Why isn't having a DRF account enough to make a comment on a DRF story?

Dunbar · #1 02-15-2016, 12:04 PM

I was trying to post a comment to Marty McGee's story about the Derby Future Wager:

http://www.drf.com/news/kentucky-der...-over-mohaymen

He states, "The lowest $2 exacta will-pay is the field over Mohaymen (24-15), worth $48.20." That's incorrect - the $48.20 exacta was for Mohaymen over the field ('All Others'). I also wanted to ask if he had any idea why CD had trouble keeping the KDFW live odds feed going yesterday.

But despite my having signed in with my DRF login, I'm asked to also login to either Facebook, Yahoo, Google, or some other similar site. When I do, DRF wants me to acknowledge that I'm giving DRF permission to read/write my profile, and to read my Yahoo contacts. WTF? Forget about it.

Adding a bit of surreal humor to things, the only comment on McGee's article has nothing at all to do with the article itself. It's a rant about the Pick 6.

blackthroatedwind · #2 02-15-2016, 01:17 PM

I've wondered the same thing myself. Very frustrating.

Of course, they should just get rid of the comments section, but that's a whole other discussion.

casp0555 · #3 02-15-2016, 01:29 PM

Isn't DRF.com preparing to upgrade their website?

GenuineRisk · #4 02-15-2016, 01:40 PM

It's marketing. It's always about marketing.

You can get around it; you just have to take the time after granting permission and posting your comment to go into Facebook or Twitter or Yahoo or whatever account you used to log in and deny DRF access to your account (I don't know if that will then make the comment you posted go away or not).

How to:
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/h...orized-tweets/

It's a bit of a hassle. I guess it just depends on how much it bothers you that Someone Is Wrong On the Internet.

robfla · #5 02-16-2016, 07:57 AM

drf.com is the most frustrating website to visit.

between the bottom pop up ad that always appears - to the mobile "UN-friendliness" - to the disappearance of articles, it has now just a place for me to get pps

They should go back to the original format.

It's frustrating when an article on there is in one spot, then moved around and disappear from where it may have been just minutes prior.

Pants II · #6 02-16-2016, 10:12 AM

The better question is how is DRF still in business?

I have zero hope for that company. They have been behind the times for half a century and will continue to do so until they shut the doors.

Now this might not go over well on an 'insider' forum like DT but it's my opinion and I hold it as truth. DRF is a dinosaur that had a few good writers and the great statistician Andy Beyer to keep it going.

Management? CLUELESS. They treated the internet like a hot potato and now it's too late. No matter what they do.

Merlinsky · #7 02-21-2016, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

It's marketing. It's always about marketing.

You can get around it; you just have to take the time after granting permission and posting your comment to go into Facebook or Twitter or Yahoo or whatever account you used to log in and deny DRF access to your account (I don't know if that will then make the comment you posted go away or not).

How to:
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/h...orized-tweets/

It's a bit of a hassle. I guess it just depends on how much it bothers you that Someone Is Wrong On the Internet.

I don't think you can deny access to DRF via Twitter. I don't see another option besides blocking them and I'd rather not. Besides, they've got many DRF accounts, who knows what they use to allegedly access it. I've never had one of those asking for access to post on my behalf actually do it. Not sure what that's about.

GenuineRisk · #8 02-21-2016, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I don't think you can deny access to DRF via Twitter. I don't see another option besides blocking them and I'd rather not. Besides, they've got many DRF accounts, who knows what they use to allegedly access it. I've never had one of those asking for access to post on my behalf actually do it. Not sure what that's about.

You can; there's an option in settings to go in and see what sites have access to your account and then to refuse it, but it is a hassle. You're revoking access. You can still follow them on twitter and whatever.

It doesn't mean DRF WILL post to your account, just that they can. For what it's worth, I went in to mine and at some point I granted them access and I don't think they've ever posted anything to my twitter feed, other than the regular posts I think I'd get from just following them on Twitter. But I'm also not on Twitter that often so maybe they are and I just haven't noticed.