Why are people so worried about Categories?

Elite4Runner·Dec 30, 2019·2 votes·3,463 views

I noticed that people will jump all over someone for posting under the wrong topic on here.

I get it, we don't want people to flood the wrong topic with unrelated discussions, but is it really this much of a problem?

It honestly seems like some people jump to this if they don't like the topic and want the post taken down.

Otherwise, I think a lot of subjects are pretty ambiguous and it shouldn't really be a problem if it loosely falls under the selected topic by any stretch of the imagination.

Maybe point it out in a comment, but I don't think it's necessary to report posts unless they're spamming or there is a clear issue with where it is being posted.

I have even posted on the wrong topic on accident, only to have a lengthy post I put a lot of work into deleted and I simply didn't have the energy to make a new post.

Is this something you've noticed?

Should it be a bigger concern than I think it is?

7 Comments

Silent GravityDec 30, 20192 votes

You should be able to go to your deleted post, copy it, and post it in the correct section.

Elite4RunnerDec 30, 20191 votes

Yeah, I understood that. That's really not my point.

There have been some topics added since the specific instance I am referring to. The topic selection was an accident because I clicked "Create Discussion" while reading a different post when I thought of what I wanted to post.

I'm not posting this because I had a post deleted recently, but because I saw someone's post get multiple comments telling them they were in the wrong category. It just feels malicious at times.

Silent GravityDec 30, 20191 votes

My response was specifically aimed at just two sentences in your post. I should have quoted them to show what I was talking about.

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I simply didn't have the energy to make a new post.

Should it be a bigger concern than I think it is?

I was trying to communicate both that the energy required to repost is low and that I don't think that this should be a larger concern because of the ease of reposting.

Apologies for being imprecise.

Elite4RunnerDec 30, 20191 votes

I think I understood that, no worries. It was really just something I saw and it reminded me of the frustration I felt when I had discussions removed in the past. The way people troll each other on here anymore, I can't help but think there are people that report for "incorrect board" in hopes they can just make things difficult for someone.

GatekeeperTDSDec 30, 20192 votes

There's no winning in forum moderation.

Remove too much, and you get this post. Remove too little, and you get the opposite post.

It's not so much that people are "worried" about it, but that the goal is being able to find and see content relevant to where you're looking. This is not something that's unique to these boards.