Posted by rogelio on 8/21/2017 7:00:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 8/21/2017 11:17:00 AM (view original):
Still LOL-y.
Alienating any user is poor business sense. But, yes, the forums could be improved. Worrying about volume or who's posting is nonsense. WHAT they're posting matters. I'd start in this thread. You have plenty of negativity about the change and seble himself. From "users" with no teams. Start there. Who cares is spud posted under his alias? Block him. Block me. This isn't a safe space for snowflakes. It's a somewhat public forum.
How much can you contradict yourself!!!
You are for viewpoint censorship, but pro-alias abuse. Folks that cannot handle alias abuse are snowflakes, but you are concerned about censoring "what" people are posting?!
If you are not playing, then you aren't a current user entitled to post. If you are playing, then you will have games played and will be able to continue posting. Simple.
Sigh.
1. We KNOW new users aren't flowing in. A reasonable time to re-up is fine. 30 days, 60 days, whatever. But removing a user from the "rotation" so speak, in all likelihood removes a potential returnee. That said, if a user with no teams is being abusive to other users or **** talking the games itself, remove his posting rights immediately instead of the 30/60/90 day waiting period. I'm sure that $4.95 introductory price will be a deterrent from signing up to resume the same behavior(sarcasm).
2. All users can be blocked if they are simply annoying. Block them. The words behind the block won't harm you any more, or less, than the ones you can't help but read. And, if they're being abusive to others or the game, remove their posting rights. But don't let every snowflake dictate what can be posted. Me saying "Worrying about volume or who's posting is nonsense" is not abusive. It's a differing opinion. Even saying "Sweating the forums while there are so many other things that need attention is stupid" is not abusive.
There is no contradiction. I've complained about colonels and kcsundevil because they were **** talking the game and had no teams. I've also said there's no place in the forums for mully or lakvin because their only contributions are "You suck" or "The game sucks". They have teams but are "quitting when credits run out."
All that said, I spent more time addressing your terrible idea than SportsHub should spend on addressing the forums. The site needs users not ways to restrict users.