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[Fishy]

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[Pearl (rip bioware)]

I would like to see Blogs, Polls, and Albums get reinstated.

Probably the worst change to the site since I signed up.

Modifié par FatherOfPearl, 23 novembre 2013 - 01:50 .

[Inquisitor Recon]

You know what would be great? A way users with a registered game could upload images to some sort of online "album" and then "tag" people in it. For the "social" aspect of BSN.

[A Crusty Knight Of Colour]

Inquisitor Recon wrote...

You know what would be great? A way users with a registered game could upload images to some sort of online "album" and then "tag" people in it. For the "social" aspect of BSN.

Don't worry, Recon. It's not like BioWare isn't listening.

Merizan will take note of your feedback and return in 5 months to announce that as a result of that feedback, the off-topic section will be removed along with the recent activity feed, to be replaced with advertisement banners.

[Inquisitor Recon]

CrustyBot wrote...
Merizan will take note of your feedback and return in 5 months to announce that as a result of that feedback, the off-topic section will be removed along with the recent activity feed, to be replaced with advertisement banners.

The off-topic section which is making the rest of the forum toxic? What about groups? I've heard that recent polls suggest that everybody™ wants groups removed too, as they are a toxic waste dump.

Finally a pure BSN where there will be intellectual discussions of people comparing Templar supporters to the KKK.

Modifié par Inquisitor Recon, 23 novembre 2013 - 07:35 .

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Who needs "social.bioware.com"? The only website we need is "www.bioware.com". Have faith in Bioware and it will make you awesome games.

[spirosz]

I'd like to see some changes to the moderation.

[Ravensword]

I'd like to see all these repeated, rehashed mage vs. templar arguments, "X for LI" threads, and SJW threads. The only problem w/ this would be the fact that that'll pretty much shut down the BSN.

[Ravensword]

Morocco Mole wrote...

Ironically Off-Topic is probably the most polite and rational forum on BSN.

I don't know if you know this: Priestly had stated his desire to have the OT section nuked.

[TheRealJayDee]

spirosz wrote...

I'd like to see some changes to the moderation.

I wanted that as well for a long time, especially during the ME3 crises days. I heard some nice talk about how sometimes "upstanding members of the community" would be asked to take over mod duties, and I thought (and asked) "Well, wouldn't now be a kind of a good time for some more mods? Will we see the ascension of new mods anytime soon? And how does this actually work, who decides this stuff?".

Because I really appreciated the work of most of the mods that came from the community, just thought there were too few to actually handle all the stuff that was happening. And I agreed with the notion that the devs who do decide to participate in the forums shouldn't be forced to also act as moderators all the time.

Yeah, well, in the end we got a solution in the form of the ModBot Squad... <_<

Morocco Mole wrote...

Ironically Off-Topic is probably the most polite and rational forum on BSN.

It sure is. Off-Topic is the most pleasant forum here on the BSN by far. Although it's probably not for me to judge anymore, because I mostly stay away from all the other forums these days.

[Bugsie]

I know of at least one 'upstanding member of the community' who was actually a reasoned and sane individual, (pre ME3 post DA2). Unfortunately, toxic members of the community thought it would be okay to attack and harass them, till they decided, quite rightly, that it wasn't worth their time. That was why I thought they bought in the bot mods. And why anyone is nuts to consider it a worthwhile and rewarding job as a volunteer. To use a biological phrase in a non-biological setting - BSN likes 'eating their own'.

As for the off-topic forum, as I mentioned before and several others have too, it's quite a polite place full of reasonable discourse, much more so than the main game forums (the ones I frequent anyway.) I like talking Bioware games when I can, but there is only so much you can discuss about a game not yet out, till then, it's nice to hang out when you feel like it and talk about other things.

[Abraham_uk]

The off topic section is being removed too?

Polls: Gone
Groups: Gone
Projects: Gone
Albums: Gone


Now "Off Topic"?

[Ottemis]

Rebooting and re-inventing parts of the site is the perfect opportunity to take a new approach to moderation and keep a stronger grasp on what is going on on the site as a whole I would say.

I believe the BSN is a global mess right now because we lack proper functionality in a lot of sections:
- posting functionality in groups lacking and buggy
- bb code buggy in the forums (disappearing colour-code for one)
- entire subforums closed atm
- subpar moderation in the past with things spiraling out of control
- no subsections for all games in projects leading to messy bleed-over into all categories
- PM functionality subpar

I think that clearing up these sections and have a more uniform and transparent functioning site would help towards the posting habits of users and the general atmosphere across the board.

Additionally, I think we'd do well to preserve the offtopic discussion as it can bolster the community and the lack there-of will be sorely missed. You run risk of offtopic discussion spilling over in different forum areas without one and that would seem it would risk muddying up the forums, putting more strain on moderation.

I think groups should definitely be cleaned up but rebooted with a better functioning interface.

I think projects should stay but the categories expanded to include all currently released games seeing the sheer number of mods currently hosted on the BSN and the lack of an alternative for many of Bioware's games. The BSN is an established community modding resource site and has become a repository of years of modding work. Removing project functionality could do real damage to the modding community as a whole.

I think the problem isn't so much what is available atm but more how it functions. Transparancy would seem to be key. The better options you offer, the easier it is to place content where it belongs, the happier the userbase, lesser the strain on moderators.

Modifié par Ottemis, 25 novembre 2013 - 04:38 .

[Tup3x]

They need to redo the html layout. Current one is a mess, full of bugs and not even close being valid. The text editor JavaScript plugin is outdated and buggy. All of those cause lot of issues on new browsers and mobile devices. Lots of small images used in layout and considering the slow loadtimes I assume they are not sprited (can't check now on phone though). Too many images instead of pure CSS. I'm quite sure that they are aware that this is a huge mess. Backend is likely just as messy.

Sometimes starting from scratch is the best thing.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

So if you're going to make it better, plus what I said before, create more themes for BSN.

[Druk-Qs]

They're going to remove features that make the site stand out from a generic forum. Great.








Ok, if that has to happen can we at least get custom avatar choices??? People have been well aware of how to bipass these limits for a long time so I fail to see the point in keeping that restraint.

[Lotion Soronarr]

Custom avatars.

Having to download and f*** around with the Character Creator, editing and re-naming files just for an avatar? It's retarded. And anti-user-friendly.

[Abraham_uk]

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Custom avatars.

Having to download and f*** around with the Character Creator, editing and re-naming files just for an avatar? It's retarded. And anti-user-friendly.

Agreed.

The only reason I use Adin (Grey Warden) from Dragon Age Origins is because it is the only way for me to have an Avatar that no one else has.

I have tried messing around with the Character Creator, editing and renaming files.

57 attempts. All failed.

[The Wulf Among Us]

The ability to post in non-spoiler forums outside of non-topic after 24 hours. I feel this was done deliberately to keep people like myself from trying to enlighten and change the Player 1 ego stroking this place endorses. I can only surmount that was done out of the admins fear of people like myself challenging the norms of this "Network".

[Reever]

- Better quoting function!
- And most importantly, notifications of posts getting quoted!
- A longer post history!

[bmwcrazy]

Since polls are gone, can you somehow implement and add the poll function into regular forums like every other online discussion forum out there?

[Angrywolves]

People who don't like my comments in threads have started sending me messages, whichis against the rules and I will report them to mods. smiles.
Glad to have a pc.

[Ghost Lightning]

Fix my stuck notification. That's been there for almost two years now. That's what I want to see changed.