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HaloGAF |OT| Not a thread about Halo

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Brolic Gaoler

formerly Alienshogun
Tashi said:
Thanks.

Suggestions:
1. Change thread title from HelloGAF to HaloGAF. This thread is an off topic community thread for HaloGAF and not Halo like the gaming side community Halo OTs

2. Have a mod play more Halo thus making them more invested in HaloGAF or just make one of us a mod for HaloGAF.
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I nominate Max er... Tashi.
 
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Garrett 2U

Member
Y2Kev said:
Since I've got a bunch of PMs, I can elaborate here so you can all see.

We've tried over the past few months to more closely manage large communities. One of the original ideas behind the Community Forum was to ensure that large communities did not continually dominate the first page of the main board (among other things). Additionally, since relocated to the Community Forum, I think you'd agree that you've been pretty loosely moderated.

As a result, we've gotten very regular complaints from posters both long-time and new (or trying to break in) about the conduct of certain posters in the thread, the topics being discussed, posts violating TOS, etc. The issue is not "PMing moderators too much." That mindset is part of the reason why this was necessary in the first place -- because some people may think that these threads aren't moderated and they can get away with breaking the rules. Breaking the thread into two components-- people who want to talk about Halo and people who simply like Halo and want to talk with other people who like Halo-- makes it easier on us to moderate the thread as well.

This is, of course, an issue separate from our initiative to prevent exclusive communities from forming or becoming isolated and/or insulated communities. We believe breaking apart the thread will allow new members to break into the game-related discussion and will prevent the community from becoming too isolated/insulated.

The thread locking does not have anything to do with one member or one person's actions. Yes, there have been lots of non-Halo related things posted in here that get cross-posted elsewhere. That's a reason why we're doing this but not the only reason.

If you have suggestions, we're open to hearing them.
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A large portion of the HaloGAF community just did not like Halo 4 for a very long time, so the quality of the posting decreased.
But it has actually been changing drastically in the past month.

I could have understood the thread being locked a few months ago, but not right now.
 
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Ramirez

Member
Tashi said:
Thanks.

Suggestions:
1. Change thread title from HelloGAF to HaloGAF. This thread is an off topic community thread for HaloGAF and not Halo like the gaming side community Halo OTs

2. Have a mod play more Halo thus making them more invested in HaloGAF or just make one of us a mod for HaloGAF.
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Tashi always puttin' that work in.
 
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Fracas

#fuckonami
Tashi said:
Thanks.

Suggestions:
1. Change thread title from HelloGAF to HaloGAF. This thread is an off topic community thread for HaloGAF and not Halo like the gaming side community Halo OTs

2. Have a mod play more Halo thus making them more invested in HaloGAF or just make one of us a mod for HaloGAF.
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An idea I've thought about for awhile is something like this. Choose an active, responsible "community mod" for large community threads. This poster only gets mod powers for the specific thread, and normal mods still keep tabs on what's going on.
 
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Woorloog

Banned
Garrett 2U said:
A large portion of the HaloGAF community just did not like Halo 4 for a very long time, so the quality of the posting decreased.
But it has actually been changing drastically in the past month.

I could have understood the thread being locked a few months ago, but not right now.
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Then there was the Xbox reveal which kinda cause chaos... an anomaly, i think.
 
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Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
Homeboyd said:
Missed this in the last OT,

"What's the difference between Plywood's favorite pornstar and Forge? One's Grey. And the other's a pornstar!"

But, good work son. Good work. RIP HaloGAF
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op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
now i'm more confused then ever. basically, the community thread just changed locations. that and dont be so insular.
 
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Woorloog

Banned
op_ivy said:
now i'm more confused then ever. basically, the community thread just changed locations. that and dont be so insular.
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I understand what the mods mean but the action wasn't ideal. But i guess there weren't many good solutions on short-term?
 
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Devolution

Member
Y2Kev said:
Since I've got a bunch of PMs, I can elaborate here so you can all see.

We've tried over the past few months to more closely manage large communities. One of the original ideas behind the Community Forum was to ensure that large communities did not continually dominate the first page of the main board (among other things). Additionally, since relocated to the Community Forum, I think you'd agree that you've been pretty loosely moderated.

As a result, we've gotten very regular complaints from posters both long-time and new (or trying to break in) about the conduct of certain posters in the thread, the topics being discussed, posts violating TOS, etc. The issue is not "PMing moderators too much." That mindset is part of the reason why this was necessary in the first place -- because some people may think that these threads aren't moderated and they can get away with breaking the rules. Breaking the thread into two components-- people who want to talk about Halo and people who simply like Halo and want to talk with other people who like Halo-- makes it easier on us to moderate the thread as well.

This is, of course, an issue separate from our initiative to prevent exclusive communities from forming or becoming isolated and/or insulated communities. We believe breaking apart the thread will allow new members to break into the game-related discussion and will prevent the community from becoming too isolated/insulated.

The thread locking does not have anything to do with one member or one person's actions. Yes, there have been lots of non-Halo related things posted in here that get cross-posted elsewhere. That's a reason why we're doing this but not the only reason.

If you have suggestions, we're open to hearing them.
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We had an influx of waypoint kids which weren't monitored properly. It's gone to shit since.
 
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Devolution

Member
Accidentally posted it in the Halo 4 thread, but the next OP should contain some rules. Halogaf is just different because many people do not post outside its hallowed walls.
 
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Chet Rippo

Member
Y2Kev said:
Since I've got a bunch of PMs, I can elaborate here so you can all see.

We've tried over the past few months to more closely manage large communities. One of the original ideas behind the Community Forum was to ensure that large communities did not continually dominate the first page of the main board (among other things). Additionally, since relocated to the Community Forum, I think you'd agree that you've been pretty loosely moderated.

As a result, we've gotten very regular complaints from posters both long-time and new (or trying to break in) about the conduct of certain posters in the thread, the topics being discussed, posts violating TOS, etc. The issue is not "PMing moderators too much." That mindset is part of the reason why this was necessary in the first place -- because some people may think that these threads aren't moderated and they can get away with breaking the rules. Breaking the thread into two components-- people who want to talk about Halo and people who simply like Halo and want to talk with other people who like Halo-- makes it easier on us to moderate the thread as well.

This is, of course, an issue separate from our initiative to prevent exclusive communities from forming or becoming isolated and/or insulated communities. We believe breaking apart the thread will allow new members to break into the game-related discussion and will prevent the community from becoming too isolated/insulated.

The thread locking does not have anything to do with one member or one person's actions. Yes, there have been lots of non-Halo related things posted in here that get cross-posted elsewhere. That's a reason why we're doing this but not the only reason.

If you have suggestions, we're open to hearing them.
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So you break up the thread so you have to moderate two threads instead? I don't get it.
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
I have to retrain my muscle memory to click Off Topic Community now.

unacceptable
 
B

Booshka

Member
lol ,what the fuck did you guys do.

This is all really 343's fault, if they made a good Halo we would be talking about it.
 
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