- CrazzySnipe55
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Upon reading through threads in the Community and Universe forums, I realized that the quantity of threads that had no real discussional value was unbelieveable. There was simply a great amount of threads the forum would be better off without.
Oh? Let's go through the first ten of the first page, shall we? This post is gonna be kinda [double enter]-y. Just a heads up.
[this is how I see it while I'm making this, it's obviously going to be different by the time I post it]
Thread 1: Quoting a quoted quote
Plenty of room for discussion on whether or not the system should either let us just quote the most recent quote in a conversation OR if it should just limit you to one quote, so as to make the process simpler and more streamlined. This also avoids quote pyramids.
Like I said, plenty of room for discussion. This one passes inspection.
Thread 2: This thread.
Obviously room for discussion, I'm discussing it. Also, you went out of your way to write a LOT about your topic, giving everyone a good about of content to respond to and discuss. Good on you. This one passes inspection.
Thread 3: Why is this even a rule?
Though it's beyond me why the OP and Righteous are still going at it in their debate in that thread, the semantics etc. are obviously worth discussing if he got a hot topic out of it with the discussion still being civil and intelligent. This one passes inspection.
Thread 4: The Prefixes and Member Titles FAQ Thread
Obviously discussion worthy, it has the most replies of any thread in the history of BNet. (~21,000) This one passes inspection
Thread 5: is bungie a cult or wat?
Here's the first thread that's somewhat questionable. Though it's quite farcical in nature, it's a nice, lighthearted "conspiracy theory gone wrong" thread. Though the OP is inconceivably flawed and completely wrong, it's nice and even got Hot Topic'd and an Employee response. This one passes inspection.
Thread 6: Rule question
Sure, it could have been handled in a PM to a mod, but it lead to some good discussion about threads like that, and whether or not the reasons mods have to lock threads are always totally legitimate. This thread gets half a pass. If it turns out that all the others pass, I'll go your way, OP, and fail this one.
Thread 7: How long do you spend on BNet each day?
Sure, it's a poll. Sure, it's a multiple choice question. Sure, it invokes 1 sentence responses. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have a discussion value. We can still see how active different members of the community, as well as the community as a whole is on a regular basis. This gives us an even greater insight into (what we already know to be) an extremely dedicated community. This thread passes inspection.
Thread 8: Accounts Absent and Eventually Deleted
Discussion Value? Little to none. Worthless? No. The OP didn't know that this was no longer in effect on BNet. What the hell, I'll fail it, just for you OP.
Thread 9: Feelings towards bans and warnings thread
Good discussion about how people think about bans and warnings in different ways and how the context in which they receive them may change how they perceive said punitive action. This one passes inspection.
Thread 10: Something about halo: ce and Halo 4
Not going to lie, this one's got little to no discussion value and one's like it are getting dull. This one fails.
So, OP, that's a total of 2 (in my opinion obviously) that have little to no discussion value are 8 that have a good amount of reasoning submitted as to why they're good threads.
In addition: How could we "eliminate" this problem? It's people's own ideas and ideologies. You can't take away from people what they think is worthy of a thread whenever it pops into their head in an epiphany-like way. The problem can't be eliminated, even it were obscenely present and obtusely problematic.