Sovereign. Forgive me for being a bit blunt but… People aren’t seeing even 1/10th of what you see because most of us do not create as many threads as you do.
Especially about the bulk of what you make your threads about. Increased output in content is bound to have an increase in input of all kinds.Especially if most of it is focused on only 1 to 3 topics.
Anyone making as many threads as you do about any specific hero would experience the same lash back. Heck, I have finally talked enough in Sym threads that I got told by someone to stop talking in Sym threads just the other day.
Increased visibility makes for increased targeting. it comes with the territory.
Like if I quoted this post is it against the code of conduct?
I am just wondering, not implying anything by doing so. I am trying to figure out what is going on with this and follow and adhere to the rules as closely as I can.
So long as it’s not inflammatory, I wouldn’t think there would be an issue, but based on your description of your plans, I believe it might be taken out of context.
If I link it as a post for purely forum purposes, sure.
If I linked one of Aria’s posts and went, “lol, look at that dumb post”, that is against it.
Very extreme example though.
I think at this point you would run a substantial risk of getting flagged for spamming, because 150+ posts is a lot of posts, and chain-quoting them will end up producing a huge page of material that has already been published on the forums once before.
If you really are set on doing a full, exhaustive list, maybe stick permalinks to the relevant posts in a Google Doc spreadsheet or something, and then use a link to that spreadsheet in your post. Report your findings (e.g. “100 people said things in X category; 38 people said Y; 50 instances of Z”), and then point to the exhaustive list that people can click through to read if they want.
I think the whole Mercy fracas on the forums could stand to tone the heck down, but nobody wants to read through a whole page of cut-and-paste venom.
Additionally, this could easily read as a name-and-shame kind of thing (e.g. “Look at all these mean people saying bad things”). I think the more you can go, “Here’s the conclusion: [insert aggregate numbers here], and I can provide a document to link to all the specific posts”, the less likely it’s going to read as ganging up on anyone in particular, PLUS you won’t post a mini-novel full of unoriginal material.
Creating threads with the sole purpose of linking another post
If a player is found to have participated in such actions, he/she will:
Be given a temporary ban from the forums
Basically, don’t just post a link to promote your own cause in another person’s thread. It is okay to post a link if it helps it helps contribute to that thread’s discussion, such as providing the link to a forum thread where there was a developer response.
