Code of Conduct Changes - Do better at least for optics

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Bk老虎 wrote:

Considering the OT forum offers no meaningful contribution to GGG's bottom line, I doubt they'd give it a second thought actually.

Building a community is hard, and keeping people interested in your game beyond a purely transactional relationship is a non-obvious problem. Think of all the times that the devs have chatted with people about non-game stuff, or all the guilds/clans/playgroups that have formed from the forums, or the charity drives that have been started.

Forums traditionally allow for people to group up and chat generally while being surrounded by advertising for the game, and all the fancy forum titles, challenge completions, badges, and avatars that they include in their supporter packs are part of it, too.

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Bk老虎 wrote:

OT is just a relic of times gone by when forums were more popular for general communication as well

Is it a good thing that "a place to hang out and chat" is becoming a relic?

Some businesses are better being purely transactional (think, corner store), some are better at being a place to hang out and coincidentally purchase things (think, coffee shop). Which kind of business is GGG?

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pneuma wrote:

Is it a good thing that "a place to hang out and chat" is becoming a relic?

Some businesses are better being purely transactional (think, corner store), some are better at being a place to hang out and coincidentally purchase things (think, coffee shop). Which kind of business is GGG?

In an ideal world, no. But if roughly 80% of the activity has become the kind of thing that'd be banned elsewhere, it's time for it to move on. After all, GGG is a game developer, not a political forum. There's no particular reason for a game developer to hire staff with special talent in moderating debates over politics.

Actually, this page has some excellent discussion. I think many good points have been made.

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pneuma wrote:
Some businesses are better being purely transactional (think, corner store), some are better at being a place to hang out and coincidentally purchase things (think, coffee shop). Which kind of business is GGG?

I think I will keep my opinion to myself on this one. GGG will just ban me for voicing an opinion that they don't care for. Or snip my post. Or whatever.

I think at this point it is pretty clear what sort of business they are. ;)

Look, just like current OT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmxFw1LAbo

Down to 40 post's in a week, well played building an active community.

Peace,

-Boem-

What's up with this thread, i post and no bumb or signal for a new message?

Ehh.

Peace,

-Boem-

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The_Impeacher wrote:

People are playing POE rather than posting in a dead end thread. Seems like mission accomplished. *hat tip* to the brass :)

True, makes me wonder what moderator will be fired as a result of this successfull mission.

Peace,

-Boem-

The horse this thread was riding on has already beaten to death many times over. All that's left is a big blob of Arby's horsey sauce.

Ya'll better be nice to me!

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Wraeclastian wrote:

Ya'll better be nice to me!

I think you're great. :)