General thread quality isn't bad, because if you have ever been on any other forum with a general forum, you'd know that ALL general forums are like this. They are pretty much like this on all different forums, no matter what. So compared to all other websites this general forum is actually average and not bad.
I disagree. How many different forums have you been on? Since Minecraft has an audience that is largely teens, the threads here in off-topic often reflect this (i.e. zombie apocalypse threads, school ranting, how to ask a girl out, how to fight, etc.). However, if you went to a girls-only forum, or a forum about taking care of children, you would find much different topics being discussed in the off-topic section.
Your "it happens everywhere" argument is pure nonsense - if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump as well? Makes no sense to say we should have shitty topics just because this section is "off-topic".
I disagree. How many different forums have you been on? Since Minecraft has an audience that is largely teens, the threads here in off-topic often reflect this (i.e. zombie apocalypse threads, school ranting, how to ask a girl out, how to fight, etc.). However, if you went to a girls-only forum, or a forum about taking care of children, you would find much different topics being discussed in the off-topic section.
I have been on six different forums and they are all similiar quality to this one. In the General forums on other sites I usually find threads that are pretty much EXACTLY like the ones posted here. So I don't know why people make such a big fuss about it.
Your "it happens everywhere" argument is pure nonsense - if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump as well? Makes no sense to say we should have shitty topics just because this section is "off-topic".
I'm not saying that, but my point is that that's just the way the internet works. It's not going to change.
I'm not saying that, but my point is that that's just the way the internet works. It's not going to change.
Makes zero sense. Let's make another analogy since apparently you are unable to understand the first...
A lot of people die from disease. By your logic, it would "be the way life works" and there would be "no changing it". Why not try to find a cure for the diseases instead? Same goes for the forums. Why leave them in bad quality if you can "cure" them by making high-quality threads?
I have been on six different forums and they are all similiar quality to this one. In the General forums on other sites I usually find threads that are pretty much EXACTLY like the ones posted here. So I don't know why people make such a big fuss about it.
Uh, okay? I was arguing that different types of forums will have different audiences, and will therefore have different discussions in the off-topic section. You never provided what types of forums you were on, so your post is meaningless.
Comparing a forum to another forum is silly. What you need to do is look at quality over time. I think most of the people who have been here for a while would agree quality is constantly dropping, albeit at a low pace (unless it is summer, then at a high pace).
Yeah but this exact same thing happens everywhere.
Uh, okay? I was arguing that different types of forums will have different audiences, and will therefore have different discussions in the off-topic section. You never provided what types of forums you were on, so your post is meaningless.
I was on a:
Flash game forum
Social networking forum
A modding forum
An art forum
A music forum
A Halo related forum
And all of their general forums had pretty much the exact same types of topics as this.
Makes zero sense. Let's make another analogy since apparently you are unable to understand the first...
A lot of people die from disease. By your logic, it would "be the way life works" and there would be "no changing it". Why not try to find a cure for the diseases instead? Same goes for the forums. Why leave them in bad quality if you can "cure" them by making high-quality threads?
Because it's a matter of fact that not enough people actually care enough about the quality of threads to change anything.
This is the most ******** argument I've heard all week.
And degenerative generic posts like that that don't contribute to the discussion are made by people like you who let me tell you, do not contribute at all to making forums better.
And degenerative generic posts like that that don't contribute to the discussion are made by people like you who let me tell you, do not contribute at all to making forums better.
Wait. You're telling us that we should try to make the forum better, while saying the bad quality isn't something that can be changed?
And degenerative generic posts like that that don't contribute to the discussion are made by people like you who let me tell you, do not contribute at all to making forums better.
Sure it's not that it can't. It's just that for most of the people on that internet just don't make it better.
If you're going to make a ****ing rant on a public forum, I'm going to tell you what I think of it. This is a ******** argument. You're comparing a forum filled with tweens/teenagers to every other forum on the internet. Like Cue said, there are loads of different forums on the internet. There's hardware forums, gaming forums, fetish forums, etc. You're saying that forums like this are going to be filled with teenagers?
If you're going to make a ****ing rant on a public forum, I'm going to tell you what I think of it. This is a ******** argument. You're comparing a forum filled with tweens/teenagers to every other forum on the internet. Like Cue said, there are loads of different forums on the internet. There's hardware forums, gaming forums, fetish forums, etc. You're saying that forums like this are going to be filled with teenagers?
Teenager doesn't have to mean "immature" or "whiny". You can't assume that everyone in a certain group simply MUST have the same mindset.
Arguing like this is pointless. All forums are going to get a few bad posts in it's lifetime. The best you can do is educate the poster about it politely and move on.
If you're going to make a ****ing rant on a public forum, I'm going to tell you what I think of it. This is a ******** argument. You're comparing a forum filled with tweens/teenagers to every other forum on the internet. Like Cue said, there are loads of different forums on the internet. There's hardware forums, gaming forums, fetish forums, etc. You're saying that forums like this are going to be filled with teenagers?
You are quite mad over nothing. And I'm simply saying over viewing your history you don't look like the best poster yourself. Also, you imply that only teenagers make shitty threads. Which isn't true.
/Rant
A thread in the general forum.
I have been on six different forums and they are all similiar quality to this one. In the General forums on other sites I usually find threads that are pretty much EXACTLY like the ones posted here. So I don't know why people make such a big fuss about it.
I'm not saying that, but my point is that that's just the way the internet works. It's not going to change.
Makes zero sense. Let's make another analogy since apparently you are unable to understand the first...
A lot of people die from disease. By your logic, it would "be the way life works" and there would be "no changing it". Why not try to find a cure for the diseases instead? Same goes for the forums. Why leave them in bad quality if you can "cure" them by making high-quality threads?
Well...what's a high quality thread to you?
Uh, okay? I was arguing that different types of forums will have different audiences, and will therefore have different discussions in the off-topic section. You never provided what types of forums you were on, so your post is meaningless.
Yeah but this exact same thing happens everywhere.
I was on a:
Flash game forum
Social networking forum
A modding forum
An art forum
A music forum
A Halo related forum
And all of their general forums had pretty much the exact same types of topics as this.
Because it's a matter of fact that not enough people actually care enough about the quality of threads to change anything.
And degenerative generic posts like that that don't contribute to the discussion are made by people like you who let me tell you, do not contribute at all to making forums better.
Sure it's not that it can't. It's just that for most of the people on that internet just don't make it better.
Wait. You're telling us that we should try to make the forum better, while saying the bad quality isn't something that can be changed?
Spare me of your hypocrisy.
If you're going to make a ****ing rant on a public forum, I'm going to tell you what I think of it. This is a ******** argument. You're comparing a forum filled with tweens/teenagers to every other forum on the internet. Like Cue said, there are loads of different forums on the internet. There's hardware forums, gaming forums, fetish forums, etc. You're saying that forums like this are going to be filled with teenagers?
Can we stop arguing over who's better than who and the quality of the forums? I hate it when we can't just not worry about things and get along.
Teenager doesn't have to mean "immature" or "whiny". You can't assume that everyone in a certain group simply MUST have the same mindset.
That's the point I've been trying to make.
When did I say that?
Yeah.
Arguing like this is pointless. All forums are going to get a few bad posts in it's lifetime. The best you can do is educate the poster about it politely and move on.
So let's stop arguing and let's all be friends.
You explicitly connected "forums with teenagers" to "bad quality forums".
Of course my comment wasn't hostile, just trying to clear a misconception (generalization, actually)
You are quite mad over nothing. And I'm simply saying over viewing your history you don't look like the best poster yourself. Also, you imply that only teenagers make shitty threads. Which isn't true.