Just a heads-up to let you know that we updated the forum rules. You can find them on top of every forum or by clicking on this link.
The most important changes:
Bumping was changed, to about once per week. There's really no point in bumping a thread that's still on the first page of a forum. Bumping is something that is justified, for example, if you have a question about your class, no one answered within a few days, and your thread is about to fall off the first page. Bumping is not acceptable if you just use it to keep a thread in the "recent threads" list on the front page.
A user is allowed to post a video, only if the video is used to to start up a topic with a meaningful and constructive discussion.
The post that contains the video must have all the important information in text form as well, such that members who can't watch the video can participate in the discussion as well. In particular, if you're showcasing a new build, make sure to post a link to your build (for example by using our Build tool or the official build calculator).
The video and its contents must be in line with the forum rules as well as Blizzard's Terms of Service.
This change is in direct response to the feedback we got from you, the Diablofans community; we all have seen too many threads that did clearly not intend to get a conversation going but to increase clicks on a Youtube channel. Not nice.
We updated the forum structure a bit; the Trade forums were moved to the Archive section, but most importantly we split and renamed the LFG and Clans and Community forums into Europe and Northern Americas. By default (because it was the majority of threads) all threads are now in the NA part; we will try to go through them and move the EU threads to their respective subforums, but will quite surely miss some of them. If you spot a thread, simply hit the report function and choose the respective option ("Thread in wrong sub-forum").
As usual, we welcome any feedback in the Suggestions and Questions forum or as response to this thread.
we've been pushing for this internally for some time now and got the green light for the changes recently. We think these changes will improve the forums a lot and were very necessary for when Patch 2.1 comes. Hopefully you guys agree, and enjoy the changes.
Also, if you have any feedback on it or other changes to suggest, feel free to contact me or Bagstone even via PM.
Perfect rule for video threads. Too often i don't have the time or the will to watch a 15-20min video of a build or a discussion so i have no idea what the thread is talking about.
Hearty applause! There's nothing more frustrating that trying to do some sly forum-reading at work and hitting threads that are just "YouTube link. <message ends>"
Indeed. Personally I don't understand why some people make videos for anything and everything. While there are things where a picture is worth a thousand words, such as the precise position of an achievement spawn, there are many others where text is a more effective medium. Often times I clicked on a video describing something that if it was in text, I could have read it in a quarter of the time needed to watch the video.
Going to admit I do like this change. I was always very cautious about putting video links up on the forums because I never wanted it to seem as some kind of click bait, I always tried to make sure I put some kind of description or discussion piece as I honestly like to get feedback and conversations started to see what everyone's opinions are.
Seeing people that posted a link and nothing more always upset me, it just felt cheap. Not only that, but a good amount of my time here is usually while at work and I can't often watch a video. If a topic is given and I feel it's interesting I will tend to take the time to watch later to give the person the view as a form of respect as I know what it means as a content provider, but I'll often just ignore something that's just a big "click me" sign. That's my rant and reasoning for liking the change. Thumbs up.
Going to admit I do like this change. I was always very cautious about putting video links up on the forums because I never wanted it to seem as some kind of click bait, I always tried to make sure I put some kind of description or discussion piece as I honestly like to get feedback and conversations started to see what everyone's opinions are.
Seeing people that posted a link and nothing more always upset me, it just felt cheap. Not only that, but a good amount of my time here is usually while at work and I can't often watch a video. If a topic is given and I feel it's interesting I will tend to take the time to watch later to give the person the view as a form of respect as I know what it means as a content provider, but I'll often just ignore something that's just a big "click me" sign. That's my rant and reasoning for liking the change. Thumbs up.
^^^^KageKaze's vids are well worth the watch. Highly recommended a great example of someone posting vids for the benefit of the community, as opposed to just spamming for their own gain.
Just a heads-up to let you know that we updated the forum rules. You can find them on top of every forum or by clicking on this link.
The most important changes:
As usual, we welcome any feedback in the Suggestions and Questions forum or as response to this thread.
Thanks!
Just kidding - very good changes
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we've been pushing for this internally for some time now and got the green light for the changes recently. We think these changes will improve the forums a lot and were very necessary for when Patch 2.1 comes. Hopefully you guys agree, and enjoy the changes.
Also, if you have any feedback on it or other changes to suggest, feel free to contact me or Bagstone even via PM.
Indeed. Personally I don't understand why some people make videos for anything and everything. While there are things where a picture is worth a thousand words, such as the precise position of an achievement spawn, there are many others where text is a more effective medium. Often times I clicked on a video describing something that if it was in text, I could have read it in a quarter of the time needed to watch the video.
Seeing people that posted a link and nothing more always upset me, it just felt cheap. Not only that, but a good amount of my time here is usually while at work and I can't often watch a video. If a topic is given and I feel it's interesting I will tend to take the time to watch later to give the person the view as a form of respect as I know what it means as a content provider, but I'll often just ignore something that's just a big "click me" sign. That's my rant and reasoning for liking the change. Thumbs up.
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