vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

We are a new an innovative MMO, with things like an AH feature with no useful search function!

Why shouldn’t we be a new and Innovative forum, that cares about random crap!

Innovative? With forum daily/weekly thread cap? That's innovation to you?
Or did I misunderstand something here?

duendology wrote: »

This is rich.
I've been on online (various) forums since, I can't even remember, 97? I modded (and owned) quite a number of them. And there has NEVER been a suggestion to limit the daily/weekly thread cap because, apparently, some poster name appears often and apparently it annoys other people?
If you don't like someone's posts, or rather the fact it's posted by a specific person, ignore both. This is THAT simple.
Limiting daily/weekly cap should also come with the limit of daily/weekly replies perhaps too? So we'd have less sarcastic b******t and verbal diarrhea.

So I'm pretty neutral on the subject, and was genuinely curious to see how most people felt, but I'm going to actually address your post.

The point isn't about liking/disliking a specific person or their threads. It's about the implications of one person (or a handful of people) posting the same inane topics over and over that have either been hashed, rehashed and beaten into oblivion, or simply do not contribute anything useful or beneficial to the community. (Sure, what is considered useful or beneficial may be subjective, but for all intents and purposes of this discussion, let's just roll with what the majority of the community considers useful/beneficial.) These inane threads take up room on the front page of the forums (otherwise known as clutter), which push other threads (that may or may not be more beneficial/interesting/important discussions) down to the next pages, otherwise known as the abyss.

A limit on replies would make perfect sense.

I like how you're implying that a cap on threads/replies would implicate the average forum goer when even an arbitrary number hasn't been set. An ideal system would be where the average forum poster wouldn't even notice that there was a cap, while people who spam more than 10 threads a day would.

The other people who have voted for no cap have made some solid points, however, and make interesting reads.

duendology wrote: »

Hmm, it is also the first EVER forum in my experience with online communication platforms... where people seem to care so much about something which is nothing else but an ESO version of the Facebook "likes". This is new to me.

Thumbs up/down, +1/-1 etc have been a part of almost every forum I've been on. I find it hard to believe that you've "owned and modded" as many forums as you say you have and never come across a system like this.

kylewwefan wrote: »

They removed me posts. Well, I give ya another insightful anyways. How many more do you need?

A limit on responses for one, would help with inane posts with zero substance like this one.

Niobium wrote: »

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.

Thanks. I thought they had said long ago it was a way of not seeing posts from users you didn't want to see posts from.

Turelus wrote: »

ANGEL_BtVS wrote: »

Apache_Kid wrote: »

Beardimus wrote: »

Remove forum points for posting new threads. Done

Wait, posting threads gives forum points?

Wait! Really?! Man, I've got all kinds of great and relevant topics suddenly coming to mind...

@ANGEL_BtVS you don't get points for posts unless they unlock a post no. badge.
Full forums guide can be found here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/349256/unofficial-forum-faq/p1

Thanks, threw you an insightful. But of course I was just being funny in my previous post. I've never paid attention to how points are earned.

"creating 10+ threads a day."

Someone actually does that?? o.O

Get a hobby I say

OMG, this isn't even necessary as a topic on the forum: Introducing caps to a forum. Like others above said, only importance is engaging topics, intelligent discussions, new conversations.

Sure.

Foxhunt wrote: »

Personally I don't think we need to be further limited. Even if I would never reach the post limit, I think adding such a limit would be an over reaction especially if in response to just 1 person. I say just don't click the thread/interact in the thread if you don't like it. But that's just like, my opinion, man.

They push threads off the front page. I can't block them because they show up on the page. It isn't just one person, I can list about four people right now.

If you're talking about a certain Dr that creates 10 useless threads a day that fill the front page, then yes. Other than that, I don't see anyone being a bad offender.

I am not aware of anyone, at least yet, who creates 10 threads a day or who spams the forums. Also, the current "likes/points" system in place now only rewards meaningful posts. Simply creating a thread or comment does nothing. And all of that assumes people actually care about stars, points, or what have you. At least in my mind, the number of stars a poster has means nothing, and I haven't seen anyone on these forums, at least yet, who thinks otherwise.

If people are interested in a particular topic, they will post in the thread, and that thread will remain in the front-most pages of a category. Conversely, if people are not interested in a particular topic, they will not post, and that thread will fall to the back-most pages of a category. This is the capitalism/supply-demand equivalent of the people as a whole determining how valuable or important a particular topic is. This game caters to all segments of people with varying interests. What one person thinks is important is not necessarily reflective of the community as a whole. This is true in our larger world, as well.

Now, I will say that some topics, particularly those involving builds and nerfs, generate emotionally-charged responses from some people. That is not the fault of the topics. Healthy debate is a necessity in a society, and it is a life skill that everyone should learn, lest they relegate themselves to an unnecessarily difficult life. If you find yourself getting out of control, take a step back. The fact that someone expressed an opinion shouldn't get you any angrier than you would if the same person remained silent despite still having the opinion. In the end, everything is going to be all right. :-)

Yes, there should be a limit and then they can sell extra daily thread slots in the crown store!


Kappa

Taylor_MB wrote: »

DieAlteHexe wrote: »

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.

My post calling that person out got reported and deleted.

So.... good luck.

Edit: Not on this thread, on one of their many others.

Happened to me too...