So this post wasn't really made on Nov 6th but i was working on my next post in a draft so it got posted to this day. but thats okay it just looks like i made a million posts on this particular saturday. Productive. My last post I really talked about my first site on knitting so I thought I'd use this post to focus on my second site about poker. I noticed that the sites were structured quite similarly in that there was information in forms of articles and a sense of credibility and then there are areas where people can contribute their own specialized knowledge. However, the poker site was also a lot different than the knitting site in terms of of how much people could participate on the site. It seems like more of a site people go to to just read information they need and not really to help others out. On the knitting site, it was more of a community. People posted photos, videos, and asked questions and came back and responded to others' questions and comments. There were multiple ways to participate, gain knowledge and share knowledge. The poker site is limited in content and how people can learn from these sites. There are articles about strategies and tips and then the only way others can post their own specialized knowledge on the subject matter is in the forum. I don't think I really am learning anything from the forum. It's more of a space for people to show off or to talk down to you. I learn more from the site itself, rather than the for
um. I have actually tried implementing some of the strategies they have on the site. I play a lot of online poker on fulltiltpoker.com under the name Hail the Queen, and i have been having trouble playing low card pairs, so I tried to use some of the tips the site provides on how to improve my game. When i asked that question in the forum I mostly got responses like, "fold," or some egotistical jerk said something to the effect, "just fold, you'd probably fuck it up even if you landed trips" and he went on about how he is so great. When i finally decided to move from an observational approach to a participatory/ethnographic approach, I got shot down. So I am avoiding that approach for a while, at least on this site. but the information the site provided me was actually helpful. It said something to the effect that depending on where I am sitting (particularly to the right of the dealer), I should drop in, pay the ante and continue for the flop unless someone raises. If no one raises pre-flop, stay in and see if you got trips, maybe a potential straight. If the flop isn't helpful then drop out. I've been doing this a little bit and its been helpful, but learning from these sites I've also haven't been taking as many risks and losing out on some big hands.
um. I have actually tried implementing some of the strategies they have on the site. I play a lot of online poker on fulltiltpoker.com under the name Hail the Queen, and i have been having trouble playing low card pairs, so I tried to use some of the tips the site provides on how to improve my game. When i asked that question in the forum I mostly got responses like, "fold," or some egotistical jerk said something to the effect, "just fold, you'd probably fuck it up even if you landed trips" and he went on about how he is so great. When i finally decided to move from an observational approach to a participatory/ethnographic approach, I got shot down. So I am avoiding that approach for a while, at least on this site. but the information the site provided me was actually helpful. It said something to the effect that depending on where I am sitting (particularly to the right of the dealer), I should drop in, pay the ante and continue for the flop unless someone raises. If no one raises pre-flop, stay in and see if you got trips, maybe a potential straight. If the flop isn't helpful then drop out. I've been doing this a little bit and its been helpful, but learning from these sites I've also haven't been taking as many risks and losing out on some big hands.