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cRPG => Suggestions Corner => Topic started by: Micah on June 16, 2013, 04:31:27 pm
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Forum mods should not move ill placed threads to the propper sections. Its merely encouraging players to open threads wherever they think they get more attention(which is 99% General Discussions), since there is no penalty connected.
Just lock them up with a reminder to place threats in the appropriate section. Even better would be to give a slight warning imo.
edit: i am aware, that this thread is in the wrong section, but i didnt know where to put it otherwise :mrgreen:
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Forum mods should not move ill placed threads to the propper sections. Its merely encouraging players to open threads wherever they think they get more attention(which is 99% General Discussions), since there is no penalty connected.
Just lock them up with a reminder to place threats in the appropriate section. Even better would be to give a slight warning imo.
general discussion is a good place to go if an idea isnt a suggestion yet. I usually go there first to evolve the idea by discussing it, and if the idea is actually worthy of a suggestion, I open a thread there.
dont see the harm in that.
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I don't see the point in being to stright in minor issues.
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general discussion is a good place to go if an idea isnt a suggestion yet. I usually go there first to evolve the idea by discussing it, and if the idea is actually worthy of a suggestion, I open a thread there.
dont see the harm in that.
Im not trying to evaluate what is a suggestion and what not. Yet, im quite a bit annoyed when i (pretty often tbh) see suggestions, apearently purposedly ill-placed in GD to get more attention than they may get in SC, which potentially results in a cascading disorganised forum. Also people tend to forget about rules and structures if they are not sufficiently reminded :wink:
Its an obvious form of spam (purposedly or not) and it should be treated like that and not "nicely being moved to propper section" by a friendly mod, who merely shoots his own foot. :P
I don't see the point in being to stright in minor issues.
Ever heared about snowball effect? :wink:
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Ever heared about snowball effect? :wink:
Please explain precisely how this effect provably applies to a forum
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Please explain precisely how this effect provably applies to a forum
Wrong placed threads(without restrains) tend to cause more wrong placed threads ?
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Wrong placed threads(without restrains) tend to cause more wrong placed threads ?
It remains to show that the above claim is true.
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It remains to show that the above claim is true.
http://forum.meleegaming.com/general-discussion/ (http://forum.meleegaming.com/general-discussion/)?
edit:actually my metaphoric snowball effect was more refering to the deflative awareness of people, about where to put their post resulting in a trend to put any sort of posts just into GD ....
regarding the "amount of posts increasing" this cant be claimed, since the overall amount of posts in a certain time interval is limited by the amount of posters and their activity and also not affected by the snowball effect :)
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I'd like to clearify some possible missinterpretation of my suggestion, which is not aiming to establish a military dictatorship in the forums or so, rather than trying to make things a bit easier for everyone in the end :oops:
I also like to point out that the effort spent to lock a thread and leave a reminder , would perhaps not be higher than moving it in the right place. Its more about the different way , how spam posts are handled and the resulting consequences.
And (again) for the point about "strictness" in forum policies, i dont think that a slight warning is overdo; furthermore , it was meant as an option.
sorry for doublepost, but i felt like i was misunderstood before :oops:
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sorry for doublepost, but i felt like i was misunderstood before :oops:
Shame on you Mr! :rolleyes: :lol:
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There are lots of threads in the general discussion that don't belong there :wink:
But I agree Micah, they could have been fewer.
I also agree with Torben. If it's more of an idea than a suggestion, it's probably better to post it there. I've done so myself a few times.