Debate this: Community Rep Forum Involvement

[SenorPatty]

So first, let's all take a breather from the doom/gloom/vent/rage threads that's stuffing the forums.

We good? Good.

I was browsing the japanese forums earlier today. Never tried it before until today actually. Google translate...is kind of fun to use there. Like a puzzle, you try to make sense of what it tried to translate to get a general idea. Was trying to sate my curiosity about what was their views and reactions on the incoming changes (thank Eos I'm not cat race or I probably wouldn't have survived).

And that was when I noticed it: The cleanliness. No outrageous/extreme thread titles (at least for the first five pages I've visited). Had a "not bad obama" face going on but that's not even what really amazed me.

What amazed me is not only the swift response from the Community reps on their side to some threads but also how they take care of closing these threads by merging them.

I felt like I missed a memo somewhere about how NA threads should run amok and multiply faster than the T-Virus until they either peter out or become so embroiled in miasma, someone finally decided to breathe a sigh of exasperation and close a thread.

I guess what I'm trying to get at here is this: Should we have Community Reps manage our threads a la Land of the Rising Sun style? Smoosh our duplicate threads together to forum one singular dysfunctional (or the sometimes oddly-appearing functional) one?

Add your 2 cents here.

Disclaimer: Perhaps there actually is an actual piece of documentation somewhere stating that SE feels more comfortable letting NA forums run itself like an unsupervised Toys R' Us store, which then would explain. a. lot.

[JunseiKei]

The problem with the NA forums is that people just want to post opinions. They aren't there to debate anything; they just want to post what they want to say and not pay attention to anything else the thread says. This is why there are so many repeat threads.

It wouldn't surprise me if the posters on the JP forums generally have a lower post count. Just a wild guess there. However, it does make me feel posting in the NA sections of the forums are really pointless. It sounds like if you actually want to have a conversation and talk about the game, the JP section of the forums are the way to go. I would LOVE the NA forums to become what the JP forums are, but the chances of that happening sound slim to none.

EDIT and relevant:
One of the greatest thing about America is you can say whatever you want within reason. However, that makes most people think their opinions are well thought out.

[Ghastly]

Different culture
We're like Eorzea, they're like kugane (no problems in kugane), lots of problems in limsa (pirates), ul'dah (rich people who hate the poor/refugees), and gridania (they hate outsiders).

I blame the aliens that created us

[savageink]

Different culture
We're like Eorzea, they're like kugane (no problems in kugane), lots of problems in limsa (pirates), ul'dah (rich people who hate the poor/refugees), and gridania (they hate outsiders).

I blame the aliens that created us

they have the same problems, the cultural difference is that they are trained not to scream about them.

[Valinis]

they have the same problems, the cultural difference is that they are trained not to scream about them.

Scream in a forum? How would one manage that? Every thread I read is a calmly composed paragraph or two. I think you might be confusing "screaming" with "having an opinion".

[MomomiMomi]

It's just a different culture. This is how things go on western forums. We value freedom, and they try to give us that. We express our individuality while they tend to conform.

[savageink]

Scream in a forum? How would one manage that? Every thread I read is a calmly composed paragraph or two. I think you might be confusing "screaming" with "having an opinion".

have you really read the forums? (I have no idea if you were being sarcastic or not. I hope so.)

[Valinis]

have you really read the forums? (I have no idea if you were being sarcastic or not. I hope so.)

I'm here right now reading this one. You also made no effort to answer the question.

[JunseiKei]

I'm here right now reading this one. You also made no effort to answer the question.

This is me guessing, but I suppose aggressively pushing someone's opinion without really listening, or blatantly not listening, to other comments said by other people on how they could be incorrect could be attributed to the act of yelling and/or covering one's ears and going, "lalalalalala" really loudly. That certainly does happen on the NA forums quite often.

Also, most threads sound like flame wars about complaints telling the devs how to make their own game.

[MomomiMomi]

Oh, right. Didn't really answer the question. No, I don't think we should have more regulation than we have now. I think it's fine how it is. It's more amusing this way.