2013-03-20, 06:04
Quote:The Off-Topic Forum was originally removed due to it attracting ridiculous amounts of spam. We quickly realized that we NEEDED a dumping ground for Off-Topic threads that weren't so Off-Topic as to be deletable. We've decided to bring back the Off-Topic forum but with thread creation disabled. So there will be no user created threads here, but threads a moderator deems off topic can be moved here and discussion can continue. This DOES NOT mean you can create threads where ever you want and request they be moved to the Off-Topic Forum. Threads created in this fashion, or otherwise aiming to exploit the Off-Topic forum usage, will be deleted. The team would like to keep the focus of the forums as a whole on XBMC. Thanks for understanding and respecting our decision.
I noticed that you guys don't offer people to willingly post in Off-Topic. While I think this has it's merits, I think the goal you had in mind is actually gotten worse due to this fact. If you allow people to post threads in Off-Topic, most will probably post there instead of mult-threading or private messaging you(team...guys). Your guy's definition of "spam" to me is unknown because Off-Topic isn't worth digging in but I think if you renamed Off-Topic to Off-Topic/Skeptic Threads, remove the lock and give a moderator(old or newly hired for this) and he/she can have specific moderation abilities in that part of the forum. This would ease the stress of those constant post you guys move, merge and delete not to mention making your regular's happy. Heck. Get some bots and a reliable moderator all up in that section and you guys got yourself a armored fortress of simplicity. I've been a moderator on a few forums and a temporary administrator on fewer forums and we did the very same thing. And yes it worked.
Not to be mean but I think you guys are making this a bigger deal than it really is...