A Discussion on How to Improve Forum Interaction And Dev Team Interaction

[jovlon 32]

This isn't a critique of the forum or Dev team in any way, shape, or form.

 

I'd like to try to have a community discussion that I believe could be a step towards reducing some of the animosity within the forums. There are players that have played since the mod and therefore have seen the same topics hundreds of times. There are also a new population of players that have never seen one of the many threads that may be similar to the ones that they start. Yes, having a functional search feature would go a long way towards solving this but this is more about working with what we have. The discussion is meant to focus on:

 

A. How we feel that we could improve the forum in general

 

Any suggestions?

 

B How to improve the ability for a forum member to find information

 

If we could find a way to do this it would cut down on the animosity between old and new players.

 

C. Where, as a community, we would feel most comfortable with the Dev Team interacting with us

 

This isn't a quest for more interaction but rather seeking to find where we would like for them to interact with us when they feel the need to. Is it Twitter, Reddit, these forums, etc. or does it even make a difference to you?

Edited January 31, 2014 by jovlon

[jovlon 32]

B. 

 

I know that many people ignore pinned topics but the first thing that jumps to mind is making a pinned topic that has topic headers and the links to those discussions. As an example:

 

KOS

 

Followed by a link or two to different threads that address this topic. 

 

If the title of the pinned thread were "MUST-READ BEFORE POSTING", more experienced forum members posted the link to the pinned thread when a topic that has been addressed already is started, and the forum team locked (after reading the original post) threads that address similar topics it has a (small) chance of changing the unspoken rules enough for this to have some effect.

 

I also wonder if there could be an agreement screen once somebody clicks the new topic button. One that states something like "Before posting, ensure that your topic hasn't already been addressed here" followed by a list of topics and links to old threads. 

 

C.

 

While I would like to see more interaction on these forums I also don't really personally care. However, I do know that a lot of people do and so I thought to add it to the discussion.