Trying to keep a big league community balanced can be a very exhausting and extensive task. With all the spam, topics posted in the incorrect areas, abuse/misuse of the forums, disrespect, etc that is on a community the size of WJ - it's not an easy task to maintain at times.
Something that I have noticed more and more often now that I have been allowed back here :fly: is that there is a lot of disrespect throughout the community. In my opinion this isn't a good vibe to give off to anyone. Whether it be a new member, old member or a guest. When someone views a thread and they see "bashing" or "flaming" they are immediately in most cases deterred from participating. Unless, they too would like to jump on in with the ignorance - which is what happens a lot unfortunately.
I think if you look around you can find a lot of threads and posts that get out of hand here, and it can be virtually stopped.
One thing that I found that worked really well (as I have ran into this same issue in the past) for me was creating a "War Forum". I was a very lenient Operator and didn't like banning people, so I created a way for people with anger issues or digital tourette's syndrome to unleash their anger however they wanted.... The War Forum.
Some might argue that even having a war forum promotes negativity and un-professionalism, but I beg to differ. Everyone, everywhere at some point or another gets mad, gets irritated and does or says something that just isn't nice. Some counters to those things are taking a deep breath, punching a punching bag, or having sex :ff: (my favorite). When people are online they have difficulty separating themselves. Many people use the internet as an outlet and an escape to begin with.
This is why I would like to propose a "WAR Forum". For people who continuously bash and become irritated in threads, so they can share their feelings out in the open whenever they wish, however they wish, without the feeling of restriction or ban. This will reduce the amount of ignorance displayed on all of the other forums, concentrate them on one forum, and stop people from taking cheap shots at one another. It will help bring the community closer (trust me it will) and will actually increase the overall experience of the community.
As of right now there is not an outlet for members on WJ who have short tempers or anger issues. So what's happening is they snap on people in threads here and there. If the WAR Forum is enacted all disrespect outside of that forum should be ZERO Tolerance and result in an immediate ban if done in the slightest sense. Just sayin... The War forum will be something new that people can have fun doing at the same time as containing the highly unprofessional, disrespectful remarks.
What say you? Sha'll we go to War? :pirate:
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