Idea for the Football/Recruiting Board...

[deleted1562]

In light of the "RUMOR THREAD: V Davis" post, an extremely vague rumor thread posted by a seemingly unknown OP that turned out to be true and confirmed by the Herald a few hours later, I think the football & recruiting boards should be keeping track of people that make predictions/start rumors and see what pans out.

I'm not talking about "Canes will go 13-0 and win the NC by 40" type predictions, but rather things like "I have a source who says Thomas will 100% be a Cane." That way there's some accountability, and it can show who the trustworthy posters/"sources" are.

I have no idea how you implement such a system or what it should look like, but it'd be cool.

 

[LuCane]

In light of the "RUMOR THREAD: V Davis" post, an extremely vague rumor thread posted by a seemingly unknown OP that turned out to be true and confirmed by the Herald a few hours later, I think the football & recruiting boards should be keeping track of people that make predictions/start rumors and see what pans out.

I'm not talking about "Canes will go 13-0 and win the NC by 40" type predictions, but rather things like "I have a source who says Thomas will 100% be a Cane." That way there's some accountability, and it can show who the trustworthy posters/"sources" are.

I have no idea how you implement such a system or what it should look like, but it'd be cool.

Like in most community sites, this has a way of working itself out. Not everyone will be correct 100% of the time, and often times things change after what was heard, but people simply remember. At the same time, the guys that are full of **** get weeded out pretty quickly.

 

[mirvin88]

show their accuracy as a percentage by their name