What your opinion on forum structure

Elsonso

Don’t care or no opinion

TaSheen wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I am warming to the idea of not allowing new discussions in General, actually.

If what they really want is NO input from anyone, so they can close the forum down, that would certainly accomplish exactly that.

I don't think so. I think it will mean that people will stop and consider what they are posting before they post it, though. There are certainly enough categories on the forums to allow for a ton of input from people.

jaws343

No, the current structure is fine

USE RECENT

Four_Fingers

Elsonso wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I am warming to the idea of not allowing new discussions in General, actually.

If what they really want is NO input from anyone, so they can close the forum down, that would certainly accomplish exactly that.

I don't think so. I think it will mean that people will stop and consider what they are posting before they post it, though. There are certainly enough categories on the forums to allow for a ton of input from people.

One of the other subforums would just become the new general section.

Elsonso

Don’t care or no opinion

Four_Fingers wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I am warming to the idea of not allowing new discussions in General, actually.

If what they really want is NO input from anyone, so they can close the forum down, that would certainly accomplish exactly that.

I don't think so. I think it will mean that people will stop and consider what they are posting before they post it, though. There are certainly enough categories on the forums to allow for a ton of input from people.

One of the other subforums would just become the new general section.

That would depend on moderation. More likely, I would expect that more than one of the sub-forums would be the replacement for General. It would spread out into categories that more closely match what is being posted, which seems to be what moderation is trying to enforce.

TaSheen

Elsonso wrote: »

Four_Fingers wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I am warming to the idea of not allowing new discussions in General, actually.

If what they really want is NO input from anyone, so they can close the forum down, that would certainly accomplish exactly that.

I don't think so. I think it will mean that people will stop and consider what they are posting before they post it, though. There are certainly enough categories on the forums to allow for a ton of input from people.

One of the other subforums would just become the new general section.

That would depend on moderation. More likely, I would expect that more than one of the sub-forums would be the replacement for General. It would spread out into categories that more closely match what is being posted, which seems to be what moderation is trying to enforce.

To quote someone from another thread:

Four_Fingers wrote: »

People still haven't learned to be careful what they ask ZOS for.

evan302

Unable to vote as my opinion falls outside of the very limited options in this poll.

Only keeping General would make it less of a forum and more like Reddit or Discord. To my mind that would be a mistake, those platforms are great for what they are but the lack of organisation severely limits conversations and utility.

The current structure is most definitely not ok as it is. I've taken to using Recent, not because I'm only interested in the newest shiny posts, but because, to some extent, I can bypass the (imo) ridiculous amount of time a thread I'm interested in gets moved to heaven's knows where.

I do care and I do have an opinion OP but your poll only allows agreement with the status quo or one very specific change. That's a shame, because that is probably going to skew your results.

There are far too many categories in this particular forum, but that doesn't mean categories are a bad thing.
And while I have some sympathy with the moderators, I feel the constant moving of threads and closing old threads which are still relevant is only making a bad situation worse.

(Edit: Holy typos Batman!)

Mesite

I think there should be a separate 'Syntax' sub forum where people can discuss poll options and perhaps just have a link to the discussion they are critiquing.

That way the real discussions can be about the poll or topic, rather than how many options there are.

A similar 'Redirection' sub forum could contain a list of forum discussions and details of where they should have been created rather than moving them.

That would make the forum more about the game.

Kiralyn2000

Could probably use less categories, but it needs more than just General.


That said, the only forum I read, is General. (that's actually my only ESO-related Bookmark).

Zodiarkslayer

Other!

The forum needs Restructuring badly. It isn't bad because there are too many or too few sub forums, but because there are too many meaningless ones, that irritate.

For example, there should be a dedicated forum for all support questions. Technical problems shouldn't have a place on a content oriented forum. And so we get a thread like "login issue PCNA" every day.

How many discussions have derailed, because some guys talk about PvP and others PvE?
Why is there even a general forum? Why even bother with sub catagories, when everything can be posted in general?

And don't get me started on "Players helping Players" and what the forum mods are doing with that ...

Destai

Yes, only keep “general”

Elsonso wrote: »

Destai wrote: »

There was a post a while ago where players outlined feedback and responded to a survey. Supposedly, the forum's being reworked and this effort has been in progress over the summer. However, given that any recent comments don't push it back to Recent discussions (for me at least) and it doesn't show in General either, it feels like it's being swept under the rug.

Yeah, the discussion date is still July 12, but it does show you as the last commenter, even though that happened on August 30. I believe this is what they call "sinking" the discussion.

In that discussion, ZOS_Kevin said "a few weeks", so it seems to me that we will hear more on the subject before the end of the year. I am not sure if that message got read widely, though. He posted it in August and it is not in the Dev Tracker. I saw it for the first time, today.

I don't think it did, which is why I wanted to bring it into the conversation. It's something they should be more upfront about, IMO. I find it pretty frustrating that it took @ZOS_Kevin several months to update and he didn't stick around to answer questions on the forums he manages - especially if they're getting an overhaul.

Destai

Yes, only keep “general”

@zos_kevin
Here's another example of where the structure needs some rethinking.

We have this thread:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/590162/overland-content-feedback-thread#latest

This ONE thread is where all feedback on overland - and sometimes dungeons - content is funneled. Looking at it, I can tell there's way more topics being discussed than just how challenging overland is. Seems to me there's value in a section for this kind of feedback, rather than just one thread where multiple discussions are funneled because of some edict on high.

jtm1018

Don’t care or no opinion

When thinking of forum structure from zenibeth, It always reminds me of InnovativeSurvivilist from f76 yt channel. Structure, yeah right.