Acknowledgement

k9mouse

I been thinking about forum topics and wondering when ZOS reads them. An idea came to my mind to help to solve this problem of many forum users have.

I will take "General Discussion" as an example, but this idea can apply anywhere on forum site.

If one looks at the General Discussion web page, one will find these headings: Subject, Author, Replies, Views, and Most Recent. Here is the idea that I have, let us add a new heading to the General Discussion web page called something to the name of "ZOS Views." Anyone with a big Z icon next to their user name (aka a ZOS employee) will rank up the heading number every time they look at the forum topic. They do not have to post in the topic, but it will let the forum users (aka players) know if they topic has been seen by ZOS or not and how much.

I wonder what @ZOS_GinaBruno , @ZOS_JasonLeavey , and @ZOS_RichLambert think of adding such an idea (a new heading called "ZOS views") to the forum software?
Also, I am wondering what my follow forum users think such an idea?

Gidorick

This wouldn't help ZOS in any way and would just contribute to user dissatisfaction.

Users would just get mad at:

• The lack of ZOS views
  or...
• The lack of response despite the high number of ZOS views

No win situation for them.

Just stop expecting, wanting, or hoping for ZOS to read or respond to anything you post. You'll be happier.

ZOS_RichLambert

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

Manoekin

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

/lurk

Grampa_Smurf

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

This so much this.....really kind of important and players need to know.................Do you have the 8:30 or the 9:30 bathroom breaks and what day do you encourage a high in fibre breakfast?


Just a couple things from the top of my head

Vyle_Byte

I'd have to agree with @Gidorick here. While it seems like this would ease some of the feeling that we aren't listened to, it would enrage the community to see that it has been read but no comments or anything. I believe it would just worsen the situation. Could you imagine the screaming, " We know you've been here! Why don't you answer?!!!"

I think we do enough of that already lol!

MrBeatDown

They probably are not capable of doing that without crashing the forums and leaving them offline for weeks until they figure out how the broke it.

Dekkameron

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

We can kind of do that anyway hehe

k9mouse

I would feel a lot better if I know that ZOS hears us. I know that they do already in the back of my mind. However, seeing a new heading like "ZOS Views" will make me feel better. I at least will know they are talking about it internally. A comment is of course prefer, but a head count of views made by ZOS will help to ease that worry.

UrQuan

Manoekin wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

/lurk

You magnificent ***, you literally made me laugh out loud!

Alucardo

I sense.... I sense that Rich has read this thread.

SirDopey

I honestly don't think a single forum post gets from page 1 to 2 without being viewed by staff....

DannyLV702

Just type a few f words every few pages and you will find them snipped in no time lol

nimander99

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

Yup, the NSA have minions everywhere...

MisterBigglesworth

Introducing...
Wrobel-tracker 5000!

Shows you every time Eric Wrobel reads a thread pertaining to class/ability balancing problems and doesn't leave a comment.

Preyfar

I've reported some bugs and issues on both the /bug report and forum, but I've never seen the issues fixed in changelogs or acknowledged (e.g. the recent issues with sets not always applying their set bonuses). It's hard to know sometimes if the bug was seen, or whether or not it's been acknowledged.

That said, while I'd love to see that acknowledgement, I know how much time it would take from every dev and community mod's day just to play Sheogorath's Seal of Approval(tm). It's one of those things where there's no perfect balance. That said, perhaps a weekly "issue tracking thread" similar to the one Gina posted notifying the community of items ZOS is aware about and their status updates could work.

Vangy

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

I'll be watching........ And waiting...... Every thread you visit... Every post u moderate....... Every topic u make......

Gidorick

Vangy wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

I'll be watching........ And waiting...... Every thread you visit... Every post u moderate....... Every topic u make......

Now it's starting to sound like a Sting song..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnJDaqT3-0

Vangy

Gidorick wrote: »

Vangy wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

I'll be watching........ And waiting...... Every thread you visit... Every post u moderate....... Every topic u make......

Now it's starting to sound like a Sting song..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnJDaqT3-0

That's exactly what I was going for lol.

Yattaq

Gidorick wrote: »

This wouldn't help ZOS in any way and would just contribute to user dissatisfaction.

Users would just get mad at:

• The lack of ZOS views
  or...
• The lack of response despite the high number of ZOS views

No win situation for them.

Just stop expecting, wanting, or hoping for ZOS to read or respond to anything you post. You'll be happier.

Nailed it.

Perhaps a more telling metric would be something binary; a dev has viewed this thread or a dev hasn't.

Then again, this would probably just result in all threads being marked as "dev read". People would then start spewing conspiracy theories around the forum software auto-tagging things as dev read.

It's best to just let dev comments come naturally. We're all impatient about new features and changes, which is why you don't see extensive information about them until they're close to ready. We're also impatient about what we personally care about, which might not match up with what the population of the game cares about. Forcing a metric towards the attention of our threads isn't constructive. This forum is a place for us as players to talk to each other more than anything.

Islyn

Manoekin wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

/lurk

Haha I literally nearly posted the same....also I thought:

Islyn

Grampa_Smurf wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

This so much this.....really kind of important and players need to know.................Do you have the 8:30 or the 9:30 bathroom breaks and what day do you encourage a high in fibre breakfast?


Just a couple things from the top of my head

LOL! People keep beating me to the LOLs in my head xD

MrDerrikk

We need to know the important details! Such as:

-Are you an innie or an outie (belly-button wise)?
-What is your personal opinion on the colour Mauve?

And most importantly:
-How often do you shave your legs (guys included)?

Gidorick

Vangy wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

Vangy wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

I'll be watching........ And waiting...... Every thread you visit... Every post u moderate....... Every topic u make......

Now it's starting to sound like a Sting song..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnJDaqT3-0

That's exactly what I was going for lol.

lol. Well done sir! Well done. You get a couple of awesomes.

SantieClaws

This one prefers when they are not watching so much. Makes it easier to investigate unguarded pockets ....

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

hrothbern

k9mouse wrote: »

I been thinking about forum topics and wondering when ZOS reads them. An idea came to my mind to help to solve this problem of many forum users have.

I will take "General Discussion" as an example, but this idea can apply anywhere on forum site.

If one looks at the General Discussion web page, one will find these headings: Subject, Author, Replies, Views, and Most Recent. Here is the idea that I have, let us add a new heading to the General Discussion web page called something to the name of "ZOS Views." Anyone with a big Z icon next to their user name (aka a ZOS employee) will rank up the heading number every time they look at the forum topic. They do not have to post in the topic, but it will let the forum users (aka players) know if they topic has been seen by ZOS or not and how much.

I wonder what @ZOS_GinaBruno , @ZOS_JasonLeavey , and @ZOS_RichLambert think of adding such an idea (a new heading called "ZOS views") to the forum software?
Also, I am wondering what my follow forum users think such an idea?

@k9mouse ,

A system based on organised distrust is inefficient, long term not effective and uncomfortable

The best example in the real world is Finance and legal risk management.

ESO is for me our beautifull game to get away from that real world

Belidos

Dekkameron wrote: »

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

hmmm tracking my every move.... that's kind of unsettling. ;p

We can kind of do that anyway hehe

Devs only show up on that when they want to, they have to choose to show on the dev tracker whenever they make a post

Veg

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

Introducing...
Wrobel-tracker 5000!

Shows you every time Eric Wrobel reads a thread pertaining to class/ability balancing problems and doesn't leave a comment.

Enodoc

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

Introducing...
Wrobel-tracker 5000!

Shows you every time Eric Wrobel reads a thread pertaining to class/ability balancing problems and doesn't leave a comment.

I don't think Wrobel even has a forum account