I would like to open a discussion about something that's been on my mind for a while.
Most users I believe, when revisiting the site, opens up the "Unread Posts" menu. If you haven't visited the site for a while, say, for a week, chances are that you are overwhelmed with a bunch of stuff that is absolutely unrelevant for you.
I am proposing a new feature with this in mind:
have the ability to filter what each individual sees on this page. The basic structure of this would simply be a bunch of ticks that you can eaither turn on or off, based on your preference.
- List each forum and have the ability to "unsubscribe" from that, for instance "Cups and Tournaments General" for those who do not in any way participate in those.
- Have the ability to filter new threads by nicknames.
- Have the ability to "unsubscribe" from game comments - leagues, cups, torunaments separately - and very importantly, have the ability to show comments only from games you are involved in! Could also possibly have the ability to include games in which your clan/community/clanmates/communitymates are involved in.
Now, for clan or community leaders, I think this might be a nice feature, to have a general view and see that maybe there are a lot of complaints about a member. Or if you are simply interested to see what remarks your mates are getting, whatever.
Now, there is just one problem with this (okay, one that I see - waiting for feedbacks
) and that is, if you hide the Complaints forums - which most of us would do I think - then you don't see if you are involved in a complaint.
For that and for other reasons I'd like to propose this idea:
completely remove the complaints forums and replace it with a button on the games' pages. This button is only available to people involved in a game - or people whose clan is involved in a game (not communities, they are not competing) - and if you press this button, a little textbox appears where you can write your problem.
These "topics" should only be available to administrators and those who are involved: the players and clan leaders - whole clans in case of a clanner.
When someone complains about a game you are involved in, you get an instant notification via email or private message. This would remove the complaint thread from the public and in my honest opinion, would remove a lot of flame wars around the forum, which is like... good, isn't it?
Tell me what you think!
