Is it just me, or do the CM's have no idea what they're doing? I mean, they are either nonexistent, or they go overboard and over-react when they eventually decide to visit the forums.
Maybe if they would do their job on daily basis they wouldn't be so bitter about it.
I'm just saying, those forums need some balance.
EDIT: I'm talking about forum managers, not CM's as it will be clarified further in this post. My mistake.
Well usually the blues on the official forums are rather cool headed, reply in a nice manner, which didn't fit in my mind with the kind of reactions that the forum managers have.
I apologize if I'm being confusing, I did not mean to. My original post was based on the assumption that CM's (the blues) were the only ones doing the forum managing, which was incorrect.
What I mean by the fact that, in my opinion, the official forums need more balance, is that you have threads like these:
which are actually good for the community. They are positive, meant to lift up the spirits of the forum readers, and a nice change in general, from the negative posts that you usually see.
However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
This seems like the work of a very small minded person, that simply follows the rules like a robot, without thinking. Also seems like an over-reaction to an otherwise good thing. CM's usually try and nourish positive views, and feed the community with the good spirits it needs.
Forum managers however, seem to be doing their job only every now and then, and when they happen to actually do it, they make a poor job of it. That being a perfect example. I guess they are just people of "lower quality" that aren't really interested in such things as the development of the community...
However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
That is the answer right there. All forums have some form of rules and one of them is no posting a thread name in all caps. If they stop enforcing the rules, then there will be anarchy. You could say that they could just turn it to lower case. But then they would get shit for locking negative threads instead of fixing the title.
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However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
That is the answer right there. All forums have some form of rules and one of them is no posting a thread name in all caps. If they stop enforcing the rules, then there will be anarchy. You could say that they could just turn it to lower case. But then they would get shit for locking negative threads instead of fixing the title.
Negative threads should be locked up because they are negative, that rule is dumb to begin with, because as you said, caps in title can always be edited out.
That's what I mean by balance. Let's face it, there is no such thing as a rule that doesn't have an exception. Especially not such general rules like "do not use caps in title". The balance comes when they spot what the exception is, and do the adjustments instead of just going blindly by the rules. The community wouldn't submerge into anarchy, it would actually gain from it.
And for the record, there are already people complaining about pretty much everything on the face of the earth, so I highly doubt they are doing this small headed rules enforcement to avoid having to deal with people complaining. It seems to me that they are just small minded people, doing a poor job when it comes to the development of the community.
Maybe that's why on these forums for example, the community is so much nicer, because the managers actually have that perspective, and try to nourish the community instead of blindly applying the rules. This forum has balance (:
However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
That is the answer right there. All forums have some form of rules and one of them is no posting a thread name in all caps. If they stop enforcing the rules, then there will be anarchy. You could say that they could just turn it to lower case. But then they would get shit for locking negative threads instead of fixing the title.
Negative threads should be locked up because they are negative, that rule is dumb to begin with, because as you said, caps in title can always be edited out.
That's what I mean by balance. Let's face it, there is no such thing as a rule that doesn't have an exception. Especially not such general rules like "do not use caps in title". The balance comes when they spot what the exception is, and do the adjustments instead of just going blindly by the rules. The community wouldn't submerge into anarchy, it would actually gain from it.
And for the record, there are already people complaining about pretty much everything on the face of the earth, so I highly doubt they are doing this small headed rules enforcement to avoid having to deal with people complaining. It seems to me that they are just small minded people, doing a poor job when it comes to the development of the community.
Maybe that's why on these forums for example, the community is so much nicer, because the managers actually have that perspective, and try to nourish the community instead of blindly applying the rules. This forum has balance (:
The bigger the community the stricter the rules. We understand what you mean but the fact is it says no title in caps. It takes time to edit a post and change the title, if this attitude is not discouraged in the first place, with such a big community it can quickly go wild fast.
This is not a matter of being small minded... really you judge too fast here (which btw is being small minded ). This is a matter of their policies and how they think that not respecting the rules can make the forums crap so they enforce them.
Also a CM is not just a moderator, he basically read the forums, do a bit of moderation, reports what he finds interesting and communicate what Blizzard has to communicate.
Yeah, I won't reply in a serious manner to someone that simply ignores to 90% of my post... and then calls me small minded lol (: I also somehow can't really take you seriously if you refer to yourself as "we". The CM thing has been addressed, as I've said so in my previous posts. And you're making exactly the same point as the person I quoted, so I guess you can simply re-read my post and consider it a reply to yours.
However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
That is the answer right there. All forums have some form of rules and one of them is no posting a thread name in all caps. If they stop enforcing the rules, then there will be anarchy. You could say that they could just turn it to lower case. But then they would get shit for locking negative threads instead of fixing the title.
Negative threads should be locked up because they are negative, that rule is dumb to begin with, because as you said, caps in title can always be edited out.
Sure it can be edited out, but the best thing would be if people didn't do it, so the moderators didn't have to waste their time on doing it
Maybe if they would do their job on daily basis they wouldn't be so bitter about it.
I'm just saying, those forums need some balance.
EDIT: I'm talking about forum managers, not CM's as it will be clarified further in this post. My mistake.
They are not the blues?
That would explain this even more...
Are you saying these forums are imba!?
Do we need to buff Mods and CM's and nerf trolls?
I apologize if I'm being confusing, I did not mean to. My original post was based on the assumption that CM's (the blues) were the only ones doing the forum managing, which was incorrect.
What I mean by the fact that, in my opinion, the official forums need more balance, is that you have threads like these:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3553606835
which are actually good for the community. They are positive, meant to lift up the spirits of the forum readers, and a nice change in general, from the negative posts that you usually see.
However, that one got locked up because the title of the thread was in caps....
This seems like the work of a very small minded person, that simply follows the rules like a robot, without thinking. Also seems like an over-reaction to an otherwise good thing. CM's usually try and nourish positive views, and feed the community with the good spirits it needs.
Forum managers however, seem to be doing their job only every now and then, and when they happen to actually do it, they make a poor job of it. That being a perfect example. I guess they are just people of "lower quality" that aren't really interested in such things as the development of the community...
Negative threads should be locked up because they are negative, that rule is dumb to begin with, because as you said, caps in title can always be edited out.
That's what I mean by balance. Let's face it, there is no such thing as a rule that doesn't have an exception. Especially not such general rules like "do not use caps in title". The balance comes when they spot what the exception is, and do the adjustments instead of just going blindly by the rules. The community wouldn't submerge into anarchy, it would actually gain from it.
And for the record, there are already people complaining about pretty much everything on the face of the earth, so I highly doubt they are doing this small headed rules enforcement to avoid having to deal with people complaining. It seems to me that they are just small minded people, doing a poor job when it comes to the development of the community.
Maybe that's why on these forums for example, the community is so much nicer, because the managers actually have that perspective, and try to nourish the community instead of blindly applying the rules. This forum has balance (:
The bigger the community the stricter the rules. We understand what you mean but the fact is it says no title in caps. It takes time to edit a post and change the title, if this attitude is not discouraged in the first place, with such a big community it can quickly go wild fast.
This is not a matter of being small minded... really you judge too fast here (which btw is being small minded ). This is a matter of their policies and how they think that not respecting the rules can make the forums crap so they enforce them.
Also a CM is not just a moderator, he basically read the forums, do a bit of moderation, reports what he finds interesting and communicate what Blizzard has to communicate.
Yeah, if only that would be the case. Sadly we have people like the poster above me...
I had a whole paragraph explaining why what you write is utter non-sense. However, you're just not worth it.
Anyone that is willing to add to the conversation feel free to post. Others, will get the same treatment as this one.