Thread had nothing to do with gaming.

And fuck giraffes.

While April Fools threads are incredibly annoying on so many levels (in my opinion at least), many of the ones that were made today have had to do with actual gaming discussion, even if some were a bit light on content. There have also been a few April Fools threads that were uneccesary and needed a lock, and some of the mods including myself have done so already.

Your thread on the other hand had a picture of a giraffe in Gaming Discussion. There's really no gaming discussion to draw from something like that, so I locked it.

Thanks for the explanation .

Random question...

Will there be another mod application for the forums by the end of the year? Just wondering

Slade6alpha said: Random question... Will there be another mod application for the forums by the end of the year? Just wondering

There's a lot which can happen between now and then. I think all I can say is that it's not impossible. 

@Slade

Honestly I haven't even thought that far ahead yet haha. Right now I'm just working on the Mod Surveys with Axum and Truck. For me it's one thing at a time. ^_^

Suggestion:
Using the mod system to actually improve the quality of this forum.

- punish easily avoidable dupe threads
A thread is not a simple post and as such should be treated with as much effort as possible. If there is a thread that could've been easily avoided by a quick look into the appropriate forum section or "Latest Topcs" speak out a warning. Repeat offenders get banned.

- punish threads put into the wrong forum section
A really bad habit of some people which makes it harder to avoid dupe threads and is generally against normal forum etiquette. Warn repeat offenders, ban them if it gets too much.

- punish people for double posts
Another bad habit of some people and also against forum etiquette. This of course needs some nuance but there are some really obvious cases like people who post directly after their OP something that could've easily fit in the OP. For god's sake I just saw someone posting a thread and in the second post, put a single youtube link(not even embedded). Obvious spamming. Warn people and ban repeat offenders.

If possible in this forum replace "ban" with "taking away thread making rights".

got it!

That's a bit much in my opinion.  This isn't a military school forum.

This is basic forum etiquette. I've been to a lot of forums in my life and I haven't seen a single one where the things I mentioned weren't frowned upon.

It's basic decency and makes the forum better for everyone. Especially regarding making threads. Due to the lax handling in these things people stopped giving a shit about putting any effort into the threads or posts they make. They just blindly post and the result is spam and chaos.