Tradionally AFAIK (note: 60% of my posts are in Gambling so I do really lurk there a lot ), most topics were from gambling sites. Each site had one topic. And sometimes we had some discussion topics. Then begin '14 the half of the threads were from ponzis so Micon, me and others complained and new subforum was created, which was great. Now I, and apparently others according to this topic, see an increase in "discussion threads" and I think it's time to make it a separate forum for it.
The distinction for me is sites and non-sites (I think name "Gambing Discussion" is fine though). I think it's great for players to just have a list of actual sites that they can use to gamble and separate discussion threads in a subforum. Especially for new players joining the bitcoin gambling community. Now normally I wouldn't mind to mix it, like we did before. But there are really a lot of discussion threads these days. I just opened the first page of gambling and found the following threads:
Discussion
International Games Prediction Thread
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Cricket match prediction discussions
Has anyone here used FishBitFish?
What gambling site that you can earn 1 btc or profit 0.9 btc with invested 0.1?
Betting on Elections
II FREE Tipster Competition -sponsored by DirectBet- Registration Open
Asia League Prediction Thread
My goal to earn 1,000bitcoins within 3years
A Simple Gambling Trick
Start a Gambling Site
Tennis League All Thread
Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)
Ice Hockey League All Thread
Challenge: What's the best way to win 1 BTC with 1 BTC?
Betterbets.io vs PocketRockets Casino
Spanish League Prediction Thread (La Liga)
Volleyball League All Thread
How to make Cricket betting more profitable
Sportsbook Strategies
tennis bets on Fairlay - Winnings: over 1 BTC
Getting a living from Gmabling alone is possible?
Am I the world's unluckiest affiliate partner?
Sites
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SatoshiDICE.com - The World's Most Popular Bitcoin Game
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FORTUNEJACK.COM | No.1 for Cryptocurrency Gambling | Provably Fair
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BitcoinCasino.info | All you need to know about Bitcoin gambling!
[New] ★ Casino ★ French Roulette with "La Partage" Rule ★ Quick & Regular Spin
☼ ☁ Weathbet.com ☁ ☼ - Bet on weather condition - BTC, LTC, DOGE
Seuntjies DiceBot -Multi-Site, multi-strategy betting bot for dice. With Charts! <<<< this one could be discussion, but it actually links to his bot-site
MoneyPot.com :: The bitcoin gambling wallet
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So that's probably more discussion threads than you would expect.
Personally I do like to join some of the "discussions", but I think there is a clear distinction between these types of topics and I think it benefits everyone to split those. I am sure there are plenty of people just looking to play at a site for their entertainment and not looking for betting tips on some Spanish team or how to start a gambling site.
Bump. Still very important in my opinion. Hope a "discussion" subforum can be added.
In combination with the signature campaign spammers, it's an even bigger problem. I mean there are 31 pages about "Can gambling be profitable in long term?" while there should be literally only 1 reply with "No" (potentially another reply that would say Poker can be profitable if you don't consider it gambling.) But almost all replies in there are low quality posts all saying the same thing over and over again. Now there is a separate meta topic for that "spam" discussion. But still just creating a "Gambling Discussion" forum would at least create a high quality overview of gambling sites again.