Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 12:41 AM |
C&G should have extreme enforcement to keeping it focused on clan talk only.
OT should have extreme enforcement on keeping out mindless threads such as "potato r big. discuss." It should be meant for literal conversation that's not related to any other forum.
There should be a Serious Discussion Forum. I see religious, political, and moral discussions way, way too often. Yes, it's against the rules however you don't enforce against it. It's unmonitored and the conversations are of poor quality and poor results.
We should have the Serious Discussion Forum so that people can post in there for all the religious and political debates which, considering this is a message board are unavoidable no matter what rules you put in place. They should have the same moderation any other forum does, except maybe lighten up on the word filtering (SPECIFICALLY not for swearing, but rather for broader discussion) and make it only accessible to 13+ accounts (18+ if that's ever made).
There should be a forum called Spambox. It would specifically be for threads that are like 'potato r big,' so that people wouldn't post them in OT because no matter what you do, people will post it. For all the mindless garbage we don't want in other forums, the obvious resolution is to place that mindless garbage in it's own designated forum (Spam Box, Serious Discussion, etc.).
This would help clean up the forums a ton and require a healthy dose of less unresponsible moderation so moderators can focus on a smaller stack of reports, and maybe actually focus on in-game reports too considering those have zero moderation.
Forums should be also filtered based on account groups (13-, 13+, 18+). This would help people who's parents monitor their accounts legitimately to keep them in a legitimately safe environment, and keep those who (like me) put my account to 1955 or whatnot just because I can and my parent is perfectly fine with no moderation as I'm responsible enough, to place myself in environments that I'd prefer rather than environments that I'm allowed making those who are suggestively responsible enough yet immature enough to spam garbage and do bonus nights and whatnot in their own threads. |
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 12:50 AM |
Also, since I'll probably heavily participate in Serious Discussion (since I do in just about every message board I attend as I like and participate in debate, whether over forums or in a club), I'd like to suggest some rules if that's implemented:
___________________________________________ Grammar, always. no tlkin lik diz.
Never use aggression, even if somebody else is using aggression. Don't call people names just because of their views, simply question it.
Don't get mad that you're being questioned because that's the point of the forum.
Don't simply say 'this view is wrong.' Say 'this view is wrong because ____ and ____,' as that's how you legitimately support your argument.
___________________________________________
Also, admins, remember that the MAIN PURPOSE for these two forums is to keep it out of every other forum because it disrupts the community greatly. |
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| 12 Jun 2012 12:57 AM |
Good idea, Neo.
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Wowgnomes
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:06 AM |
The 14+ demorgaphic is growing exponentially, if you know anything about Roblox's background.
It's the reason why they made the 13+ accounts. |
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:07 AM |
Gnomes, you've neglected to read the rules. Please go over them before posting here; thanks.
http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=69611372 |
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Wowgnomes
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:12 AM |
| 17, if you're going to post something ever in a message board, please post something useful. Just because the Roblox forums are horrid doesn't mean you should take part in that, unless you're no better than them. |
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Wowgnomes
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Wowgnomes
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:23 AM |
The site is ranked #1 in the US for total engagement time within the 8-14 yr old segment, and is rapidly growing in popularity amongst players a.ged 15+. Our vision is to become the leader in user-generated gaming for all a.ges, around the world.
Their mission statement here is clearly that they're trying to broaden the age boundaries to look less of a kids game and more of an all-around acknowledged game for all a.ge groups.
The fact that 13+ is now detectable will obviously result in more boundaries between the 12- and 13+ segments of the demographic.
Also, thank you for giving your supporting ideas. |
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Wowgnomes
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:44 AM |
"Kid," which regards to you as a narrow-minded person. It may or may not be a good idea to argue with you.
Probably about 6, yes. However, in-game there is a method to find out if a player is over or under 13. |
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Neo1035
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| 12 Jun 2012 01:45 AM |
>Do you really believe that roblox is more popular than minecraft? Definitely not. Minecraft has a lot more publicity than Roblox does by a landslide.
>look up http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=31580545 it doesn't exist, >minecraft has more players than roblox total It definitely does.
>now if you can find a way to determine who is what age, than by all means >compare the two.
There's a seperation between +13 and -13. |
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Evelio95
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| 12 Jun 2012 02:52 AM |
Simple solution;
Add more moderators, to enforce the rules. |
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| 12 Jun 2012 03:55 AM |
More moderators=less profit But then again more forums=more mods=less profit So why not keep it as it is, from a business standpoint it seems to be working well and you can't please everyone
If we just take a step back, a bigger picture we might view. |
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