The purists will balk - Chris might scream at me for this, but I was wondering if we could do away with just about every single rule we have involving posting.
Specifically:
~ Double-posting - While I am no fan of people making 50 consecutive posts because they are bored, double-posting isn't incredibly bad.
~ Off-topic - As long as it continues someone else's post, off-topic posts are fine - and this should be liberally applied. Moderators would gently (and I mean gently, not "GET BACK ON TOPIC IDIOT" or quote the original poster and reply to that).
~ Rubbish threads shouldn't be sent to The Void on sight - even rubbish could have discussion potential. If a thread is failing and it's obvious then do send it to The Void. If the post is full of afohsoifasodfj then send it to The Void. But threads such as, "I'm bored" are not necessarily bad. Heck, conversation can spawn from that.
~ Get rid of the character limit - but know when things get out of hand.
~ Don't shoot threads on sight - wait and see where threads go.
Probably wondering what this is about. Well...
~ Double-posting - by allowing it, it inflates the total posts tally, and it makes it easier for everyone to add addendums or postscripts.
~ Off-topic - encourages posting and spontaneous posts
~ Rubbish threads - you'd be surprised at the amount of bullshit scatterbrained people can produce.
~ Character limit - sometimes, the best responses are one-word long. Sometimes even a smiley speaks volumes.
~ Don't shoot threads on sight - perhaps one would learn more about posters this way.
I'm basically rendering The Void redundant in a lot of aspects, but I think these would bring a huge deal of "fun" to the forums, something not really found nowadays.
I cite my Judicator thread in The Asylum as an example.*
Specifically:
~ Double-posting - While I am no fan of people making 50 consecutive posts because they are bored, double-posting isn't incredibly bad.
~ Off-topic - As long as it continues someone else's post, off-topic posts are fine - and this should be liberally applied. Moderators would gently (and I mean gently, not "GET BACK ON TOPIC IDIOT" or quote the original poster and reply to that).
~ Rubbish threads shouldn't be sent to The Void on sight - even rubbish could have discussion potential. If a thread is failing and it's obvious then do send it to The Void. If the post is full of afohsoifasodfj then send it to The Void. But threads such as, "I'm bored" are not necessarily bad. Heck, conversation can spawn from that.
~ Get rid of the character limit - but know when things get out of hand.
~ Don't shoot threads on sight - wait and see where threads go.
Probably wondering what this is about. Well...
~ Double-posting - by allowing it, it inflates the total posts tally, and it makes it easier for everyone to add addendums or postscripts.
~ Off-topic - encourages posting and spontaneous posts
~ Rubbish threads - you'd be surprised at the amount of bullshit scatterbrained people can produce.
~ Character limit - sometimes, the best responses are one-word long. Sometimes even a smiley speaks volumes.
~ Don't shoot threads on sight - perhaps one would learn more about posters this way.
I'm basically rendering The Void redundant in a lot of aspects, but I think these would bring a huge deal of "fun" to the forums, something not really found nowadays.
I cite my Judicator thread in The Asylum as an example.*
