[Tactitus]

Originally Posted by wakey

Actually SYMM the number of Quit threads was less than the number of proper None alliance discussions on AD and something that alot of people stated when the idea was being discussed was that a PD forum shouldnt become a place for Quit threads but a place for serious discussion.

And ask yourself WHY PD doesnt have a great deal of threads that arent Quit messages.

Probably for the same reason(s) that Strategy, Help Desk, and all the other Forums have a lot less traffic than they used to.

If you look at suggestions before and after the creation. Before hand the suggestions board was a forum that was vibrant and active (and was getting more posts that AD did, only GD was getting more). The reason for this was the atmosphere was one that allowed ideas to grow and be discussed. Then it was merged into PD and the number of suggestions fell off. Why? the only reason I can see is that there was too many moaning and Quit threads arround that suffocated the suggestion threads.

I think you've missed the obvious. The reason there haven't been (m)any suggestions in the past several months is that PA has been under a continual cloud of imminent bankruptcy and dissolution since R8, plus the fact that Spinner never showed the slightest interest in suggestions and consequently everyone but the n00bs stopping posting them. In time, players may again develop some optimism for PA's future and hopefully MrBrick will at least toss out a few crumbs of feedback to keep the new Suggestions Forum going, but if not then it won't have many posts either as soon as the novelty of it's reappearance wears off.

I think you're just kidding yourself if you think banning quit threads is going to lead to better and more serious discussions. I don't read them myself so I can't say they ever influenced my postings--for better or worse.