StachuK1992
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I dearly hope and believe I'm not the only one here with the mindset that these forums have been degrading in quality. Something needs to be done, as far as I'm concerned, but I have no authority to do such; I'll try to excercize my voice.
There have been recent efforts made, allegedly, to help the quality of these forums, but they're simply not enforced.
I haven't seen anyone get banned in a while. There are obvious users which I would point out that I think need banning. Could someone please explain to me why nothing has been done?
I'm okay with the occasional question of "Is white cross the best?" which can be deleted or responded to in the fashion of "No; please ask these types of things in the one answer question thread. Thanks." What I'm not okay with is the same users repeatedly making some of the worst threads I've ever seen, and getting away with it with no reprimand.
I don't see why we let people (old users especially) post stuff that's just stupid.
And don't tell me mods don't see stuff like this. They do. We talk about it in IRC every day, and it's the same ~5 users that we talk about. It's very much a known problem.
"We just can't" or "that would be too harsh" isn't a very good reason for not banning a person for being stupid on purpose. Give people infraction points. They scare users. Make the rules actually enforced, otherwise there's no reason in having them.
Right now, I see this:
"Bad threads" are being deleted. That's it. Maybe people are getting some reprimanding that I just can't see, but considering the number of people (not) getting banned, I'd like to assert that not enough has been done.
Not only are terrible threads being made, but these 5 or so users degrade the quality of these forums *much* further by posting irrelevant information in theads that could actually turn out to be something good. I think these irrelevant posts do much more harm to ideas than anything else. They just distract from everything.
I just want to bring this issue to the forefront. Am I over-reacting?
I do not mean to flame any specific user. I don't mean to say "I don't like new cubers." I love the expansion of cubing.
I just mean to get a point across concerning quality control.
Maybe I'm just being an elitist jerk. I don't think so.
statue
Edit: I'm a mod now. Neat.
There have been recent efforts made, allegedly, to help the quality of these forums, but they're simply not enforced.
I haven't seen anyone get banned in a while. There are obvious users which I would point out that I think need banning. Could someone please explain to me why nothing has been done?
I'm okay with the occasional question of "Is white cross the best?" which can be deleted or responded to in the fashion of "No; please ask these types of things in the one answer question thread. Thanks." What I'm not okay with is the same users repeatedly making some of the worst threads I've ever seen, and getting away with it with no reprimand.
I don't see why we let people (old users especially) post stuff that's just stupid.
And don't tell me mods don't see stuff like this. They do. We talk about it in IRC every day, and it's the same ~5 users that we talk about. It's very much a known problem.
"We just can't" or "that would be too harsh" isn't a very good reason for not banning a person for being stupid on purpose. Give people infraction points. They scare users. Make the rules actually enforced, otherwise there's no reason in having them.
Right now, I see this:
"Bad threads" are being deleted. That's it. Maybe people are getting some reprimanding that I just can't see, but considering the number of people (not) getting banned, I'd like to assert that not enough has been done.
Not only are terrible threads being made, but these 5 or so users degrade the quality of these forums *much* further by posting irrelevant information in theads that could actually turn out to be something good. I think these irrelevant posts do much more harm to ideas than anything else. They just distract from everything.
I just want to bring this issue to the forefront. Am I over-reacting?
I do not mean to flame any specific user. I don't mean to say "I don't like new cubers." I love the expansion of cubing.
I just mean to get a point across concerning quality control.
Maybe I'm just being an elitist jerk. I don't think so.
statue
Edit: I'm a mod now. Neat.
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