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Posted by: spartakus14
or I could be testing Achronos' hypothesis that you assume a tone to my question that may or may not have been there, just because it fits into your stereotype of a bad post.
Although a good scientist tests a hypothesis more then once or twice as has been done here, it is obvious that your attitude won't change. So I believe that it is enough to come to the conclusion that your idea will not work on the basis of your stereotype of a bad post.
Your idea Phails™
good and constructive enough for you?
And my questions were valid.
So your conclusion is that my idea will not work because of what I think constitutes a good or bad post? Hmmm, for such a "scientific" approach you sure failed to look at all the evidence. If you read my original post closely, which BTW was my objection to your first response, you'll see that I suggest leaving that decision to the Ninjas. In fact, I believe my exact words were:
As for how to decide what content makes it onto the forum, I think that can be left to the Ninja. They've pretty much seen it all when it comes to discussion topics, so they ought to be able to discern between a quality, original post, and something that is re-hashed or worse, just plain nonsense.
And please don't hide behind Achronos' comment. Trying to act like you were testing if I had stereotypical views when all you posted was:
"How do you improve something that you have next to no information about?"
Clearly your arguement was related to the TITLE of the thread and not it's content. Achronos was addressing the fact that personal perspectives on the "quality" of comments prevent us from censoring the forums. I don't totally disagree, but feel that he misunderstood my orignal thought process, which I laid out clearly in my response.
I'm glad that you have finally decided to engage in conversation, rather than criticizing one line at a time. If you want to get into why I feel your comments are not constructive, it's really very simple. You are merely trying to prove me wrong, rather than supply an alternative solution. The forums can either stay the same, or change. I believe they should expand to include a more controlled environment. Whether that means restricting user access, as many have suggested, or some form of submission approval, as I have proposed, they are all valid ideas.
Your posts have included criticisms, but no real ideas. It's easy to sit back and say my idea will never work because I am making some kind of assumption about your tone, but that's really beside the point isn't it? I'm trying to make the forums a better place, or at least part of the forums. What's your plan?