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Posted by: GPK Ethan
Why do I post in private groups with 50 or so members? Having a restricted forum would be like private groups, everyone there would actually want to be there. There would be no foul play, no trolls.If it'd be just like a private group, why not just use a private group? Why put it on a pedastal as a public forum? It's clear the people speaking in favour of such a restricted forum here are only after a place to speak with like-minded people they get on with, not a place to actually try and improve the forums. How could it? New users, the ones who supposedly cause the problems they're putting forward, wouldn't even be able to use it, so why would they give two monkey's brass ones about how the people who do use it conduct themselves?
Posted by: Tom T
Because the demographic is also a key consideration. In the Reach forum only well trodden topics of bloom and armor lock tended to gain traction post-launch. Other threads were hampered by the great sea of crap produced by less experienced members, which effectively drowned out anything that was not a hot contentious issue.That's an argument in favour of making threads more difficult to make, and actually moderating the discussion that goes on within them, not an argument in favour of outright banning new users.
Nothing on the public side of the forums should lock out members, ever. There should certainly be measures in place to shepherd new users into discussing what they want (NB: not what you want) in a constructive manner, but outright banning them for months for no reason other than they're new will just drive them away, and leave only fawning, fanatical (dare i say inbred?) individuals staying the course. It'd be like this place now, but a thousand times worse because it'd be put on a pedastal as The Way To Behave and The Place To Strive For, when in reality, it'd be just another private group, with all the same flaws, with some bells on.
In fact, the best comparison that springs to mind is The Seventh Column Council With Bells On. And I think we all know how that turned out. And if you don't you can probably take a guess.
[Edited on 05.17.2012 5:48 PM PDT]