Player Features and Ideas Discussion

For many of us "bitter vet" posters, who have been paying attention to the forums for longer than one month, we have seen instances where characters suddenly spam like 50,000 posts all over the place.

I hate this, and you probably do/should, because those posts are inevitably stupid/ranting/whiny spam.

Also, there are loads of threads out there that consist of the words "Edited at blankety blank time by OP:

Deleted"

These threads are made possible by the convenient location of the "New Topic" button next to the "Reply" button.

However, in regards to this second issue, I have read the dev blogs (unlike 99 freakin' percent of you who insist on saying stupid things clearly contradicted by CCP that would be obvious to you had you chosen to even pursue basic knowledge pertaining to the subject) and I know that the forums are due for a complete redesign soon, so the button placement point is probably totally moot.

That still leaves my first problem. Which lends itself to such an obvious solution: add a 20 minute timer between posting new threads. I mean, come on, really: how many threads does a person really need to make in a day? How badly would this change affect the community? The answer to those questions is: maybe 2 tops, and not in any meaningful way. With the cons to this listed, it is obvious that some dude at CCP should enact this change.

Save us from stupidity, ISDs. Save us...from ourselves. (and from the likes of frogout) Add the New Topic delay. Be an hero.

GET AN AVATAR.

bitter vet
one month

Why can't all your posts be like your face?

No, I love whiny/trolly/spam threads. It reminds me of the old GD.

Thread has been moved to Features & Ideas Discussion.

I believe the possibility of a new thread delay has been brought up with the development team of Forums 2.0. Unfortunately there is nothing there can be done in the meantime, though. ISD/CCL only moderate the forums (lock, edit, or delete posts), and cannot do anything beyond that. The Community Team oversee the process, resolve disputes, and handle bans (plus some other stuff), but they cannot effect code changes either.