Infi Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Consider this. I know a majority of you Tif'ers have been noticing a high rise in the less intelligent posts in the General Discussion forums. This is getting a problem and starting to get on my nerves highly. General P2P USED to be a place to have a nice discussion where everyone respected each other. Now it's all "What's your favourite" and "What do you do when..." threads. What I propose is that you add a new type of posting styles which are deemed to break Tip.It rules and add it to irritating posting styles. Any thread which are determined to produce no productive discussion will not be allowed. My arguments: -It allows more room and attention on the more interesting threads -Honestly, what is a one worded answer going to contribute to a well-worthy discussion? Well, tell me what you think. Just voicing my opinions here. 99 Hits, Attack, Strength, Defence, Mage, Summoning, Slayer, Ranged, 96/99 Prayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblade986 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm pretty sure that already if no conversation can be generated from a topic, it's classified as spam and locked... don't worry, you are going to "hell" anyway. wanna race to see who gets there first?Officially reached 100 Combat at 1:33PM EST, June 14, 2007First Dragon Drop: Dragon Chain (Dust Devils) @ 10:48PM EST, July 14, 2008, lv113 combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkofDeath Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 imo go to this topic: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=676150 I think the general discussion of this topic fits better in that topic. Seeing as your discussing the same type of two topics being discussed in that topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If I interpreted your suggestion correctly, you're recommending that we add "What is your favourite" and "What if" threads to the Irritating Posting Styles section of the rules? They actually used to be against the rules and we recently removed them :wall: We do have a pretty good discussion going on here about the possibility of creating another forum or subforum of General Discussion. This forum/subforum would be a new home for all these "What is your favourite" and "What if" threads alike. It would be terrific if you could voice your opinion on that particular idea. - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infi Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks Tripsis. And if I may enquire, why was it removed? (Referring to the rule of irritating posting styles. Surely no one would like irritating posting styles...right? :uhh: ) I like the idea of the link you posted, but I have noticed the trends of those types of posts even before the forums were split. So perhaps instilling a rule of these category of posts may slow down these less productive threads being created. And thanks for everyone else's input. I appreciate it. 99 Hits, Attack, Strength, Defence, Mage, Summoning, Slayer, Ranged, 96/99 Prayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infi Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm pretty sure that already if no conversation can be generated from a topic, it's classified as spam and locked... Take my example of "What cape do you mostly wear" I mean, come on. :| Who gives a steamed corn on the cob about what cape I mostly wear. :shame: 99 Hits, Attack, Strength, Defence, Mage, Summoning, Slayer, Ranged, 96/99 Prayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks Tripsis. And if I may enquire, why was it removed? (Referring to the rule of irritating posting styles. Surely no one would like irritating posting styles...right? :uhh: ) I like the idea of the link you posted, but I have noticed the trends of those types of posts even before the forums were split. So perhaps instilling a rule of these category of posts may slow down these less productive threads being created. And thanks for everyone else's input. I appreciate it. It was removed because we felt that many (or at least some) people seemed to enjoy them, hence why they're created so often. There was even a thread in this forum a couple months back called, "Do you agree with the 'What if' rule?" (referring to the banning on those topics). The main idea would be to create a "poll and survey" subforum of General Discussion. So instead of those topics appearing in the main General Discussion forum (where discussions are supposed to take place), they would be placed elsewhere. That way, the people who create and respond to them will be able to post them, free from the harassment of the people who are against them. And the people who don't like them won't have to look at t hem anymore :P - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Haha General's been like that for years now. Learn to ignore, unless they can put those irritating posts against the rules, which I think is a good idea. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 It's a runescape forum, you're hardly going to find the greatest minds collabrating on whether the latest update "suckd!". Especially not on the general boards anyway. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I don't think bringing back the ban on no 'what-if' type threads is the right thing to do. While most are pretty useless, I have seen a few really good threads get locked because they were on hypothetical issues. The topic was filled with great debate, but the issue was hypothetical, so the thread was soon locked. I do agree though that something should be done to the general board so that both types of threads can keep going on. Just preferably separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infi Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 I don't think bringing back the ban on no 'what-if' type threads is the right thing to do. While most are pretty useless, I have seen a few really good threads get locked because they were on hypothetical issues. The topic was filled with great debate, but the issue was hypothetical, so the thread was soon locked. I do agree though that something should be done to the general board so that both types of threads can keep going on. Just preferably separately. I see you have some very valid points there. Going off topic, it was so long ago in 2004 were I posted the most stupid thread in General, and I remember it was you who corrected me! :shock: I guess I was a "newb" back then. :) It was something why the armour was all Zamorak trimmed in Tip.It's armoury pictures. Weird eh? :ohnoes: 99 Hits, Attack, Strength, Defence, Mage, Summoning, Slayer, Ranged, 96/99 Prayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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