- Duardo
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I'm not going to discuss the ignore feature much as I feel that has gone in circles and has run it's course. What I WILL discuss is the problem Achronos presented.
Ach said that he wants more than just a simply "block" feature, he'd like for us to filter entire forums. He said that for Halo 2 they had to create two separate forums: one for story, the other for gameplay. Eventually they morphed into one. At the time it was probably a good idea...still is to some extent, but it seems archaic to me.
What I would like to see implemented is a tagging system. This idea has been brought up before, but I had more ideas on how it could work with this supposed filtering system.
1) All current (when they edit) and future threads would be required to categorized and/or tag their thread. Say I was in the Halo Reach forum. I want to discuss the story, so when I select the category and/or add a tag, those searching for topics about the story will be able to see my thread.
2) Forums themselves would have some kind of filtering system. Basically, I'd be able to select a category of what I want to discuss. The Community Forum, for example, would have a list or some kind of system where I'd be able to select what I want to discuss. Future Website Features, Community, Website Issues, etc. Bad examples, but my point is that I'd be able to find what I want to find in that general area. There would still be active threads, and the default category would show all threads, but there would be more threads, or at least more activity in active threads, than there would currently be.
3) Guess I'm discussing the ignore feature...or at least some variation of the "report" button. Currently, we have a very simple procedure where, if you report a post, it gets sent to a queue that ninjas go through and they decide what happens from there. The reported user may be warned, banned, or nothing can happen to them. Unfortunately, there are a few negatives to this system.
The first being that when you report a post, nothing happens. People want something to happen almost instantly nowadays. "Posted reported" doesn't cut it, as the user can still see the thread. The second negative is that every post has to have a certain number of reports before it even gets sent to the queue, which infuriates people since they still see the post they reported.
What I propose is simple: when you report a post, it disappears from your view. If you refresh the page, it is still gone (or at least collapsed). It won't be gone on other people's screens unless they report it as well, but to you it is gone. This seems to solves both negative's that I find with the system. The first being that something happens instantly, and the second being that they will no longer see the post (it will still require a certain number of reports of course). I believe with this implemented, we would see far more reports being issued. Whether Ach wants that is not is not really known....
Ignoring or "blocking" users would use the same type of system, but I'm still debating whether the ninjas should be a part of it...when we visit the queue, would be have to look at a few users because a lot of people ignored them?
I think I'm done...if I have another idea I'll post it laterz. Thoughts?