- prometheus25
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
I'm thinking it'd be a fun little experiment to see what people believe makes a positive Bungie.net Community Member, or perhaps a negative one. List, in a few words, what makes a person a valuable asset to the community and/or what makes an individual a not-so-missed member. Back up your characteristics with a little explanation, maybe an example or two (without using names, for appropriateness' sake), and what could be done, from the member's perspective or that of Bungie.net (Mods/other Members) to improve those flaws. Let's be a bit creative/deep, and steer away from the obvious choices of grammar, social cooperativeness, or general jerkery; be specific, is what I'm saying.
Starting out, one large thing I think really helps a member is his word choices. Specifically when trying to state opinion(s), I find it extremely irritating, almost to the point of offense, when their posts come off as trying to declare fact, and those members that can express their views without feeling too pushy have a significant advantage on the forums. They aren't likely to rub elbows with other people, and their posts are much easier to respond to.
On a negative point, I find threads with very ambiguous titles, or titles that don't relate to the thread at all, largely disappointing. Such things like "What do you think?" (a poor side affect of the poll title override property of Bungie.net), "I need help", or "Have you seen this?!" are prime examples of this, and I find myself holding very low expectations of the content that it advertises, as well as coming to the conclusion that the title's lack of ability to tell a glancing member what the thread is about aids the multiple-thread problem that plagues this site.