NOTE: The first bit of this thread is not aimed at the staff, but at all the Off Topic users.
OK originally I was thinking that this "silly season" would pass on it's own, but lately we've had a surge of absolutely awful threads. Could we all please try to rationalise our threadmaking?
For instance;
- If there's already one "silly" thread, don't make another. Making another silly thread makes people hate you.
- Topics about defacating, pornish stuff (do you like boobies?), masturbating, and dying, all fall under the catagory of "silly". But for the rest of it you'll have to use common sense. For instance, don't make loads of topics like "have you ever got your dick caught in something?", because apart from being rediculous they mostly only involve "yes" or "no" answers, and the only entertainment they offer is a good opertunity to tell the threadstarter that they can shove their bandaged dick up their arse.
- Topics involving death and sex as part of a larger debate are not considered "silly". These topics can be anything from abortion to euthanasia, and are considered good stuff because they often invoke lengthy, brainy debates that rock your planetz0rz.
- Consider threadmaking to be a privelidge, not a right. You're entertaining the whole forum, so try to keep it ... entertaining. If you can't do this then you shouldn't be making topics. Simple.
Now for the bit that's aimed at the users AND staff;
I would like to suggest a system in which people can be rewarded for all the really good threads that they make, and penalised for the crappy ones. But I've got no idea how this would be done, so everyone start making suggestions.