Personal Progress Threads. READ IF YOU HAVE ONE OR PLAN TO MAKE ONE.

[PetrusQuber]

In reality, every single one of these progress threads is breaking rule 2e, and you all should just use the accomplishment thread.

It says don’t make new threads for personal bests and records, personal progress includes a lot more than personal records, and it’s just one thread.

 

[brododragon]

What do you mean?

It's the difference between the accomplishment thread and the comp sub-forum.

 

[ProStar]

Ok @brododragon you’ve been added.

@ProStar do you want to be added? This might actually come out to nothing if a mod doesn’t approve, and it’ll just be a rules post, but still.

I guess you can add me, no reason not to.

 

[fun at the joy]

Event Focus/Progress Thread

This thread is pretty similar to the marathon threads, except instead of keeping your goal a bunch of solves, you keep your goal as practicing/focusing on a particular event for a particular period of time. The time period can be as short as say, 1 week, till say 1 whole month. Update your...

www.speedsolving.com

all progress stuff there imo

 

[Nmile7300]

Event Focus/Progress Thread

This thread is pretty similar to the marathon threads, except instead of keeping your goal a bunch of solves, you keep your goal as practicing/focusing on a particular event for a particular period of time. The time period can be as short as say, 1 week, till say 1 whole month. Update your...

www.speedsolving.com

all progress stuff there imo

While that's nice, it doesn't do most of the things a progress thread does. A personal progress thread is exactly that - personal. With that thread your progression and achievements would be lost in the mix of everybody else's. What if someone wanted to follow another person's progress? With a personal progress thread, it's right there in front of you. Also, it seems to me that in the mentioned thread you can only have one goal at a time. I along with many other people try to maximize the efficiency of my practice each week by learning something new and implementing it for multiple events, and just focusing on one thing seems pretty dang inefficient. In closing, I think personal progress threads are healthy for the community because they motivate people to practice and get better. What @PetrusQuber is doing is more than enough to keep the clutter out.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

I don't really like the idea of having to post in it every 2 weeks. I don't post in my thread to make a deadline, but to update whenever something notable happens. If a deadline is added, then it's likely that productive threads will end up with useless posts so that they can qualify

Agreed.

I also see the benefit of users making personal progress threads and think this is a worthy discussion on how we should manage the content. It is more meaningful to have a personal progress thread than posting on the general accomplishment and event focus threads. I get that. It’s personal. I think these threads provide value to the users and the community as a whole.

let’s just not make this the SpeedsolvingBlogs. Quality content should remain essential as these rules try to encourage.

EDIT: Playing devils advocate with myself...I am not actually even sure "blog style" content would be bad. Getting insight into someones thought process or feelings during their progression sounds interesting enough to me. I really don't see the issue with these threads other than some feel they are cluttering up the site and that there is a current tendency to have some low quality content on the site.

 

[dudefaceguy]

On the other side, if you eliminate personal progress threads, you will get lots of long personal posts in general accomplishment threads. Earlier this year, I posted a lot in the blindfold accomplishment thread - so much that @ProStar suggested that I create a separate personal progress thread.

I created a separate thread structured as a guide rather than a personal progress thread, since I was basically done with my 3 style progression at that point. My initial thinking was that I didn’t want to create a separate thread, since I knew I would only be posting for a short while. So, I just dumped everything into the accomplishment thread. I also didn’t anticipate that I would post this much when I started learning 3 style - and by the time I had started posting extensively I was already done.

Here is the beginning of my posts for that period, lasting through page 943. https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/blindfold-accomplishment-thread.3582/page-941#post-1356769

Do you think the accomplishment threads would be improved by more of this type of posting, or should we encourage users to start separate threads and avoid cluttering the accomplishment threads?

 

[BenChristman1]

I had a thread, but I never update it. @PetrusQuber Could you link this Google Sheet in your original post with my progress?

My Progress

Daily Progress Date,Event Practiced,# of Solves,Comments 8/7/20,2x2,100,My best single was 2.05, my best ao5 was 3.91, and my ao100 was 4.74. 3x3,25,My best single was 11.94, my best ao5 was 15.22, and my ao25 was 16.55. 5x5,12,Race to Sub-X 8/6/20,3x3,25,My best single was 12.20, my best ao5 wa...

docs.google.com

 

[PetrusQuber]

On the other side, if you eliminate personal progress threads, you will get lots of long personal posts in general accomplishment threads. Earlier this year, I posted a lot in the blindfold accomplishment thread - so much that @ProStar suggested that I create a separate personal progress thread.

I created a separate thread structured as a guide rather than a personal progress thread, since I was basically done with my 3 style progression at that point. My initial hinking was that I didn’t want to create a separate thread, since I knew I would only be posting for a short while. So, I just dumped everything into the accomplishment thread. I also didn’t anticipate that I would post this much when I started learning 3 style - and by the time I had started posting extensively I was already done.

Here is the beginning of my posts for that period, lasting through page 943. https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/blindfold-accomplishment-thread.3582/page-941#post-1356769

Do you think the accomplishment threads would be improved by more of this type of posting, or should we encourage users to start separate threads and avoid cluttering the accomplishment threads?

Well, I think both have their purposes. Accomplishment threads are more one off, and people can use it if they don’t want to create their personal thread. Once you have a personal progress thread, you don’t need to use the megathread.

 

[ProStar]

Well, I think both have their purposes. Accomplishment threads are more one off, and people can use it if they don’t want to create their personal thread. Once you have a personal progress thread, you don’t need to use the megathread.

I usually use the accomplishment for something big, like a 3x3 PB or first sub-1 4x4. My thread is for smaller accomplishments and also just general updates that aren't accomplishments. Saying "I'm starting to learn 4lll for Megaminx and know the 3CO cases" isn't an accomplishment

 

[Kit Clement]

The reason for the accomplishment thread is to consolidate achievements into one place rather than having everyone's own PB's cluttering the board. You're trying to tell me that progress deserves its own thread per person, despite "progress" being literally more frequent than a PB, and even more cluttering than a PB thread would be? If you don't think that rule applies to progress threads just because progress isn't a PB, then you're completely missing the point of the rule.

 

[AlphaCuber is awesome]

I think they should all go apart from the original one by @PetrusQuber

 

[Username: Username:]

Here's my idea, use discord and one person create a server called 'Document your progress here!", everyone who wants to document their personal progress can go there, the users can make a new channel for their personal progress and document all their progress there instead of making a new thread in the forum, (basically a channel in Discord is like a thread in here.), Discord for miscellaneous things and personal progress, the forum for more general discussions.

 

[AlphaCuber is awesome]

Here's my idea, use discord and one person create a server called 'Document your progress here!", everyone who wants to document their personal progress can go there, the users can make a new channel for their personal progress and document all their progress there instead of making a new thread in the forum, (basically a channel in Discord is like a thread in here.), Discord for miscellaneous things and personal progress, the forum for more general discussions.

That’s not how discord works.

 

[Username: Username:]

That’s not how discord works.

no I meant like new members get a role which allows you to make a new channel which is a place to document all your progress, 1 channel max for each user, the maximum amount of users is 100.

 

[AlphaCuber is awesome]

no I meant like new members get a role which allows you to make a new channel which is a place to document all your progress, 1 channel max for each user, the maximum amount of users is 100.

People would abuse it and destroy the server instantly

 

[Username: Username:]

People would abuse it and destroy the server instantly

hmm yeah that would be an issue, you could verify people before allowing them to access the server first, like Cyoubx's discord server where you need to be verified by a verifier first. edit: ayy let's not get off topic lol

 

[PetrusQuber]

Discord is a bit meh for personal progress, sharing tips, etc, as opposed to a forum.

 

[Username: Username:]

Discord is a bit meh for personal progress, sharing tips, etc, as opposed to a forum.

I don't think so, there are servers that thrive in functioning like a forum.

 

[PetrusQuber]

I don't think so, there are servers that thrive in functioning like a forum.

Maybe, but I’m not as active on Discord as I am on the forums, and I’m sure a lot of other people are too.