Poll: Does the Escapist need additional forums?
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If there was a forum for "controversial" threads, people would start posting there with horrible topics, and it would spill over to the other good forums. I like it the way it is. The mods can be strict, but the Escapist community can be very strict too.
I voted "Yes." for the sheer fact that we need "User Made Content" forum. Stuff for members' stories, artwork, poetry, sculpting, photography, programs, music, games, etc.
Anyway, my brief two cents.
Anyway, my brief two cents.
People don't report you for making music posts, they report you because your music post say "I like Duran Duran, discuss!" or "Here's a link to youtube, discuss!" See a pattern there?Phantom2595 said:
/threadEldritch Warlord said:
but seriosuly, i dont think we need new forums, but we got to get some more interesting gaming threads, that forum ahs been bland and boring for a long time, i dont even go there very often anymore. it needs a serious pick me up
How about you visit our sister site: The Warcry Network. [http://www.warcry.com/]PatientGrasshopper said:
I see what you mean. I just meant ones for current events, such as to take out all the Obama/Prop8 stuff and let me get back to random topics. I understand how putting one in specifically for controversial topics would be inviting disaster.chronobreak said:
Don't do it, it's not worth the shame.wilsonscrazybed said:
[sup]Not to spread slanderous words about the escapist's sister site or anything, but I'm still feeling the emotional scars from back then[/sup]
And I bothered to vote, just to even it out again.Amnestic said:
You so owe me now, fish food.
On-topic: I like the "Forum Games & RP split" idea.
I don't think it needs new forum categories as too many people would miss categorize their posts anyway. I post on Yahoo Answers sometimes, and that site is the perfect example of having way too many categories.
What I'd like to see though is a search for previous topics that works better. I keep seeing people saying that the OP's topic has been done before only to see the OP say he couldn't find it in the search. I've searched for topics before too, only to come up empty handed more often than I think I should.
What I'd like to see though is a search for previous topics that works better. I keep seeing people saying that the OP's topic has been done before only to see the OP say he couldn't find it in the search. I've searched for topics before too, only to come up empty handed more often than I think I should.
I think just like in Year 11 and 12 English there should be an issues section. This would take all political / religious / controversial and other stuff that just end up in flame wars into one section saving the mods and fellow escapists time and frustration.
EDIT: -s on section
EDIT: -s on section
Let me ask, how would putting all those topics in one place make moderating easier? Is this sort of an internment camp to keep those topics from mingling with the purer ones? Without invoking Goodwin's law I think you see what I am getting at, right?perfectimo said:
I was thinking that if we did need another forum then we could split the Off-topic into two sections. One would be called the Deep End. The Deep End is for intelligent debates and discussions. Things will be heavily moderated in the Deep End and all posts have to contribute something to the discussion at hand. The Deep End will be the home for the serious discussions. Then on the other side of the spectrum is the ball pit, this will be about the less intelligent subjects (favorite movies etc). Of course there is a problem in this, what about the middle ground? Now you will need to make another forum for these topics. (I got this idea from the Australian Gamer forums)
This is a terrible idea for the Escapist though. In my opinion the forums work well as is. The Off-topic isn't bogged down with Games and RP's and the Gamming section isn't bogged down with reviews. In fact it appears having the reviews section encourages people to write or speak reviews.
We don't need to separate the community, it does that by itself anyway.
This is a terrible idea for the Escapist though. In my opinion the forums work well as is. The Off-topic isn't bogged down with Games and RP's and the Gamming section isn't bogged down with reviews. In fact it appears having the reviews section encourages people to write or speak reviews.
We don't need to separate the community, it does that by itself anyway.
