[Solved] Re-Establishment of Presence Thread

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[Solved] Re-Establishment of Presence Thread; Should we keep it?

Topic Started: Nov 24 2010, 07:11 PM (523 Views)

Phoenix-Saturn

Nov 24 2010, 07:11 PM Post #1

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Recently, it has come to my attention that many, many people, especially people who have been gone for very long periods of time, then to make their own return threads, totally ignoring the Re-Establish Your Presence Thread.

Perhaps this is a sign that people would rather not have a general Re-Establishing Thread, and would rather make their own.

Thoughts?

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Nov 24 2010, 11:30 PM Post #2

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The Re-establishment thread is there to prevent clutter. Let's face it; all those 'I'm back' thread go basically like this:

"HEY GUYYYYS I'M BACK, I GOT KICKED OFF COMPUTER BECAUSE (generic reason) BUT THAT'S ALL SORTED NOW, KAYYY?"

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And nothing of value is lost.

The people who ignore that thread and post their own topics are bein' daft. The majority of them are noobs, some of the rest are old members who probably weren't around when the thread was made (and thus don't know better) and some are (debateably) awesome enough to get away with it. Doesn't mean they SHOULD do it, mind you. ^_^;;

My point is, it's there for a reason. *shrug*

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HollyYoshi

Nov 25 2010, 05:55 AM Post #3

I object to your claims

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Plus, it makes sense to have a topic if you've been gone for months on end. But what if you've been gone for just a week or so and want to let people know? It would be stupid to make a topic for such a short time, but what'll you do?

I'd say keep it. We could have some rules about that within the Village itself, telling people not to create returning (and by defination leaving) topics.

RabidChoco

Nov 25 2010, 06:01 AM Post #4

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Nov 24 2010, 07:11 PM
Recently, it has come to my attention that many, many people, especially people who have been gone for very long periods of time, then to make their own return threads, totally ignoring the Re-Establish Your Presence Thread.

Perhaps this is a sign that people would rather not have a general Re-Establishing Thread, and would rather make their own.

Thoughts?

Since when is one old member "many, many people?"

The Reestablish Your Presence Thread gets use, all the time. This is a non-issue. It stays, but it should be made clearer that such returns do not get their own topics.

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fantanoice

Nov 28 2010, 09:18 AM Post #5

Quiet, please, it's snack time!

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Keep it. It removes some of the clutter (not all of it), but it's better than not removing any clutter.

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sMy PANCAKES

Nov 28 2010, 12:06 PM Post #6

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I just used it so that counts, rite? RITE? D:

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Lord Eileanach

Nov 28 2010, 12:26 PM Post #7

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It isn't a bad thing - I like that it is there because I think that people who come back to the forum don't really get a lot of interesting replies when they don't give interesting topics to why they left etc.

It tidies up the board a little and isn't causing any problems. I say keep it.

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Katsuko

Nov 28 2010, 01:26 PM Post #8

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We should keep the reestablishment thread for the reasons TUC and Blaire cited.

That said, members should have the option to make their own topics if they think it's worthwhile. While these threads may have little value, are they any less desirable than the other half a million "Hey guys... I'm new." topics in the welcome forum?

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Nov 28 2010, 03:10 PM Post #9

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Keep it, but establish a limit where you cannot create a new topic there if you have over 50 posts, say. I'm fairly sure it's possible within the Zetaboards framework.

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