- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: CinderSkip
I agree unless it was heavily heavily moderated. It would no longer pretend to be a what it was was. And it would serperate the "old school."
The reason this is a new account is that I've been thinking about this for a while. I didn't want my past here to be confused with what I am saying here. I want to be an outside voice, a devil's advocate. Most of the old school folks just saty here or the Underground... although usually just here. So what happens if the Sept is remove from the public? It won't change all that much. But the rest of the place is filled with hate and anger and nonesense. What is happenening is new people ARE trying to be a part of a community but are finding themsleves lost in all the shouting. And when they defend themselves they feel suddenly shut out and shut down. And so they retreat.
There is more ill will than good will being created for new users.
I think new users might be helped into the community by something like a "new members' chapter", to help them get accustomed with the Bungie forums. I remember coming to the Forums when they were relatively spam-free, but nonetheless I felt quite lost in the sea of posts which didn't interest me. I received an invite to a Chapter and joined, spent several months there before it quietened down and I returned to the main Forums feeling less swamped. Other than that I don't see what Bungie can do. The thought of changing the site is pretty remote at the time being, and even if there was a change I believe the problems would remain. I think this could be something for the thoughtful community to aspire to, finding a way to help the newer and overwhelmed users. But again, this comes back to my point about people helping themselves. I doubt very many would be willing to try and do something similar to what I have suggested, and so the complaints will continue with no action. And, on a new site, so would the situation also be.