[Feedback] Move Posts to Correct Sub-Community by Flag

Roaranor·Feb 21, 2014·9 votes·369 views

This is pretty short, and to the point. There are many players that post threads in sub-communities unrelated to the topic. While this isn't exactly a first degree felony that warrants punishment, it can be a bit bothersome in terms of organization. I'd like to suggest the integration of a harmless flag system that, upon reaching a certain counter, will automatically move the post to the correct sub-community and adjust the sub-header link accordingly. An example would be flagging a post titled "Having RP purchase issues" that was posted under "Site Feedback" as "Help & Support (NA)" 5-10 times will automatically move the post to Help & Support.

Though the implementation may get a bit Grungy, especially if the links are generated upon the original creation of post, it would allow for legitimate (but misplaced) posts to get to attention they deserve as opposed to the thread potentially being locked down or ignored.

As for posts that would normally belong within the PBE forums, might it be possible to have a pinned thread that links to the PBE forums, or at least a more obvious notice on the main page? At the moment, the only notice for this exists under the Site Feedback sub-community specifically (off to side, after you scroll down a bit).

3 Comments

Pollyanna WrightFeb 21, 20143 votes

Maybe the poster should have the ability to move the thread themselves? If you make it an automatic script people could abuse it to get on-topic threads moved. Trundle

RoaranorFeb 22, 20142 votes

This is a really good point. I suppose there are pros and cons to allowing either side (the player or the community) this privilege. If given to the players, they could simply abuse it by moving their topic from SC to SC if they didn't feel it garnered the attention they felt it deserved. Also, implementing such a system might cause the relative time of the post to refresh in a sense, meaning players could shift their own posts between communities to ensure that it remains at the top (especially in the "Recent" section).

Vice versa, as you said, players could abuse this thread to intentionally misplace it for whatever reason. This leans a little more closer to the expectations Riot had for CB in that it's left up to the community with the expectation that the majority will use it responsibly and where fitting.

I'm glad you brought up this point.