I don't mean to come off so abrasive, but wow. This site has absolutely 0 organization and repetitive posts run completely rampant. Reddit has better organization and it is literally a post dump site. But enough with bashing the staff, and let's dive into some constructive feedback.
Problem 1
Currently, General Discussion has a sticky for salt discussion and that is about it. On the very first page (22 posts), 10 of which are nerf gripe threads and only 1 of them is locked and it isn't even due to redundancy. Why are people complaining about Standard in this section? There is literally a section for Standard. Why are these posts not being moved to the correct section and consolidated? The Standard Format section is a graveyard because of this. Which takes me to the next issue.
Problem 2
Each game mode has its own section and they are ghost towns. As if the complaining was not already unnecessarily littering the General section, it is also sometimes just littering the specific game mode section. Why is there not a consolidation thread entitled something like "State of the Standard Meta" for people to dump their complaints in instead of creating a ton of redundant complaint threads and drowning out otherwise digestible posts worthy of actual discussion?
I recently started working on a Primer for Wild Shudderwock Shaman. I also created a similar post back in 2016 for Standard N'Zoth Priest. In fact, I staff member commented on that thread saying that it was something they wanted to encourage. The thread just drifted off into the night after seemingly being met with praise. Why? Because there is utter chaos in most sections on the site.
If there was a section specifically listed for deck write ups in those sections, people would be able to find this kind of stuff if they wanted to and would also be inspired to do their own write ups. The Deckbuilder functionality of the site is great and all, but the reality is that finding stuff within it is also a complete disaster and most don't even have write ups about them to help players digest great content to help them in their Hearthstone exploration. This results in, what I would assume, a lot of people going offsite to find such content... that seems counter productive.
I know that moderating a forum cannot be easy and that you all have lives outside of Hearthstone. But I thought I would drop my thoughts here, as someone who has created a lot of content for various MTG websites and forums and has been looking into working with Hearthstone content recently - but also as a general forum reader who has been using the site more and more often lately.
I would love to work with staff if it is decided that the forums could use some restructuring and you all are curious about what my thoughts are on the actual information architecture for content on the forums. I will keep an eye on this thread as much as I can, but otherwise a staff member can reach out to me via PM.
It seems the problem is me, my dear friend. Instead of doing their job, the mods are wasting their time sending me ridiculous warnings. Well, at least one of them is really wasting his precious time doing such a thing!!! >:(
I received 4 hours ago a warning for trolling, just for making a stupid joke in my own thread about Christmas. I'm really mad about this and I don't give a shit about anything else, because I wasn't mocking, neither attacking anyone with my post, and it was 100% obviously a joke. Also, this is not the first time I experience a completely ridiculous situation with a certain mod since the authorities changed on the forum.
I started the thread about Christmas with the most purest of my intentions, just to send a message of love (yeah, love) to the rest of the community!!! And this is how the moderation team treat me??? I wonder if the moderator who send me the warning has a personal grudge against me, because this is not the first time he does a similar thing!!! This doesn't make any sense at all!!! Tired of not being able to post shit on the forum, just because a certain mod can't see the difference between a stupid joke and a troll comment!!!
I want answers, and I want them here and now, because this is not normal!!! I have been a very active member of this forum for more than 4 years and I feel like I'm being especially targeted by this mod in particular!!! >:-(
My wish for Christmas is world domination!!! >:-) Yeah, I know, it sounds really idiotic, but it's really what I want!!! It's my f...king birthright!!! :D And I'm going to start my machiavelous plan by posting non-stop on a forum about a digital card game... :)
Wait... Wait a moment... I already started doing so four years ago!!! >:-D F...k yeah!!! :D :D :D
Changing a forum can be a lot of work which I believe they simply don't want to do
I have moderated large forums. It isn't that much work, granted I am not sure how much different Hearthpwns back end is, but I imagine not that much different than every other board software. The transition could be rolled out in a day with general ease. It is even more manageable when you consider how much content on these forums is unworthy of archiving in an accessible manner for the general public.
It seems the problem is me, my dear friend. Instead of doing their job, the mods are wasting their time sending me ridiculous warnings. Well, at least one of them is really wasting his precious time doing such a thing!!! >:(
I received 4 hours ago a warning for trolling, just for making a stupid joke in my own thread about Christmas. I'm really mad about this and I don't give a shit about anything else, because I wasn't mocking, neither attacking anyone with my post, and it was 100% obviously a joke. Also, this is not the first time I experience a completely ridiculous situation with a certain mod since the authorities changed on the forum.
I started the thread about Christmas with the most purest of my intentions, just to send a message of love (yeah, love) to the rest of the community!!! And this is how the moderation team treat me??? I wonder if the moderator who send me the warning has a personal grudge against me, because this is not the first time he does a similar thing!!! This doesn't make any sense at all!!! Tired of not being able to post shit on the forum, just because a certain mod can't see the difference between a stupid joke and a troll comment!!!
I want answers, and I want them here and now, because this is not normal!!! I have been a very active member of this forum for more than 4 years and I feel like I'm being especially targeted by this mod in particular!!! >:-(
My wish for Christmas is world domination!!! >:-) Yeah, I know, it sounds really idiotic, but it's really what I want!!! It's my f...king birthright!!! :D And I'm going to start my machiavelous plan by posting non-stop on a forum about a digital card game... :)
Wait... Wait a moment... I already started doing so four years ago!!! >:-D F...k yeah!!! :D :D :D
A f...king joke as anyone can see... :(
Ok, another mod approved the appeal and removed the warning. It's good to see some people still doing a good job in Hearthpwn!!! :)
But I will not deny this time receiving a warning made me really furious!!! So furious I ended up posting about it here... -.-
One decides to came here (to the forum) with all good intentions, wanting to be a good person (mainly for Christmas :P) and occasionally make others laugh, and what does one get? A punch in the face by one of the authorities!!! >:-( Sorry, but I still can't help believing this warning was send only with bad intentions by a certain mod and such a thing really worries me... :( I hope to be wrong... -.-
I don't mean to come off so abrasive, but wow. This site has absolutely 0 organization and repetitive posts run completely rampant. Reddit has better organization and it is literally a post dump site. But enough with bashing the staff, and let's dive into some constructive feedback.
Problem 1
Currently, General Discussion has a sticky for salt discussion and that is about it. On the very first page (22 posts), 10 of which are nerf gripe threads and only 1 of them is locked and it isn't even due to redundancy. Why are people complaining about Standard in this section? There is literally a section for Standard. Why are these posts not being moved to the correct section and consolidated? The Standard Format section is a graveyard because of this. Which takes me to the next issue.
Problem 2
Each game mode has its own section and they are ghost towns. As if the complaining was not already unnecessarily littering the General section, it is also sometimes just littering the specific game mode section. Why is there not a consolidation thread entitled something like "State of the Standard Meta" for people to dump their complaints in instead of creating a ton of redundant complaint threads and drowning out otherwise digestible posts worthy of actual discussion?
I recently started working on a Primer for Wild Shudderwock Shaman. I also created a similar post back in 2016 for Standard N'Zoth Priest. In fact, I staff member commented on that thread saying that it was something they wanted to encourage. The thread just drifted off into the night after seemingly being met with praise. Why? Because there is utter chaos in most sections on the site.
If there was a section specifically listed for deck write ups in those sections, people would be able to find this kind of stuff if they wanted to and would also be inspired to do their own write ups. The Deckbuilder functionality of the site is great and all, but the reality is that finding stuff within it is also a complete disaster and most don't even have write ups about them to help players digest great content to help them in their Hearthstone exploration. This results in, what I would assume, a lot of people going offsite to find such content... that seems counter productive.
I know that moderating a forum cannot be easy and that you all have lives outside of Hearthstone. But I thought I would drop my thoughts here, as someone who has created a lot of content for various MTG websites and forums and has been looking into working with Hearthstone content recently - but also as a general forum reader who has been using the site more and more often lately.
I would love to work with staff if it is decided that the forums could use some restructuring and you all are curious about what my thoughts are on the actual information architecture for content on the forums. I will keep an eye on this thread as much as I can, but otherwise a staff member can reach out to me via PM.
It seems the problem is me, my dear friend. Instead of doing their job, the mods are wasting their time sending me ridiculous warnings. Well, at least one of them is really wasting his precious time doing such a thing!!! >:(
I received 4 hours ago a warning for trolling, just for making a stupid joke in my own thread about Christmas. I'm really mad about this and I don't give a shit about anything else, because I wasn't mocking, neither attacking anyone with my post, and it was 100% obviously a joke. Also, this is not the first time I experience a completely ridiculous situation with a certain mod since the authorities changed on the forum.
I started the thread about Christmas with the most purest of my intentions, just to send a message of love (yeah, love) to the rest of the community!!! And this is how the moderation team treat me??? I wonder if the moderator who send me the warning has a personal grudge against me, because this is not the first time he does a similar thing!!! This doesn't make any sense at all!!! Tired of not being able to post shit on the forum, just because a certain mod can't see the difference between a stupid joke and a troll comment!!!
I want answers, and I want them here and now, because this is not normal!!! I have been a very active member of this forum for more than 4 years and I feel like I'm being especially targeted by this mod in particular!!! >:-(
This is my thread about Christmas:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/off-topic/general-chat/239125-christmas-is-coming-d-d-d
And this is the comment I was warned for:
A f...king joke as anyone can see... :(
Probably wants world-domination too and sees you as honest rival ;)
Merry x-mas boyz
Haha, yeah... XD Merry Christmas, dude!!! :D
Changing a forum can be a lot of work which I believe they simply don't want to do
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I have moderated large forums. It isn't that much work, granted I am not sure how much different Hearthpwns back end is, but I imagine not that much different than every other board software. The transition could be rolled out in a day with general ease. It is even more manageable when you consider how much content on these forums is unworthy of archiving in an accessible manner for the general public.
Ok, another mod approved the appeal and removed the warning. It's good to see some people still doing a good job in Hearthpwn!!! :)
But I will not deny this time receiving a warning made me really furious!!! So furious I ended up posting about it here... -.-
One decides to came here (to the forum) with all good intentions, wanting to be a good person (mainly for Christmas :P) and occasionally make others laugh, and what does one get? A punch in the face by one of the authorities!!! >:-( Sorry, but I still can't help believing this warning was send only with bad intentions by a certain mod and such a thing really worries me... :( I hope to be wrong... -.-
It sucks that some people don't understand how great you are, Sherman. <3
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
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