of saying the same thing over and over again. While they understand the inner details, going through it all over and over again is just tedious, however, it helps people who never do that kind of stuff.

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In my opinion, this is exactly why we no longer see players like MLG, Ansky, Adanthar, Rizen and the likes posting regularly in the strategy forums.

Not to call him out specifically, but I was surprised to discover that Rizen hasn't posted a strategy post on the forums in over a year now! I don't take that to mean that he no longer cares about these forums, but rather that he's already contributed his entire poker knowledge fifty times over in the many posts he's made in the past. There is very little in the way of new and revolutionary thinking here and I'm sure it detracts from his hourly rate to spend a large amount of time reviewing many of todays posts.

There's a natural progression that occurs in these forums. It happened in generations past when FossilMan and Ray Zee used to post here regularly... as did various other pros that have since moved on to bigger and brighter careers.

As is the case with natural progression new people need to come forward and carry the torch. There are quite a few talented players here today that make attempts to do just that but the onus can't be completely on these select few people to generate interesting discussion. That's why it's important for the unknown posters to step forward and start posting more. By that I don't mean just create more new topics. Respond to other posts. Take a risk at being called out. Even if you are wrong, the discussion generated can often be more educational than just sitting back waiting to be spoon-fed a two-word answer by one the forum superstars.