This thread should have to be approved

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New threads should be approved by a moderator before they are added to the official WoW forums. That way, inflammatory posts and troll posts that survive when the mods aren’t around will not make it onto the forums.

I don’t think this should apply to comments to existing threads, though, or certain forum sections like the tech support forum.

Additionally, new threads that are similar to existing threads wouldn’t spam the forums anymore, as the mod would see that the thread is just like others they’ve approved and either reject the post or plop it as a comment into the existing thread.

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This thread wouldn’t make it then.

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I approve.

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Probably not, as if it were made during a time when the forum is structured in this way, the thread would simply be redundant.

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holy cow the rage that would occur

the people that would get all mouth frothingly livid about “muh first amendment RITES”

it would be glorious

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I think you’re right that people might be upset about it! And we wouldn’t see it!

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Dear OP,
Why do you care what others post? If it is something you dislike/don’t agree with/find offensive/etc., then scroll on by. No one forces anyone to read what others have written.

I believe people spend too much time and energy worrying/stressing/fretting about what others write when all the person needs to do is to scroll on by.

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I would just get mad if it wasn’t approved in a timely manner. I assume since moderation doesn’t happen in a timely manner, neither would something like this. I think Clark made a post a few days ago saying this is what they do in China. I don’t know how well that works for them.

But I do think it would be hilarious as well.

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Why should everyone have to scroll by when one person is being a troll?

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That would require mods to actually visit. That ain’t happening. Customer service blows

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She believes then only threads that support her narratives would survive; in short: it’s about control, as always.

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yea I honestly don’t know if our much loved gnome OP is serious or not, but I wouldn’t want to participate in a forum where only company approved comments get through.

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I believe that threads that are actually about WoW would survive, here, on the official WoW forums, if that’s what you mean.

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I’m torn. If I flag it, it helps you get your wish where a moderator looks at this thread and approves/disapproves it. But it goes against my nature to flag any of your stuff because you’re one of my favourite Gnomes.

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I think the forums would have a lot of productive discussion… but it would be boring AF.

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That’s reasonable, I think that waiting for all comments would be really annoying. I’m mainly thinking that threads (and threads only) would need approval before going live. Anyone can comment and have it show up immediately, same as now. I think it would really hamper discussions if people had to wait on replies to be approved.

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Red, there’s another gnome we all hate you could flag instead

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I don’t hate anyone though.

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Oh look, she’s obsessed with me, even though I only rarely care to actually call out her stupidity

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Are you the gnome they’re talking about? You’re so cute! How?

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