F2P / P2P Certain boards

[RayOxide]

Seperating the general discussion boards was better, I go into general discussion and it's all about members stuff.

 

 

 

Help & Advice would be nice split into F2P and P2P aswell, it's all frustrating, so many people that need F2P help dont gen answered because of all the questions P2P'ers ask above them :)

 

 

 

Sorry if you find it spamming. I have no real way of convincing you.

 

I just think this is easier?

[tripsis]

From a moderator's standpoint, it's far more difficult. Sure General may be full of members stuff, but guess what, our old General P2P board was also full of threads that should have belonged in General. The way it was set up, General P2P was for all threads that were specifically for members. General was not necessarily for F2P discussions, but for anything that was not just for members (so things like "Post your outfit here" which are not strictly for members, would belong in General).

 

 

 

..but that's where the problems came. There were several users who would post a general thread incorrectly in the General P2P forum because it received more traffic. The thread would be correctly moved to General or locked with an explanation, but then the author would be upset that their thread was now in a forum with less traffic. So they would repost it in General P2P... so it would be moved/locked again... and then in a desperate attempt to keep their post in General P2P they would post it a third time, but instead change the wording to make it sound like it was for members only... when in reality it wasn't at all!

 

 

 

It just makes things far more difficult, in my opinion. If you're not interested in members/F2P, then ignore those threads.

[tryto]

Almost all the questions in H&A get answered quickly and promptly how it is, I dont see a need to separate.

[The_Sith]

Hi Ray! I don't mean to be shadowing you - just enjoy reading and commenting on these threads.

 

 

 

The current purpose of the Help/Advice board is to be fast-paced - post your question, get an answer, get out. It's up to the user to ensure it gets answered through bumps or catchy titles. If a F2P question isn't being answered, it may be that the question wasn't worded properly or that the question has been answered many times before. I wouldn't put the blame solely on the fact that there are P2P questions there too. :)

 

 

 

As far as General goes, Tripsis pretty much hit the nail on the head. Having two separate boards made things far too ambiguous - where would people discuss Tip.it related things? Or perhaps RuneScape items that were neither F2P nor P2P? In almost all cases, people flocked to the P2P board because it was more active. Having two separate boards became pointless from a staff perspective and, after discussing it with users, it was decided to merge the two boards.

 

 

 

That being said, I do think General could be improved somewhat. I'm just not sure how and I don't think the answer lies in splitting up the boards again.