[SUGGESTION] Why do chatty and not interesting comments show up in red tracker?

MXXIV·Feb 20, 2015·3 votes·925 views

Red tracker is a really good idea as it would allow us to get some news quickly. The problem is that most of the time, Reds do not post any news. They chat like any other users do on these forums. I hope they are having fun, but are these their comments really eligible to be picked between the most interesting comments on forums?

Defenitelly these comments carry no information for anyone:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/uYzAQ.png

As I was saying, Reds are, just as anybody else, surely free to post whatever they want (within rules), but my idea is that they should be given option to mark their comments (not)interesting and therefore control their appearance in Red tracker. To prevent some important posts being lost I personally suggest that the system should assume that the comment is interesting by default.

This is a simple GUI for such function. By default, there's a red icon and the post appears in Red tracker:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/8fK5H.png

But if Red user wants just to post something for fun or have more personal discussion not reviewed by whole community, he can click the icon to turn it white:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/FwvR1.png

Further improvement could automatically assume white icon in threads where white icon was used last.

11 Comments

Hyrum GraffFeb 20, 20152 votes

I'll just leave this here.

Deep Terror NamiFeb 20, 20151 votes

That's not a bad idea. I'd like it applied to non-Riot posters as well. Green can be general topics and comments, Black can be whining about balance, how the game sucks, how Riot put them in the wrong division and so on.

MXXIVFeb 20, 20151 votes

Do you expect normal users to use it accordingly?

Deep Terror NamiFeb 20, 20151 votes

No, but it would be nice to filter out all that nonsense. So many salty people that simply don't understand how MMR affects where they get placed and how much LP they lose/gain, people that demand buffs/nerfs with no justification other than "I personally can't beat that champ with this champ", simply cursing at Riot and players for a perceived injustice, and so on.

It's a mere pipe dream.

MXXIVFeb 20, 20151 votes

I mean I didn't understand how would it work. Nobody will mark his comment as shitty, and generally shitty comments are getting much more downvotes than comments that propose unpopular ideas.

MXXIVFeb 20, 20151 votes

Can you guys explain me your downvotes?

DaenFeb 20, 20151 votes

This one is kind of a tough issue. Personally, I think everything should be included on the Red Tracker. The reason for this is that we really don't want to give people more reasons to distrust Riot, and it could be seen as hiding posts (or even used that way by Rioters).

That being said, I do think we need better sorting and grouping on the Red Tracker. Threads with frivolous replies can sometimes overwhelm the entire Red Tracker, and this is frustrating both for the players and for Rioters that are bringing up interesting points.

MXXIVFeb 20, 20151 votes

No post are being hidden - you can always look up any user's profile to see their recent posts. Also I didn't exclude possibility of toggling the red tracker to display all posts if you want.

DaenFeb 20, 20151 votes

It wouldn't be technically hidden, no, but it could be viewed as obfuscation. Besides, it's basically impossible to search for a user profile without either using Google or hunting the person down by looking through threads and clicking on a name.

MXXIVFeb 20, 20151 votes

People incompetent to give little effort to obtain information are out of luck. Though making summoner search is a good idea. Make post about it, I'll upvote you!

DaenFeb 20, 20151 votes

Though making summoner search is a good idea. Make post about it, I'll upvote you!

This idea has been posted at least 20 times since the Boards platform's inception with no real improvements. I don't think another post will make a difference, unfortunately.

This is not intended to be calling you out for not knowing, it's just how it is. The vast majority of suggestions I see from new users of the platform have been standing issues for almost a year, if not more.