Privatize Dragoon Elite forum

Make it so that it cannot be seen by normal members unless people are part of a certain forum group. Whether it is by subscription or set by a mod doesn't matter to me. I mostly agree with this below convo:


PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: I used to reply to just about every thread that would show up
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: excluding the odd RPGmaker forum post or something
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: I seriously think if they made dragoon elites invisible to people outside of the members of goons, people would post more outside of that forum
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: it would stimulate activity outside of that forum
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: rather than just making people not post like it is now
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: I really have no urge to post anything when I check new posts now, but if I checked new posts and didn't see many posts I'd probably start making new threads or something
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: eventually activity would be on the rise
PiMPiNReDHaTMaN: it's kinda like their forum is sucking the life out of the rest of the forum I guess

Normally I would agree, but that's where the activity is at now days, and I would just be depressed if I hit new posts without the dragoons.

It's not really activity. It's a bunch of ADHD sheep who get really antsy whenever a wolf enters their section.

95% of the posts in that forum consist of one line.

100% of the posts in that forum are not worth reading.

Hey, it's never stopped you in the past from getting yourself blocked from viewing posts in Hosted Forums. It's happened to basically every other Forum that was annoying in the past.

Dragoon's are sustaining half the activity at Zelaron as of late, and there is still only 20 new threads a day anyway.. It's not like we make 20 new threads a day, we simply have a lot of spam, but it's all in a few different threads, so what's the problem?

Do you think that appeasing one person's opinion will be for the better of the community? If so, make the Dragoon's a private forum, I really don't care, I just don't see the point.

Yea, i cant believe that us posting in our own section is causing so much drama. You dont have to read it. Most of you complain about it but thats because Zelaron is becoming less and less active. Us dragoons keep it going, for a small part, and bring in new members daily. In teh last week, ive brought in 4 new members. But if it pleases everyone, then weill start posting more in our private section. But remember that the activity level of Z will go way down without us.

I don't see the point in privatising the Dragoon Forum.

Some of us post meaningful posts in there...and if you don't want to see them, then you can do as SYG says and just scroll. Or do as I do and check each forum with the red arrow. I've never once used the New Posts button. I don't see the point. It's pretty clear whether there are new posts in a forum or not.

I had my permission to view that forum taken away a while ago, and I thank whoever did that for me.

Maybe make it so that there is an option in your CP to turn HOSTED FORUM VIEWING off.

I guess I cant say anything on this matter since I see none of it.

There's a link next to the new posts link that says [Subscribed Forums]. So subscribe to the catagories besides hosted and use that link. Note that you may need to switch styles in order to subscribe to catagories; I know Synthesis supports it.

There's a link next to the new posts link that says [Subscribed Forums]. So subscribe to the catagories besides hosted and use that link. Note that you may need to switch styles in order to subscribe to catagories; I know Synthesis supports it.

Yeah, well I never really understood the Subscribed Forums option.. It would be much better if you could simply check a box next to each individual Forum, have it save your settings, then when you click New Posts, it will only show new posts from the Forums that have a check in the box.

Now that would be an option that is not only easy to use, but it would appease everyone's posting style.

While I'm not really sure of my stance on the situation, I'll try to provide some clarity.

The Subscribed Forums button will filter out particular forums for members. That doesn't satisfy the suggestion that was provided here. The thought, as I understand, is that people (all people, not just those who don't like the Dragoon threads) will post more threads if there looks to be less activity.

The suggested problem is that, while there is activity in the Dragoon section, most people don't want to post there, because it seems to be a 'private' group of people talking about things that only pertain to themselves. However, since the New Posts button provides ~20 threads, the non-Dragoon isn't going to feel obligated to start a new thread or post in one that isn't currently active.

Telling everyone to filter out the Dragoon forum isn't going to work because a majority of the people that this is targetted at are either too new to know or too inactive to see this suggestion.

To actually implement it, the forum would have to be made private. It could even be just semi-private. There could be a user group, joinable by anyone, that makes it viewable. That would limit visibility to only those who want to see it.

Now that the point is more clear, and I think that it may be a valid one, I will say that I don't think inactivity (even if it's just simulated) promotes activity. I don't believe that, just because there are no new posts, people will be motivated to start some activity.

I don't believe that, just because there are no new posts, people will be motivated to start some activity.

It has happened in the past.

Well, we have recently turned into that "Semi-Private Forum" you suggested above. We have a Private Forum that we made to keep all Strategies and serious discussion in, but we recently decided that we are going to switch that up in a few days. As of right now, we are only posting in the Private Forum, but next week, we are going to keep serious threads in the Public Forum, and all spammity spam threads that mostly exist right now, in the Private Forum. That way, we can have our fun, but we can also co-exist with the rest of Zelaron and enable members to actively see good threads that have actual Halo gaming strats, suggestions, etc.

I think that should appease the masses.