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The End
‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Posted by: elmicker
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.mmhmm 'Seniority and experience needs to be more heavily weighted'.
'Weighted' and 'segregated' are both very different.
Putting older members in cloisters so they neither mingle or influence is a bad thing. A community should be defined by its regulars; they should set an example and educate users on their ignorance. At the moment older members are able to mingle, however what is fundamentally lacking is influence. Older members are at the same tier as the average troll, if you disregard meaningless member titles.
How can a community be defined by regulars if they are lost amidst the noise, unable to educate and unable to influence? The answer is obvious and the outcome is familiar. They cannot and we are left with a stream of generic, terrible threads, that members soon grow bored of, hence the poor member retention on this website. There is no community to stay for.
Edit: I should probably make clear the difference between newbies and old folk. A new member is more likely to just post without regard for the rules, or without caring if they are the hundredth person to make a thread about the topic. An older member cares about the community. This would be further reinforced if accounts had some value attached, such as the ability to create threads, or private groups. If a user cares they are far more likely to put thought into their posts/actions.
[Edited on 05.17.2012 6:45 PM PDT]