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Let's get one solid fact straight here, the number of members leaving is not dramatic.
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You're right, it isn't. But surely, some people would also be less tempted to post?
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It is actually those members complaining and breaking the rules that are driving the members away.
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And there wasn't much complaining until the whole "Rules Enforcment Scheme" came along. Which at first, was pretty nice. But by now, the benefits just seem highly outweighed.
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By posting the ridiculous crap I see in the Welcomes forum for new members, they are in turn driving our new members away.
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Agreed. Welcomes and Birthdays needs to be the one forum kept impeccable, if any.
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About the suggestion of dropping warnings in favour of instant deletion. While it sounds good in theory, how do we discipline those that are continuous rule breakers?
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PMing a warning tells a person that they screwed up, of course. But tacking a warning onto that just incites a bit of anger, and really doesn't produce much of a good vibe. If a person gets told a few times what not to do, they'll catch on. Nobody around this forum has the time and motivation too sit around posting nonsense just to give the place trouble. Give posters an ounce of intelligence, instead of harding down with some nitpicks.
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There has to be some form of punishment.
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This is a forum. An online collection of hosted files, and displayed pictures. People come here to relax and discuss with people they have at least one similarity with. While it's true this board may as well be the mecca of online Oddworld discussion and information, that doesn't mean every "t" has to be crossed and ever "i" must be dotted. It isn't fun, nor relaxing, to see where a person's post was deleted, or to see a member's title represent a temporary banning. It just makes you wonder either
a) How competent the members here are or
b) Why is this place so strict? It isn't that big. It isn't that official. It certainly doesn't seem to have much member/staff relationship going on.
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It's just like murdering a person in real-life. Your actions have consequences, but we are kind, and we warn people before we place them in jail (ban them).
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Ah, yes. How could I have missed that? Very few of the members ever banned actually
deserved it. A bit of carelessness hardly relates to muder, and doesn't mean a person should be prohibited from posting on one of (if not their) favorite online community. Typically, people temporarily banned for spamming seem to be common posters who give a spark of enthusiasm to the place.
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I would like to eliminate the need for warning people, but every community has its idiots.
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Hey now, has some sort of spark been hit? I don't really recall you ever being so blatant and unofficial for a good while
Every community has people who can't type. Every community has people who just like to chit chat. But all that adds is a bit of character, and a chance to distinguish personality more for each poster. If you only have large vocabulary'd, nerdy and over opinionated posters, the place is bland. If you just have a bunch of nonsense and goofing off, the place seems meaningless from the outside. When ou have a mixture from the two, there's a place to fit in, and a place to enjoy. In real life, I'm sure all of us goof around with our friends. On the other hand, I'm sure we've all worked together in a serious manner on school projects, jobs, etc... with those same friends. Why try to place so much unneeded focus on trying to act like a high class country club?
I don't want to try and sound like I'm over dramatizing *cough Codek cough*, or being silly *cough Clairbear cough* or just... a bit off *cough Cyber Slig cough*, but for all practical purposes, this just doesn't seem to be working as well as I'd originall imagined it would.
This is just getting stupid!!!!
