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| 31 Aug 2017 09:52 PM |
Hi there, I am iMatthew90. I am a former OTer, and currently now an RN&Der. As most of you are aware, Roblox on July 27, 2017 made a huge update to the forums, which resulted in removing the most popular forum communities: Off Topic, All Things Roblox, and Roblox Talk. As a result of the forum merge, many users have quit Roblox just because of the update. Many users such as myself are extremely unhappy with the update, and want change to the forums. The point in this thread is to explain the reasons why it is necessary that we need an Off Topic subforum.
WHY WE NEED AN OFF TOPIC SUBFORUM (TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT REASONS):
1. Not everyone is interested in only Roblox-related discussions.
2. People are gonna post off topic anyways, adding an Off Topic subforum will majorly reduce the amounts of threads the mods have to delete on a daily basis.
3. Stops the constant petitioning and forum riots over the forum merge.
4. Drastically reduce the amount of spam and bots in places like RN&D and C&G
5. There really isn't anything much to talk about that is Roblox related. The only three things that you can really discuss anymore is all of the updates everyone is unhappy with, catalog items that are coming out, and the games everyone dislikes. The threads on the forums overall become extremely repetitive and uninteresting because there's too many alike threads. It gets boring talking about the same thing over and over. Off Topic gave us different topics to discuss which made the forums interesting.
6. It will make the community happier, even bringing back players who have quit because of the forum merge.
7. Allows users to interact and meet more users they would not necessarily see in game or on any other parts of the site. This can allow users to make more friends on Roblox.
8. I##will attract the attention and interest of more users, including even new players too.
9. More players means more people buying memberships, which equals more money.
10. Overall, adding back Off Topic will help boost Roblox's reputation with its users, as they don't have a good reputation right now.
COUNTERARGUMENTS (All persuasive texts including answering counterarguments)
"There are groups to talk about things besides Roblox."
> Strongly active groups with certain topics are hard to find, and its hard enough to recruit and get alot of people to join groups. Groups can only do so much to accomidate non-Roblox related topics, and most become inactive anyways. Overall, groups can become pretty inactive in general on here. Plus there is a limit to how many groups you can join. With Off Topic, there tons of different topics to engage conversation in.
"There is gonna be spam in Off Topic."
> There is spam everywhere you go on the site, not just on the forums. From groups to comments on places and items, there is alot of spam that happens within the site. People spam here in RN&D and every subforum. There has been more spam on RN&D than there has been on OT, ATR, and RT combined. It's just that the spam and bots problem will need to find a better way to detect with the system, closing down a majority of the forums is not the solution to that.
"This is Roblox."
> Roblox allows us the ability with groups to talk about other topics, but as I have stated, they become easily inactive and are hard to form and find. The forums were perfectly fine the way they were before the merge. Roblox only talk doesn't appeal to every user, as stated before, and there really isn't all that much to talk about that is Roblox related. Most of the threads are extremely repetitive, and and uninteresting because they all talk about the same three things. Off Topic allows users to engage in different topic conversations. It makes the forums alot more interesting and attracts more users, as stated.
(The forum rules does not state anything about no off topic discussions)
"Too confusing for new players."
> The forums have an easier layout now of where and what to talk about. Adding an Off Topic subforum would make it a place for new users to have different non-Roblox conversations as it is the only place there would be to talk about things besides Roblox. Plus, most new users usually are more towards the games rather than the forums.
"We want the forums to appeal all ages of the community"
> As from what I am aware of, the forums are mainly for 13+ users, as a majority of the forum community consists of older players. The younger part of the community is more about Roblox games than they are the forums. Plus its not like there are adult like conversations going on in the forums. Its a kids game.
This was quite a long thread, but this thread isnmeant to explain why we need an Off Topic subforum. Adding an off topic subforum is a major benefit to Roblox, the forums, and to the community as well. I know there have been way too many threads like this that are to get Off Topic back.
Signing this indeeds your full support in bringing back / adding Off Topic back to the forums. We need to get as much support on this as we can. If we were able to compromise with Roblox on the body colors update, maybe we can compromise with Roblox in adding back Off Topic to the subforums, or adding a section to the forums where we can talk about things besides Roblox. |
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| 31 Aug 2017 09:54 PM |
"Strongly active groups with certain topics are hard to find, and its hard enough to recruit and get alot of people to join groups. Groups can only do so much to accomidate non-Roblox related topics, and most become inactive anyways. Overall, groups can become pretty inactive in general on here. Plus there is a limit to how many groups you can join. With Off Topic, there tons of different topics to engage conversation in."
thank you this is what ive been trying to say about using the group wall to talk off topic
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| 31 Aug 2017 09:57 PM |
| Also, if anyone wants to add any points, feel free to do so. |
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| 31 Aug 2017 09:59 PM |
| Bump because we need support |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:01 PM |
| Please don't threadbump. I'm as happy as anyone else to have a central thread for discussing this topic, particularly one that encourages nuanced debate and has such a thoughtful collection of arguments, but repeated bumping is considered spam and might get the thread locked. |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:02 PM |
@Old
Sorry about that sir. I was not aware. |
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twinqle
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:03 PM |
support
lol that sounded better in my head |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:04 PM |
Support
Literally everyone is combined into the forums now, off topic and the other forums each reside in rn&d, lmad, and clans and guilds even though they don't post about what is supposed to.
Roblox did make the forums look much cleaner and organized, of course until you click and see what people are posting about. But it also looks very empty and boring when you look at the forums, it looks like it isn't finished as well.
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:04 PM |
the thing that suprises me most is that only one thing was censored
signature: V watch out kids, he eats tomato |
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babyjoby6
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:08 PM |
@Black
I agree. The thing I did like was that the forums now look alot cleanier and more organized. I will give Roblox that.
(@Old - I'm not sure if replying to other peoples comments is considered thread bumping) |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:10 PM |
| Nope, that's just discussion. As long as there's a conversation taking place it's good. Bumping is when no content is being added to the thread. |
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fizey
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:10 PM |
No support, follow the roblox rules and deal with their updates.
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Vqltix
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:10 PM |
Well put to together thread, support
ding dong your opinion is wrong |
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Zerknox
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A_Ferret
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:12 PM |
I didn't even have to read the thread to say support. I just want OT :(
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:14 PM |
i mean, off topic is like a must for any forums, it's one of the most important subforums to prevent off topic material from the main subforums
https://www.roblox.com/library/618537362/uhh-buy-this |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:16 PM |
@Ninja
Agreed. I think it was the best place to have discussions that weren't Roblox related. I think we still need a place like that, especially now that there is always off topic posts on RN&D |
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Zerknox
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:26 PM |
@Crit
Agreed. OT was a nice place just to talk about random things. I made friends on here through OT. |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:31 PM |
| we cant make suggestions anymore we need S&I as well |
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| 31 Aug 2017 10:39 PM |
@Jbp
Yeah S&I was nice as well to suggest our ideas and stuff. S&I was where I posted my ideas and stuff for Roblox when I wasn't making random posts on OT |
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