Im not sure where I stand here tbh, on one hand - of course there is demand for this kind of setting. However toriprime is surely one of the largest sources of income for toribash, perhaps not the largest but still significant.
Is it sensible to weaken arguably the biggest incentive for getting toriprime? Of having a place to make these kinds of threads
@RAAAGE Perhaps the reason we moderators act like "dickheads" in our boards is that people like you lack any respect for our volunteer work. Or maybe you're expecting us to be something we just plain aren't. Not all of us have time for every problem that comes up. We do the job we signed up for the best we can, and in most cases, that's just enforcing the rules that were already in place. If you have a problem with the rules, take it out on the rules, instead of us.
Firstly, can you show me some closed threads that you feel shouldn't have been closed in your mind?
I'm not sure if I agree with the 'tone back moderation' idea - the way I'm looking at it is that the only active threads in that situation would be posting game threads (like the acronyms thread) - this is not discussion and not the objective of off topic at all.
Off-Topic is only inactive because it takes a slight effort to make a "good thread", which leads to users scrolling right past the threads I tagged "READ BEFORE POSTING" and then making really stupid posts. The problem of thread quality has been here for quite a while, and to attempt to combat this, I even made a thread (which a lot of people still ignore apparently) to guide users into making a thread that would be appropriate for our board. When users ignore this, you get completely stupid threads like the Acronyms thread and then people get upset when they get closed.
You're saying this like we encourage users to make shit shows of threads, and then we close them to laugh in their faces and boost our cripplingly low self-esteems. Users have the tools necessary to make decent threads, but currently the users just want to make threads dedicated to memes. Threads allowed here are seriously more abstract than everyone seems to think, it's not really our fault that people can't think of "FUN ON MESSAGE BOARDS" outside of game threads.
Im not sure where I stand here tbh, on one hand - of course there is demand for this kind of setting. However toriprime is surely one of the largest sources of income for toribash, perhaps not the largest but still significant.
Is it sensible to weaken arguably the biggest incentive for getting toriprime? Of having a place to make these kinds of threads
i like to imagine there is a correlation between the demise of wibbles and the increasing shittiness of the forum userbase, its almost like they had a containment board of sorts
@RAAAGE Perhaps the reason we moderators act like "dickheads" in our boards is that people like you lack any respect for our volunteer work. Or maybe you're expecting us to be something we just plain aren't. Not all of us have time for every problem that comes up. We do the job we signed up for the best we can, and in most cases, that's just enforcing the rules that were already in place. If you have a problem with the rules, take it out on the rules, instead of us.
Yeah, the Acronym thread doesn't fit that, but there's no discussion. There can't be a discussion there.
I have a gripe with this. Why does it always have to be about discussing things? Does a thread in which you have fun and enjoy yourself and promote other people enjoying themselves have less value than a thread where you discuss things?
Not to offend, but did you read my / Ele's posts before you posted this? Our idea is that Off-topic's goal as a less serious discussion platform is fine, but we also agree that threads like the acronym thread can be fun for users and deserve a place somewhere - off-topic is not the place, however.