How can we improve Chiefs discussion around here?

[DaFace]

I've mentioned my disappointment in the quality of discussion in a few threads lately, but figured it's worth a more meta discussion to figure out 1) if I'm alone in this perception and 2) if there's anything that can be done about it.

Back in the old days, I walked 20 miles to school in the snow uphill both ways!

Err...wait. I mean, ChiefsPlanet was THE place where I got my Chiefs news. If an article was worth reading on another site, it was linked here. If there was a tweet with Chiefs news, it was posted here 30 seconds after it hit Twitter. If someone said something worthwhile on the radio, someone would post about it on here. And (with all due respect to those who like megathreads), you could glance at the front page and have a pretty decent idea of what the big news was for the day.

After returning home from the boonies on Sunday morning, however, I honestly had no idea how the game Saturday even went. I ended up visiting Arrowhead Pride and Chiefs Digest just to get a feel for what went down. Am I the weird one for thinking that that sucks?

Anyway, just figured it's worth the discussion. If it turns out that everyone is pretty content the way things are, I'll just bookmark some other resources and move on with life. But if I'm not alone, what can we do to make things better?

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

If more people used ignore and stopped whining, the ignore feature would work better for all.

That's user error, not an intrinsic problem with ignore.

Not a terrible idea.

It's really ****ing simple. If you don't want to deal with "trolls and trolling" (some of you guys are ridiculously sensitive about this shit) then ****ing ignore them.

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Why is it doing this now?

It is a word filter put in place by AC at Clay's request.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

If more people used ignore and stopped whining, the ignore feature would work better for all.

That's user error, not an intrinsic problem with ignore.

No, that's reality. A car wrecks on the highway, people tend to look. Clay posts in a thread, people tend to look and respond. Good luck trying to control that

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by KC native

Terrible idea

Please explain why.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

It is a word filter put in place by AC at Clay's request.

Which is kind of funny seeing as how the only reason it's known on cp is because of W. putting his articles up.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Ignore helps you ignore the poster, but it doesn't help with the thread being devolved into a lump of shit - which is why ignore is worthless.

Ignore is a classic case of treating the symptom instead of the disease. I don't think thread banning power would be abused as much as people think. People that would abuse that power would be the ones creating shit threads anyway so they can do what they like.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

It is a word filter put in place by AC at Clay's request.

Did one of the computer/internet aces around here find a way to do something to him?

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Swanman

Ignore is a classic case of treating the symptom instead of the disease. I don't think thread banning power would be abused as much as people think. People that would abuse that power would be the ones creating shit threads anyway so they can do what they like.

Amen!

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Did one of the computer/internet aces around here find a way to do something to him?

No... people found his name and started using it on the board (myself included). The word filter was put in place to edit everyone's use of his name in one fell shot.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC native

Not a terrible idea.

It's really ****ing simple. If you don't want to deal with "trolls and trolling" (some of you guys are ridiculously sensitive about this shit) then ****ing ignore them.

It's pretty simple to ignore a poster altogether. There are dozens of posters I never read anymore. I just scroll past their names/avatar and look for the opinion of someone I think isn't a moron. If the discussion seems to be worth reading then I may go back and read the moron's thoughts. But probably not.

I don't have anyone on ignore. That works for some people though. If you can't handle a certain poster, then put them on ignore. It's worked for many, many other posters on this board.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Which is kind of funny seeing as how the only reason it's known on cp is because of W. putting his articles up.

Let us not forget that he was a child with issues when he first came here. He was dumb and didn't know any better than to put too much info out there at times as well.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Please explain why.

bc I will only hurt you.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

No... people found his name and started using it on the board (myself included). The word filter was put in place to edit everyone's use of his name in one fell shot.

Hmmm......You mean like others that want to be part of the media try to get there name out there. That doesn't sound accurate at all.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Swanman

Ignore is a classic case of treating the symptom instead of the disease. I don't think thread banning power would be abused as much as people think. People that would abuse that power would be the ones creating shit threads anyway so they can do what they like.

If more people ignored the trolls they would get no reaction and leave.

It absolutely does treat the disease....

[threebag]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

You're not possibly taking about Clay are you?


That dog's been put outside, put out permanently, whipped with a newspaper, rubbed his nose in it and kicked a few times. This is a prime example of an old dog not learning new tricks.

This. He "drives traffic" away.