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Suggestion: Add a pinned "Declined Suggestions" thread

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I've lost track of how many "Allow users to delete posts" suggestion threads have been made, along with suggestions for a disagree button, etc.

 

Maybe pin a topic in the suggestions subforum listing the most common suggestions that were declined, and why they were declined.

 

I feel like it might help keep the suggestions subforum a bit cleaner :) 

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Most of the time the people who lack the logic to see the obvious flaw in their suggestion, aren't the type of people to check a pinned thread. Though yes, there are times when I think of something, not sure if it's been brought up before, can't be arsed to search through threads and just don't bother.  

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better suggestion- record a video of @colonel_mortis screaming at users what not to suggest  (And I mean in like an insane desperate voice) and force them to watch all of it before posting a thread. LTT serves videos now, should be easy. 

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That's actually brilliant...

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On 31/12/2016 at 9:31 PM, Ryan_Vickers said:

That's actually brilliant...

I did made a similar suggestion b4 but it got lost in time

 

 

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even just a stickied thread with "[Read Before Posting] Suggestions Guidelines" that has a list of what not to suggest would help.

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I personally am backing this idea. It would be useful for tracking purposes, but I imagine some people will simply ignore it.

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53 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I personally am backing this idea. It would be useful for tracking purposes, but I imagine some people will simply ignore it.

Damn those some people.

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3 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Damn those some people.

That's racist...

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52 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Instant ban!

 

Maybe not...

A warning point

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On 1/3/2017 at 3:09 AM, Godlygamer23 said:

I personally am backing this idea. It would be useful for tracking purposes, but I imagine some people will simply ignore it.

But you just link the thread to them instead of explaining every single time why why and WHY. 

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Why hasn't this been done yet! Do it now!

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1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

As much as this will be useful, it will be glossed over by most people who should've read it. :)

Perhaps, but at least we can just answer with a link to it (when appropriate) rather than explaining over and over

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4 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

As much as this will be useful, it will be glossed over by most people who should've read it. :)

I have a solution to MAKE people read ALL the rules for ALL the sections but it would require a lot of work on the part of staff and would require them to work together as a team to get it done. I'm assuming that staff have hidden section(s) where they can work on topics together before publication and do multiple drafts of said topics. Okay, onto the idea:

 

All new accounts should be redirected to this page upon their very very first registration/login. Possibly automatically send them a PM as well with a link to it for their reference in the future.

 

1 Mega rules topic stickied and locked wherever appropriate, and have it have sections to it like a Wiki article where you can click 'contents links' to go to a specific section of it. It should start with something along the lines of "Welcome to the LinusTechTips Forum!

 

Before you start posting please read this topic. These rules will help you get the most out of your time here and make the forum better for everyone. On the off chance that you break them, you will get warnings and potentially be banned."

 

and then have the regular rules/guidelines to be followed throughout the forum perhaps followed by 'contents links' to each section's specific rules.

 

This would be a codification of the common sense guidelines that the staff uses to maintain the forum's high quality. The way staff chooses to apply them will depend on the context as it has in the past.

 

This would also be a conscious decision of quality of posts over quantity.

 

Note: This is just a suggestion, and obviously it could be changed or parts of it could be used and others left out.

 

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6 minutes ago, DKL said:

All new accounts should be redirected to this page upon their very very first registration/login. Possibly automatically send them a PM as well with a link to it for their reference in the future.

Even if you did that, there's also a good chance few will still read it. They'll gloss over it like an EULA, looking for that "LET ME CONTINUE" button.

 

People just look for the easy way: asking someone. :/

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3 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Even if you did that, there's also a good chance few will still read it. They'll gloss over it like an EULA, looking for that "LET ME CONTINUE" button.

 

People just look for the easy way: asking someone. :/

Then warn them? Seriously, if you give consistent punishment for bad behavior it will stop said behavior. If you try to ignore it then it will grow until people start really complaining/leaving and then it becomes harder to stop.

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15 minutes ago, DKL said:

Then warn them? Seriously, if you give consistent punishment for bad behavior it will stop said behavior. If you try to ignore it then it will grow until people start really complaining/leaving and then it becomes harder to stop.

xD oh, how I wish that was true... 

 

There is a long list of banned users who stand as an exception to your statement :P 

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3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

xD oh, how I wish that was true... 

 

There is a long list of banned users who stand as an exception to your statement :P 

For good reason :D

 

like I said, this is just suggestions. Take what you will, reject what you won't.

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6 hours ago, DKL said:

All new accounts should be redirected to this page upon their very very first registration/login. Possibly automatically send them a PM as well with a link to it for their reference in the future.

 

Auto-PM consisting links to CS, Welcome thread, something about most common subforums for new users and how to contact moderators would be good idea. The fact that every user accepts CS is already a thing. They don't have to read it, but since they do accept it, there's no way arguing about not knowing the rules.

 

6 hours ago, DKL said:

1 Mega rules topic stickied and locked wherever appropriate, and have it have sections to it like a Wiki article where you can click 'contents links' to go to a specific section of it. It should start with something along the lines of "Welcome to the LinusTechTips Forum!

 

The Community Standards is literally on top of every single page. Do we really need more than that?

 

6 hours ago, DKL said:

and then have the regular rules/guidelines to be followed throughout the forum perhaps followed by 'contents links' to each section's specific rules.

 

Relevant subforums already have their own rules (mainly TN&R and Classifieds). Plus FAQs under Troubleshooting, NP&P, Folding/Mining and Water Cooling. People still posts topics about questions answered there. Or leave out info which is then asked in first reply.

 

In all, having stickie would help, but only a bit. Like before forum upgrade bit under year ago, we had just two threads for suggestions and bugs. Suggestion one had (very old and outdated) listing of common suggestions and their status. I have wondered why Mortis doesn't do it here ever since.

 

I have my own "stickie" for threads about forum app queries. I've thought about doing another, but simpler about other common requests. Like chat function, move/delete/lock for users, various spam protections and other such.

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Heh, been over a year since I joined. Guess I forgot some things ^^'

Ty for pointing that out for me @LoGiCalDrm

Well, I just think there should be one centralized place as well for all the rules. It's not uncommon for someone to ignore the first few lines when reading... possibly just searching for a new topic button and not realizing that there is rules for the section they are in that are specific to that section.

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2 minutes ago, DKL said:

Heh, been over a year since I joined. Guess I forgot some things ^^'

Ty for pointing that out for me @LoGiCalDrm

Well, I just think there should be one centralized place as well for all the rules. It's not uncommon for someone to ignore the first few lines when reading... possibly just searching for a new topic button and not realizing that there is rules for the section they are in that are specific to that section.

How more centralized can it get? But like said, I'm all for PM containing some common infos. Its common on other communities, so why not here too. There will be people who ignore it still. But its not like informative threads are easy to find. Like FAQ and LTT suggestions/sponsor threads.

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That's what I get for posting at 5AM lol! Looked there and didn't see the links, looked again and saw them now. :$

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On ‎1‎/‎3‎/‎2017 at 10:09 AM, Godlygamer23 said:

I personally am backing this idea. It would be useful for tracking purposes, but I imagine some people will simply ignore it.

So is it gonna happen?

 

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