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When I grow up I want to be bitter and spiteful.
"i liked the reality where everything was on fire better"
-legato on remedial chaos theory
The Bungie.net Forums, a haven to some and hell to others, was founded on the absurd idea that users should be able to discuss Bungie related material, games, and other topics. However, throughout my entire Bungie.net experience, I have observed an tendency that virtually every user follows. Whether this impulse is conscious or not is up for debate, but there is no doubt that such a crude and unfounded bias exists.
This bias prevails in almost every thread, and can be gaged through number of responses. What I am discussing is a users' habit to respond to a post based solely on title.
Because of this belief, I feel that titles should be done away with, so users posts can be assessed and received by their content, not title. Titles are currently pre-judged relative to all other titles on the page. Users will tend to respond to appealing posts with more favorable titles. Since titles are specific to users' posts, it is unfair to bind them to discussion, as it gives certain posts unfair and even inaccurate worth.
Titles in recent years have been the guiding force of discussion, but ultimately remain an unchallenged topic. There are even mysterious rules that dictate titles beyond the users' control. Surely anything with such power over posts will be abused by some.
For these reasons, and numerous others unlisted, I believe titles should be done away with. Discussion should be done with the body of a post, in 10,000 characters or fewer. When creating a post or thread, the subject box should be inaccessible to users, to prevent bias from flashy titles. I know this change would throw off users who respond to posts by thread titles, but it would encourage discussion and promote understanding. Threads should be uniform! Since titles would be gone, threads could be represented either numerically (as they truly are!) or by simply an icon that indicates a new discussion. It is the title of a thread that sets it apart from another! Such unfair bias should be done away with!
I dream of a day when posts will be treated courteously based on their content, not their title. With the Subject area disabled, we could be one step closer to this dream. No longer would titles set discussion apart.
Thank you.