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Kura April 21st, 2013 12:27 PM

To be honest, I'm still a bit weary of the idea because I feel that it's strange that discussion-like subsections such as tabletop games were taken out.. in favour of something member-centric..

Maybe I'm just an old fogey who remembers the old DCC just being a grand "hey lets put on a topic where everyone contributes and we learn more about each other" and memberclubs being an ego-stroke then so I just feel that there are other alternatives to making a whole section dedicated to it unless it's somewhere like Other Trivia's subsection where posts wont matter so it wont be like a giant competition of people saying to others "POST IN MY THREAD GOGOGOGO GO!!"

Shiny Celebi April 21st, 2013 1:15 PM

I would think there could be a rule there that prevents people from hijacking other's AMA threads? So posts that say "go post in my thread plz" would be not allowed.I can see that it would probably have to be heavily moderated to not turn into that, though I still think the idea of an AMA section is great overall.

Nathan April 21st, 2013 1:23 PM

@Shiny Celebi
That could MAYBE count as spam. It depends on HStaff though, I hope they accept it as it sounds like a very nice idea.

Kura April 21st, 2013 1:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiny Celebi (Post 7634448)
I would think there could be a rule there that prevents people from hijacking other's AMA threads? So posts that say "go post in my thread plz" would be not allowed.I can see that it would probably have to be heavily moderated to not turn into that, though I still think the idea of an AMA section is great overall.

I could see it more on VMs, IRC, Battle Server, MSN, blogs, DCC, etc.. places like that, not directly in the section.. but people who will bring it up anyways just because they want their thread bumped for the heck of it.

Either way, we could always try it out and then shut it down if it's not working out, but my point still stands that I dislike how discussion based Subsections have been taken out in favor of something member-centric.

Another solution instead of a whole subsection would be something like the picture thread had: One thread for questions, another thread for answers. This would be put in other trivia to prevent people from spamming the first thread with too many questions over and over again in new posts. Hear me out here.
There are 2 threads, the question thread, and the answer thread. The first thread is sorta like the poll of the week. People contribute questions throughout, and at the end of every week, all of those questions get bolded/ added/ replaced onto the first posts of both threads (or maybe only the answer thread; it's up to the mod.)
Then in the second thread, people sorta do what they do in OVP threads, where they copy/paste those questions they want to answer that week, in a post, and answer them below in bolded text. You know.. like
Example:
what is your favourite food?
I really love pasta!

(or vice versa with the bolding)

That way, people can still contribute questions to the first thread continuously, and the answers don't get jumbled in with the answers thread. People have a week to answer the questions they want to answer, everyone can participate, and no one gets looked over.
After all, people might be uncomfortable answering a question directly asked to them but might feel that they have to or they'd be ignoring the other person. This is a great solution for it!!

Maybe we can also help keep it uncluttered by saying that each person can only ask one question per week so we dont get a flood of possible questions, too.

How does that sound for an alternative?

droomph April 21st, 2013 2:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kura (Post 7634477)
I could see it more on VMs, IRC, Battle Server, MSN, blogs, DCC, etc.. places like that, not directly in the section.. but people who will bring it up anyways just because they want their thread bumped for the heck of it.

Either way, we could always try it out and then shut it down if it's not working out, but my point still stands that I dislike how discussion based Subsections have been taken out in favor of something member-centric.

Another solution instead of a whole subsection would be something like the picture thread had: One thread for questions, another thread for answers. This would be put in other trivia to prevent people from spamming the first thread with too many questions over and over again in new posts. Hear me out here.
There are 2 threads, the question thread, and the answer thread. The first thread is sorta like the poll of the week. People contribute questions throughout, and at the end of every week, all of those questions get bolded/ added/ replaced onto the first posts of both threads (or maybe only the answer thread; it's up to the mod.)
Then in the second thread, people sorta do what they do in OVP threads, where they copy/paste those questions they want to answer that week, in a post, and answer them below in bolded text. You know.. like
Example:
what is your favourite food?
I really love pasta!

(or vice versa with the bolding)

That way, people can still contribute questions to the first thread continuously, and the answers don't get jumbled in with the answers thread. People have a week to answer the questions they want to answer, everyone can participate, and no one gets looked over.
After all, people might be uncomfortable answering a question directly asked to them but might feel that they have to or they'd be ignoring the other person. This is a great solution for it!!

Maybe we can also help keep it uncluttered by saying that each person can only ask one question per week so we dont get a flood of possible questions, too.

How does that sound for an alternative?

Well, looking at Reddit AMA:



now, I'm not saying GO COPY THEM (in fact, the opposite), but we can take a few pointers from them. For example, the reply format should be default here over the linear format. And then…

…anything else?

Okay, I admit that it wasn't a good solution, but I would think without it, it would go something like the celebrations thread, which isn't that bad actually.

Nick April 21st, 2013 5:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by droomph (Post 7634249)
So… since I'm not so experienced in dictatorship, how long would this take? Just curious

Except for the trolls but we all know that can't be helped

Anywhere between 48 hours and the end of time. Hard to say. Depends on the reception, and ironing out details, and so on and so forth.

Nick April 28th, 2013 7:24 PM

Just wanted to let you guys know that majority voted in favor of testing it out with supporters, so pretty soon you'll have a new forum to spam contribute to. :)

Her April 28th, 2013 8:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patchisou Yutohru (Post 7643115)
Just wanted to let you guys know that majority voted in favor of testing it out with supporters, so pretty soon you'll have a new forum to spam contribute to. :)

Not that I'm not very happy about this, but I'm just curious as to why this is being tested out with supporters rather than the general public? Again, very satisfied this is coming into existence and what not.

droomph April 28th, 2013 9:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harlequin (Post 7643204)
Not that I'm not very happy about this, but I'm just curious as to why this is being tested out with supporters rather than the general public? Again, very satisfied this is coming into existence and what not.

We're the test-group for PokéCommunity Inc., kinda like how KFC tests their new products in Missouri or something to see whether people will like it.

Hikamaru April 28th, 2013 9:35 PM

I'm glad it's finally going to be implemented, and I'm lucky me and my fellow Supporters get to be among the first to trial it!

Treecko April 28th, 2013 9:58 PM

Good to hear this actually getting off the ground soon, I can't wait to test it out myself.

antemortem April 28th, 2013 10:19 PM

Next let's make it so only regular members can participate. :)

Synerjee April 28th, 2013 10:26 PM

Ooh, can't wait to test this thing out! Hope it goes well.

Elaitenstile April 29th, 2013 1:07 AM

How about two of my suggestions for this will-be forum...

★A "Who's that member" thread. This will give faint clues about who the member is, and the guessers should guess the correct one. Obviously his/her friends will find it easier to guess, so that will lead people to interact with more people. Also the member chosen shouldn't be notified, because he might tip his friend that it is him (it will be funny to see a person who guessed himself!)

★Moar frequent MotYs. Something like a Member of the Month will do. Because we have to wait a whole year and it will give publicity to the MotY.

Her April 29th, 2013 2:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ★Hoenn★ (Post 7643394)
★Moar frequent MotYs. Something like a Member of the Month will do. Because we have to wait a whole year and it will give publicity to the MotY.

As far as I know, due to abuse by um, various members (me), MOTM's aren't going to happen again because they only give rise to popularity issues and what not.

bobandbill April 29th, 2013 3:34 AM

Yeah, I wouldn't be for MotM coming back (and that'd just possibly promote one of the issues that this section makes me worry about!)

Aryan143 April 29th, 2013 6:12 AM

Then we can make MOTQ or Month of the Quarter which can be held every three months.

Treecko April 29th, 2013 6:17 AM

I think what he's saying is that the only thing similar to MOTM that will ever happen would be MOFY. No matter how often it happens though it will probably end up being more of a popularity contest though.So I don't think that's what's gonna happen in this new section.

Nihilego April 29th, 2013 6:22 AM

Yeah, no from me to MotY happening any more than once a year (indeed, if it was my choice, it'd be scrapped completely but there's another time and place for that!) since it's a fairly big event, can turn into a popularity contest if held too often, PC might not even hold that level of activity any more, etc. I think MotY is fine as it is.

Nick April 29th, 2013 7:32 AM

Member of the Year has nothing to do with the Member Interaction Center, so if that's what you want to talk about and maybe get more of, please make a new thread to discuss that. :/

Honest April 29th, 2013 3:03 PM

Let the MotM thing be yearly, if not decade-ly.

ANYWAY. I'm quite pleased to hear that we're having a test run, it should be awesome. I really think this can be a success, we just have to stick with it. =D

Nathan April 29th, 2013 3:22 PM

I wasn't around enough to test MotM. I'm really happy this idea was approved. I hope it comes soon enough available to regular members. Can't wait to use/help.

droomph April 29th, 2013 3:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patchisou Yutohru (Post 7643635)
Member of the Year has nothing to do with the Member Interaction Center, so if that's what you want to talk about and maybe get more of, please make a new thread to discuss that. :/

Well, considering this is the forum to get to know about members, if (and hopefully never) they hold it, shouldn't it be held in the Member's Interaction forum?

Anyways.

Honest April 29th, 2013 3:34 PM

^No. How does holding the MotM, which is essentially a popularity contest, being held in a section where you find out more about people make any sense?

droomph April 29th, 2013 3:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodex (Post 7644143)
^No. How does holding the MotM, which is essentially a popularity contest, being help in a section where you find out more about people make any sense?

Oh well, I guess that makes sense. Just because of the forum name and the contest name, etc.


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