pushing good threads off the front page to farm forum stars doesn't seem very sporting and isn't in the best interest of the community.

I think it's better to just report those who take advantage of their posting privileges. There are some folk who post rather often whose content is worthwhile.

How about self regulation? How about just not posting in the topics of that one single person this poll is aimed at?

We, the consumer of the threads, can decide on what is relevant and what isn't. The posts that warrant or cultivate a discussion will rise and those that are just troll posts will fade. No need for limits, absolutes are the enemy of free and open dialog. There are many contributors on this forum that post, good, useful, informative posts several times a day, week, month, they, nor anyone else, should have their ability to post limited.

Let people spam polls. I like polls.

If somebody is spamming by creating lots and lots of new threads to get forum points, then I think there does need to be a limit. But there's no need to do any name dropping.

I only create threads when I feel like there needs to be something important addressed or to give out useful information.

No.

We should be encouraging people to post discussions and getting more people in the community on the forums and posting, not discouraging it.

I know I am guilty of ignoring the following advice as well but if you're not interested in the threads people are making you can always avoid those threads.

I dont think we need a cap on making threads. We arent at that point yet where that many people are spamming the forums. But we do have an issue with a handful of people here on the forums, that shall remain unnamed, that need to bring it down a few notches. I cant say if theyre are doing it because they are seeking attention or because theyre for some odd reason trying to farm likes, insightfuls and awesomes...

Niobium wrote: »

SGT_Wolfe101st wrote: »

We, the consumer of the threads, can decide on what is relevant and what isn't. The posts that warrant or cultivate a discussion will rise and those that are just troll posts will fade. No need for limits, absolutes are the enemy of free and open dialog. There are many contributors on this forum that post, good, useful, informative posts several times a day, week, month, they, nor anyone else, should have their ability to post limited.

The problem at the moment is that the loudest ones with the most stamina to keep posting inane topics will continue to push useful threads off the front (and subsequent) pages.

What would be useful would be some way to (I hesitate to say downvote) but a way to hide topics from people who contribute virtually nothing.

Whether that be on a personal (ie only affects my forum pages) or on a global (ie affects everyone's forum pages) level I'm not sure. But I absolutely would love to see more of the useful, informative posts than useless ones or re-hashes of "controversial" topics that have been beaten to death a thousand times over.

That way the consumer is deciding what's relevant and what's not rather than individuals flooding the forums and, for lack of any kind of measure against it, always having their own posts at the top because of the sheer number of them.

The forums does have an ignore feature however I am not 100% sure how it works as I've never used it.
There is a help article here: https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23039/~/how-do-i-ignore-someone-on-the-forums

Also I realise with that revelation hundreds of people have just stopped seeing my forums debating and trash posts.

Mic1007 wrote: »

As long as it's relevant to ESO, I see no issue in making as many threads as you wish.

There should be a limit on topics though, such as "Spellcrafting" and "PvP Justice System" and "Cyrodiil Lag" and "Global Auction House". Any new threads being opened on dead topics should just be closed immediately. Necro'd threads should be locked ASAP as well, regardless of how "relevant they still are".

We need new conversations, not old ones.

Ive seen this done on other forums, where they create a CCT ban list. It often gets ignored and becomes frustrating for the forum-goers when an actual interesting topic comes up that falls within the ban list. Moderators have to take a hard stance on the list and absolutely shut it down even when things are being civil and productive.

Not really sure we are at that point either. As most topics that fall within the realm of beating a dead horse usually gets self-moderated by the forumgoers (as in the majority agree that topic has been brought up enough times and doesnt need another round of discussion). If those topics were constantly heated-flamebait topics then we might actually need such a list since the community wouldnt be able to self-moderate. Ultimately that would be something the moderators and Community Managers need to hash-out because it brings a whole new host of issues to deal with when interacting with the community.

Turelus wrote: »

Niobium wrote: »

SGT_Wolfe101st wrote: »

We, the consumer of the threads, can decide on what is relevant and what isn't. The posts that warrant or cultivate a discussion will rise and those that are just troll posts will fade. No need for limits, absolutes are the enemy of free and open dialog. There are many contributors on this forum that post, good, useful, informative posts several times a day, week, month, they, nor anyone else, should have their ability to post limited.

The problem at the moment is that the loudest ones with the most stamina to keep posting inane topics will continue to push useful threads off the front (and subsequent) pages.

What would be useful would be some way to (I hesitate to say downvote) but a way to hide topics from people who contribute virtually nothing.

Whether that be on a personal (ie only affects my forum pages) or on a global (ie affects everyone's forum pages) level I'm not sure. But I absolutely would love to see more of the useful, informative posts than useless ones or re-hashes of "controversial" topics that have been beaten to death a thousand times over.

That way the consumer is deciding what's relevant and what's not rather than individuals flooding the forums and, for lack of any kind of measure against it, always having their own posts at the top because of the sheer number of them.

The forums does have an ignore feature however I am not 100% sure how it works as I've never used it.
There is a help article here: https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23039/~/how-do-i-ignore-someone-on-the-forums

Also I realise with that revelation hundreds of people have just stopped seeing my forums debating and trash posts.

That feature only blocks that person from messaging you - it doesn't help remove the clutter of useless posts by people doing nothing but farming points. The posts will still be there by the authors pushing more useful posts to second page and beyond.

Already enough clutter on the forums - a way to clean up for the individuals to see what they want (or hide what they don't want) would be awesome.