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.