Suggestions for Improvement

[Dr. Javelin]

this thread has turned quite hostile

i...i think i'll be going now

 

[Xiahou Ba]

is humor banned in this board?

wtf is this?

Suggestions for Improvement should be something taken seriously. This isn't Mindless Junk or even some discussion about something. It's a suggestion topic on what to make this forum better, and nonconstructive comments such as yours don't do anything to help this place.

 

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

Even if they're guidelines, they still need to be enforced at points

Rules exist to be broken, remember.

No that's *bleep*ing and you are stupid for saying that if you make a rule and don't enforce it then why the *bleep* would it be a rule

Please. You're not just saying I'm stupid. You are calling masses of the population, and famous people stupid. Half of the world thinks like that.

 

[Kong Rong]

Even if they're guidelines, they still need to be enforced at points

Rules exist to be broken, remember.

No that's *bleep*ing and you are stupid for saying that if you make a rule and don't enforce it then why the *bleep* would it be a rule

Please. You're not just saying I'm stupid. You are calling masses of the population, and famous people stupid. Half of the world thinks like that.

And there all stupid for thinking that

 

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

I feel very, very, very offended at that.

 

[Superchao]

Hi, you're definitely turning this thread into an irrelevant conversation and we can't have that here. Knock it off, thanks.

 

[Lakituthequick]

I shall be quoting my suggestion again since this thread is great in burying things.

The mobile version seems to lack a "Mark [topic] unread" button. Is it possible to add that?

 

[GalacticPetey]

This may seem like a stupid suggestion. Hell, I don't even know of it's possible. Regardless, I think it may be helpful to have a small notification when your next post is about to start a new page. Toho Kingdom has a feature like this.

A lot of times, if you have the first post on a new page during a discussion, it may be hard to see what that person is referring to. If people know they are about to start a new page, they can add a quote of whatever they are responding to.

Again, maybe pointless, but it could be helpful.

 

[Lin Beifong]

I would like to propose the addition of the following rule:

Do not use your religious beliefs (or lack thereof) to demean another person or group of people. This includes statements such as "God does not love (x) because (y)", "God does not exist and (x) is (y) for believing it", "(x) is a sinner for (y)", "(x)'s god is false", "(x) will go to hell for (y)", as well as implying your beliefs make you better than everyone else. This does NOT include the discussion of religious subjects when it is generally appropriate and expected.

The reason I would like to see this added is because these are a specific sub-category of insults that can fly under the radar of the "no flaming" rule for not being as "hard" as other flames while serving the exact same intent.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

The no flaming rule (rule 8) says "show respect to all members" though, and doesn't that technically fall under trolling too since it would provoke people to respond inappropriately?

 

[Lin Beifong]

Technically, yes. But as I explained, the no flaming rule is so ambiguous it's possible to wriggle yourself free from it if you stick to backhanded implications in favor of outright insults, and often applying the rule in this context at least seems to stretch it so much it becomes questionable.

By making this a definite rule that does not need to be stretched in order to apply, it would become much harder for these groups to spread hate and dodge the repercussions.