hecter wrote:Ditocoaf wrote:I was mostly just talking about why it can be okay for some posts not to be counted; I don't know anything about the FW forum (I've never posted there). I think the reason that it's still counted is that it's intended to be about the game, but if people aren't actually using it to argue about actual games as desired by the staff, then I guess it shouldn't be counted either.
Well, technically everything in there is about the game and/or it's players, but I just don't think that "*insert CC in general/dice/player name* is a *insert profanities* *insert descriptive and disgusting thing about sex*" really constitutes useful and helpful discussion that will help the site grow.
I also don't like the message that not counting posts in IK sends. In itself, it's a very trivial matter; post count doesn't actually mean anything. But it sends the message that IK is just some stupid spam board and that's all it's good for, rather than a place more like the cliched watercooler in an office, where you can go, hang out, chat about nothing or discuss important cultural topics, get some help with something (non-CC related), ect.
Well, I think the post count is designed to show your CC-related experience. Someone could join, not play a single game, not even know how to play, and discuss politics constantly in IK; this would give them a high post-count, but no knowledge of the game.
I'm not sure how well this concept will apply to this community, but in others, it's helped people know who to look to regarding game issues. People still use the off-topic forums for meaningful discourse, but that meaningful discourse could take place anywhere, and has no purpose to that website.
I can see two potentials for FW: What it is now (people insulting other people, trying to either shock readers, or make themselves look BA,), and what it was meant to be (a place to say, "you suck at playing CN, look at what you did in game 1234567!" and debate who plays the worst). The former definitely does not relate to the game; the second does. Using the rationale I mentioned above, then either FW should be regulated to game-realted trash talk, or FW posts shouldn't count. This is of course if the limited post-count stays in effect.
