the debate forum is stupid Options

[rawtheekuh]

no offense. half the topics are related to religion, and every topic eventually turns into a stupid bashing session. i think people should earn their right to participate in the debate section.
the debate forum is just turning into a dumping ground. (well, it has been for a while.)

[Insurmountable]

I don't think its a bad idea to have just mods that stick around in debate, although we really shouldn't need it. We should have good enough people staff that go in there and mod it. I mean its part of the community center. Sometimes I just think people don't have the guts to go in there because they are scared to get bashed at. I do think it does get under moderated though.

Anyway, I remember a while back we were going to restrict it to people that were "smart" enough, but it got thrown out. Maybe we just need someone that is well respected in debate to be a good people staff for it.

Also for multiple topics, after 6 months people are free to make another topic that was similar. If any sooner than that then it should just be merged, I think the older topics should be closed though so it never is a problem for them to get bumped up to the front page again. I think if its a constant thing where someone is making multiple topics and not searching then they should get at least a verbal warning for it and later a warning if they don't stop. Its just common courtesy.

In the end, I think if you don't like the topics that are being discussed more in, just ignore them and post in the other topics that interest you. Or make new topics.


Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with the "new comer" opinion. Actually I don't see anything different from their opinion than the opinion of some people that have been here for a couple of years. We've had discussions about the debate forum and what should change to make it better, but do these ideas ever fall through? No.