System wars gets very busy and this means that often good worthwhile threads get lost in the shuffle.
In an attempt to combat this, moderators are going to become far more ruthless in locking threads which add no substantive value or discussion to the forum. In rare cases, those who repeatedly offend or make no effort to provide meaningful discussion with their threads, may be subject to a moderation for disruptive posting.
A rough guide to making better threads:
Dont just link say what you think!
State (and preferably backup/explain) your opinion on your chosen discussion topic. This includes when posting news stories.
Has someone else already posted this?
Check the first few pages to see if someone has already made the topic (or a similar one) to the one you were about to make.
What is the point of my thread?
Am I just trying to annoy people?, am I just trying to boost my post count?, do I not believe what I am saying? If the answer is yes to any of these do not click the submit button.
Hopefully for the majority of you this will require no change to how you post and will just leave the board filled with many more worthwhile topics.
I will leave this open for questions untill you guys run out of them or I begin to lose the will to live.
All I can reply to this is: what a crock of horseshi.t! They're already gestapo-like Nazis. And now they want to be more like that? I'm hoping this new crackdown will produce new membership for my board. I haven't advertised this board yet, but will start next monday (once I'm no longer suspended!!!) X:(
