- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: The Rip Saw
How about this:
New guys can't make threads for a few days. They can post and stuff, but no threads. This will give them a few days to see a big range of topics. Or maybe for the first week, they can make ONE thread a day, but make a large number of posts in current threads. This way, they participate, but they aren't making all the annoying new guy topics we've all grown to fear.
I like this idea, but I think that if Bungie goes for it, it would also be a good idea to have a little “disclaimer” pop up when a new user joins that he/she/it would be required to read before going on to the main forums. This could explain the way things are going to go down, explain the rules, why the person is unable to make new topics, etc. so that person wont simply join, find that he cannot make a new topic, and leave. Then again, the kinds of folks we’re talking about aren’t liable to read the rules anyway, so…
Regardless, I still think we aught to somehow make the Forum FAQ and Rules required reading for all new members. Or, perhaps, something along the lines of the PCG forum guidelines. Just stick something like that at the top of the (for a lack of a better word) forum navigation page.