When I first joined this forum it was a place to look for help, support and advice from other people involved in both the speedsolving and advanced puzzle communities. "Algorithms, Can this be solved?, what did I do wrong?". Now, due to the "progression" threads that show up on the homepage as well as the number of petty arguments that are being allowed, this has become a chat room.
The "Upcoming Puzzles" thread is the only one that I look forward to clicking on when I visit this site. Bring back the "Single Answer Question.." threads and make "personal progress" a single thread. A place to post new pb's, things that you're excited about. Not everyone needs a progression thread that shows how excited you are to have learned that new * perm, and frankly, they're flooding the homepage (on mobile), with nothing but useless follow-ups about people I don't know. Prevent those progression threads from being on the homepage, the same way that off-topic threads are.
I say with the kindest of heart, either the mods for this forum have given up, or that this forum is now run by completely mindless "participation trophy" folks.
Maybe this forum can turn back into a forum dedicated to folks learning how to solve their next twisty puzzle, maybe not. Either way, the folks in charge need to stop letting the petty arguments flood useful threads and stop letting "JohnnyWhats'sHisname" share everything that might be an accomplishment to him show up on the homepage.
Kill the "progression" and mod's, start knocking down the petty disagreements.
The "Upcoming Puzzles" thread is the only one that I look forward to clicking on when I visit this site. Bring back the "Single Answer Question.." threads and make "personal progress" a single thread. A place to post new pb's, things that you're excited about. Not everyone needs a progression thread that shows how excited you are to have learned that new * perm, and frankly, they're flooding the homepage (on mobile), with nothing but useless follow-ups about people I don't know. Prevent those progression threads from being on the homepage, the same way that off-topic threads are.
I say with the kindest of heart, either the mods for this forum have given up, or that this forum is now run by completely mindless "participation trophy" folks.
Maybe this forum can turn back into a forum dedicated to folks learning how to solve their next twisty puzzle, maybe not. Either way, the folks in charge need to stop letting the petty arguments flood useful threads and stop letting "JohnnyWhats'sHisname" share everything that might be an accomplishment to him show up on the homepage.
Kill the "progression" and mod's, start knocking down the petty disagreements.