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Carl2291, he actually was a head mod at one point before stepping down. And that I do not know.

You're just afraid that you will be replaced. All robots get replaced eventually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOb3DlB7WA

What do you know D : Tell me! TELL ME PLEASE

So I know there was talk about enforcing thread quality in this thread a few months ago, anything happened on that front? There's a dire need for it imo. Now it's going to look like I'm picking on Miyamotoo here, but many do it, it's just easier to find examples by going through one users list of threads.

Now these threads go against the Copy-pasting full transcriptions of articles is strictly prohibited. forum rule and they all have literally zero personal input, thoughts or words from the user creating the thread.

1. Just a link to a video.

2. Full transcription of article, no personal input/content.

3. Full transcription of article, no personal input/content.

4. Images, link to neogaf thread, no personal input/content.

5. Full transcripton of article, no personal input/content.

6. Full transcription of article, no personal input/content.

7. Full transcription of article, no personal input/content.

Could go on longer but I think this is more then enough. Only one out of eight of the last threads by this user have included any personal words, input or thought, and violate a forum rule. A stricter stance needs to be taken on this front, if someone posts hit-and-run articles without any thought being put into the thread, they should be locked.

If a user has absolutely nothing to say themselves about a subject, or can't be bothered to type a single word, then maybe they shouldn't be posting the thread.

It should be made clear what is the posters personal thoughts and what is part of the actual article, but talking about it in a seperate post isn't terrible either. There's plenty of times when people will create a thread without writing a single word of their own, and then not even take part in the thread.

There's a lot of suspects that just seem to use it to essentially spam positivity about their console of choice.

"Oh here's an article that's pro-sony / nintendo / microsoft. I'll copy and paste this and then move on with my life."

I think it is important on 2 levels.

First, this is a forum and just posting a news article is not the purpose of a forum. A thread is made by an OP to invoke discussion and that discussion should be based on OP's opinion as he is the one proposing this discussion. If you want to open a discussion you don't just throw a words scrap into the room and then leave. That means you don't want to be involved in the discussion and at that point you should not make a thread in the first place.

Second, it's about responsibility. Too many people with an agenda just throw in some controvercial articles to make their point and as soon as they're confronted they claim innocence as "it's just what those people in the article say, don't blame me". Which means they have their cake and eat it too. That just invites hit and run threads. An OP should take responsibility for opinions he posts even if they're not his own. And if he posts an opinion he doesn't agree with he should clarify that.

Of course some news are just singular information bits like release dates, which makes it hard to have an opinion other than "yay" or "nay". In that case OP should try to elevate the thread above the single news scrap and ask a question, have more interesting information about the news or even make a poll. A thread can be small but it should never be low effort.

retagging for that official rules thread.

I'm confident the mod team will be rigorous, asking for feedback from the members among other processes, careful not to overstep their boundaries when it comes to changing forum rules and policies

Rule should not be taken lightly so changes to them, even more so. Cautious, but I'm sure everything should be fine :p