Forum changes - do we need a forum wipe?

[Lidiha-moon-guard]

No.

There’s no answer that can communicate this as clearly as No.

Actually, let me answer with a question: Is bigotry and hate, and attracting more of it to LGBTQ+ people, good for the forums?

[Madelke-mannoroth]

that’s a question for blizzard, not for me.

[Lidiha-moon-guard]

No, that’s one directed to you specifically.

[Madelke-mannoroth]

as these forums belong to blizzard, it is blizzard’s decision.

[Lidiha-moon-guard]

No, state it please.

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Aeryas-stormrage

not as long as we are being referred to the forums
by automated customer service/

so, in your opinion, do you think the only forums we need are the customer support forums?

[Pakapaka-aggramar]

Nah, we actually need some stuff brought back like the 1 Eye Willy pet post.

[Lidiha-moon-guard]

Still waiting for that answer to “Is bigotry and hate, and attracting more of it to LGBTQ+ people, good for the forums?”

[Veidmann-zuljin]

@Fuzzbutt-zuljin

You want someone like that to come back? Seriously?

They probably are one of those

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Pakapaka-aggramar

need some stuff brought back

sorry, im not familiar with that - what is that?

[Starlagosa-dentarg (Starlagosa)]

@Kaïne-pagle

I agree. Might need to lock gifs into stricter requirements if anything. People are too spam happy with them, no need for it and it will help the mods not waste time cleaning up.

This just sounds like a made up ‘reason’. ‘lead topics astray’. There’s no proof of this at all.
Don’t like the gif? Don’t look at it.

[Malgorok-zuljin]

So gone are the “itll get rid of derailing and trolling” and now its just pure “get rid of gifs”?

Seems like yet another pointless thing to get rid of considering how long it takes to earn the ability to post gifs

Maybe they’re just jealous they never reach that point so they never want anyone else to have it?

[Uncleruckus-darkspear]

@Ardmccloud-frostmourne

Does it really need it?

Nope.

The worst thing Blizzard did was wipe the original forums. There was some real gold in there and it’s all gone.

Lock threads after 30 days of inactivity and move on.

[Madelke-mannoroth]

@Starlagosa-dentarg

There’s no proof of this at all.

this is an example i used previously in this thread.

@Madelke-mannoroth

you could have just written “no” to convey that message.

which then causes one to ask the question “was the gif necessary?” as well as “does that gif distract from the message and create an atmosphere that is non-constructive?”

to the first question i would respond: No, you could have just written ‘no,’ so the gif was not necessary.

to the second question i would respond: Yes, it does create an atmosphere that is non-constructive - the actual picture of the gif - deathwing’s head on mario’s body - is distracting from the point you want to make, which makes the gif not productive: instead of someone looking at your message and seeing ‘no’, they see distracting images.

then you run into the situation where posters are now commenting on the image in your gif instead of the message, which hinders any productive conversation regarding the topic of the OP.

@Breadisfunny-turalyon

nintendo saw that. prepare to have the lawyers show up at your doorstep

see, this poster commented on your gif’s image and disregarded the message, which is the point of my request to remove gifs from the forum.

@Lidiha-moon-guard

NintenD’OH!

then we have another post in response to that.

@Breadisfunny-turalyon

jasperthatsalawsuit.

and finally another post in response to that.

so, as a result of your gif this thread, we saw three non-constructive posts whereas if you had just simply written “no”, the posters would have commented on your message instead of the off-topic image.

[Lidiha-moon-guard]

Still waiting: “Is bigotry and hate, and attracting more of it to LGBTQ+ people, good for the forums?” It isn’t hard to answer, really.

[Malgorok-zuljin]

Good chance they won’t answer like they refuse to answer every other question that has the chance to make them look bad if they answer it honestly

[Starlagosa-dentarg (Starlagosa)]

@Moofurìon-bleeding-hollow

Looks at abortion rates.

For real?

[Varidra-shadow-council]

[Teufelgott-shadowsong (Teufelgott)]

@Madelke-mannoroth

@Teufelgott-shadowsong

it’s extremely unlikely Blizzard will remove the forums entirely.

people also used to say “it is extremely unlikely that blizzard will stop doing blizzcons”.

As far as I’m aware, literally nobody ever said that.

But thanks for replying.

[Teufelgott-shadowsong (Teufelgott)]

@Madelke-mannoroth

could be good for the forums, honestly.

Yeah, that’s what we need, more bigotry and hate.