- CNC MadDogg
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"In order to be effective, truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt." -Wei Wu Wei
I don't really see where the debate is coming from. (sorry couldn't resist.) But seriously, I write extended posts all the time for the purpose of debate. Sometimes I even offer an alternate opinion, in the hopes that responses aren't limited to "i agree" or "you're a nub".
I think the real problem is threads which ask a simple question, which Bungie has already answered. It seems like every person who sees a post like this feels the need to add their two cents, even if what they have to say has already been posted on the thread. THUS the post is recycled back to the top of the list, starting the cycle all over.
Not to mention, once a post has enough people responding it becomes a flame fest between three or four people, with the occasional person STILL responding to the simple question, with the simple answer, which has already been stated 30-40 times.
The issue is not a debate forum, as the moderator pointed out, most forum threads are a debate already. The issue is whether Bungie mods are willing to close threads that have run their course. Or answer simple threads and eliminate them before they spiral out of control. I know they are working hard, and it's difficult to place a higher value on some content. But a lot of thoughtful, unique ideas are pushed off the front pages, to make way for a one scentence response to an already pointless debate.