makingmusic476 said:
Machina said:
I prefer the new sidebar profile design (not that I had any part in its design), looks neater and more polished.
The idea of the badges is to encourage more involvement in all aspects of the site, including posting in the forums, yes. But, simply put, we feel the pontetial benefits outweigh the cons. Not to mention we have a moderation system in place to prevent/punish gratuitous spamming, and that won't change.
@Ico - You have Tor to thank for that one :P
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Well, "gratuitous" spamming is only part of the problem. You'll still have issues with duplicate threads, threads with misleading and/or inaccurate thread titles (which also leads to duplicate threads), and threads posted in the wrong forum (which leads, yet again, to duplicate thread).
To put it simply, we have way too many stupid or redundant threads being created, and this achievements system will only aggravate that problem. This could be alleviated through a few steps, however:
- Add back in a forum search function (one that works this time), and press upon people to search for pre-existing threads prior to making a new one.
- Crack down on people who make inflammatory, misleading, or redundant/duplicate threads.
- Allow moderators to remove a user's thread creation privileges, making that the punishment for those who repeatedly make inflammatory, misleading, or just plain old stupid threads (the latter of which I'm sure some content rule we already have would cover - add in a rule about grammar or presenting a thread/post in a clear and legible manner, and this would no longer be an issue).
- Allow moderators to move threads, so if the Worldwide sales thread gets made in Gaming Discussion, it can quickly be moved to Sales Discussion, preventing someone from accidentally making a duplicate thread in Sales Discussion.
- Allow moderators to edit thread titles, so that if new information about a topic arises, a moderator can edit that info into the OP and thread title, preventing people from either continuing to post about the incorrect initial post or from being forced to create a new thread just so people know new information has been discovered.
- Allow moderators to merge duplicate threads (should they be made within a reasonable timeframe of each other).
Many of these ideas have been brought forth in the past, yet instead we get achievements. -_-
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