The Proposed plan of action would not keep key whores from getting keys. That is NOT the purpose of the idea. The purpose of the idea is to keep the site from having 5,000 threads of the same damn topic. You and every other key whore can still whore yourselves out to get your keys.
So you wouldn't prefer a few redundant threads over threads filled with dozens, if not hundreds of pointless messages that offer nothing more than a single line of nonconstructive, unintelligent and off topic text?
Its a lot easier to weed out duplicate threads than it is to weed through pages of off-topic posts IMO.
How serious is a new member going to take these forums if the first thing he's required to do is spam the shit out of topics that he has no interest in? What if he has, what he believes to be, a ground breaking and thought provoking idea and wants nothing more than to share it with the community?
Look, I'm no fan of how things have become since the forum contest took place, but lets face it, blocking the ability to create a new thread solely because someone is new, probably isn't going to work.
Heck, if someone creates a thread that happens to be redundant, out of place or just plain stupid, ignore it and move along, or better yet, report it. Oh, heres an idea! Reply with a constructive response that will help them on their merry little way instead of getting mad. Perhaps directing them where to go for the information they seek, instead of telling where to go, would help make this a much more enjoyable place to participate?
If its following threads that you guys have issues with, well, there's a solution for that too! Luckily the gods have blessed you with a "Follow this topic" button and have conveniently placed it within your reach.
lol that sounds over the top, how about a function where if someone tries starting a new thread and it has the same relevance to an already existing thread you cant create it, i.e " WD nerf" and " not sure about WD nerf" or any other variation of that sort, i dont think you should penalize people for wanting to create discussion after all this is a forum.
Something tells me it would be a huge time investment to scratch up code for this.
The problem is that a good majority of these random, duplicate threads are being created by people who used to 'just browse' these forums and now they're scrambling to get their hands on a beta key.
I would love too see the sites traffic history over the past few weeks compaired to the last few days.
What I wonder is where is the moderation? Pages and pages of non-essential, wrongly placed and some plain stupid posts that spam the sh*t out of all subforums. A month ago a new topic that had anything to do with, let's say "what dye colors are there?" would've been locked and sent to the already existing topics within minutes. But right now nothing is moderated. No posters are being shushed, no topics are locked or deleted. Is this Yahoo answers?!
I'm even applying to help. Even temporarily, until the contest is over. Really, it's that bad. Let me delete the 3 consecutive topics made by the same poster that doesn't know you only need to push the button once, instead of letting them remain there for a long time. Or lock a topic and send someone over to an existing one discussing his issue.
It's the first time -- to my knowledge, anyway -- that DiabloFans has even had a beta key contest. I'm willing to tolerate the surge for a few days. Who knows, maybe we'll end up with some more active posters.
Although, yes, it will be somewhat uncomfortable to other members given how small the DiabloFans community is, and then to experience the increase in new members to said small community.
There have been several beta contests on this site since beta has begun. This is just the latest debacle to occur. Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is their site and they are free to do what they please, and I, like everyone else is free to leave when ever they see fit. This contest though has gotten a little out of control. I too am thinking about staying off the site for a few weeks to let all of this calm down.
So you wouldn't prefer a few redundant threads over threads filled with dozens, if not hundreds of pointless messages that offer nothing more than a single line of nonconstructive, unintelligent and off topic text?
Its a lot easier to weed out duplicate threads than it is to weed through pages of off-topic posts IMO.
How serious is a new member going to take these forums if the first thing he's required to do is spam the shit out of topics that he has no interest in? What if he has, what he believes to be, a ground breaking and thought provoking idea and wants nothing more than to share it with the community?
Look, I'm no fan of how things have become since the forum contest took place, but lets face it, blocking the ability to create a new thread solely because someone is new, probably isn't going to work.
Heck, if someone creates a thread that happens to be redundant, out of place or just plain stupid, ignore it and move along, or better yet, report it. Oh, heres an idea! Reply with a constructive response that will help them on their merry little way instead of getting mad. Perhaps directing them where to go for the information they seek, instead of telling where to go, would help make this a much more enjoyable place to participate?
If its following threads that you guys have issues with, well, there's a solution for that too! Luckily the gods have blessed you with a "Follow this topic" button and have conveniently placed it within your reach.
Agreed.
Something tells me it would be a huge time investment to scratch up code for this.
The problem is that a good majority of these random, duplicate threads are being created by people who used to 'just browse' these forums and now they're scrambling to get their hands on a beta key.
I would love too see the sites traffic history over the past few weeks compaired to the last few days.
I'd gladly help as well.
There have been several beta contests on this site since beta has begun. This is just the latest debacle to occur. Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is their site and they are free to do what they please, and I, like everyone else is free to leave when ever they see fit. This contest though has gotten a little out of control. I too am thinking about staying off the site for a few weeks to let all of this calm down.