Nation Threads and Their Role in the Forums: A Critique

[Kerotan]

padib said:

Slade6alpha said:

This makes no sense...

If you're not a fan of a certain console--> then why are you posting in that thread specific console. That shows you have an agenda going into it if anything. 

And bullying, where? Give me a break. And no the forum is not better off without them. I don't even think the point of this thread is to eliminate the Nation threads rather to talk about issues. Getting rid of a Nation thread RIGHT NOW, would be more detrimental to the site than anything. 

Do people honestly think if you were to get rid of the Nation threads, that good discussion will come from it? No I'll tell you what it would be like, it will be like the Order threads. Page after page of people defending the product, of hating on it while showing an agenda, and just overall garbage.

Bold is a great example of how the Nation threads can go wrong. A person need not be a fan of something to post an opinion about it. Especially not on a sales site.

Mind you I do understand the positives, especially the safe-haven the nation threads can provide. But what I'm highlighting here is the flipside, where that safe haven mentality can go wrong.

I also understand the positives of some non-thread-worthy news finding life in the nation threads, and like Ka-pi and others have mentioned, for those topics that are threads-worthy, it will be important to work with the mods to help filter what may be better suited as a forum thread than as a nation topic.

Well said padib.  That sentence you highlighted is a great example of what I'm saying.  This forum is better off with without attitudes like that. Nobody deserves to be ganged up on.