The wall is destroying the forum
by
, 05-29-2016 at 01:41 PM (6196 Views)
All folks, we need to talk. Gather 'round. Everyone here? Good.
The use of the wall to discuss board activity has become an epidemic around here, and it needs to stop. Many things being posted on the wall could be posted in the threads the posts are referring to, or they could be put in the Lounge. Earlier today, there was some Simpsons chat on the wall that just a couple months ago would have been posted in the Hurt & Heal thread, thus allowing more members to see it and possibly create a discussion. What especially disgusts me is people who praise the lack of posts and applaud the fact that the site is nearing a certain amount of time without posts. That is not the way to healthily contribute to a forum.
Now, some have said that they like that their posts disappear on the wall. That just goes to show that people are willing to settle for low-effort posts that require no thought instead of thinking and making a solid contribution to a thread.
Finally, excessive wall posting ruins what the wall was originally for, which was seeing new posts as they come up and potentially replying to them in the threads. Posting responses on the wall does nothing to further the board's originality and creativity.
But in the end, I can't do anything about this. It's up to all of you to decide whether you want a vibrant, bustling, thought-provoking forum, or one full of Mazamaxe posts for you to roll your eyes at.