How about a "read by riot" symbol

Isajohoff·2/3/2015, 4:07:48 PM·4 votes·1,280 views

I spend a lot of time constructing and writing my posts, and I'm sure many others do so too, but it always feels like such a waste of time. Posts disappear from the front page really quickly, and I never know if my thoughts actually reach the reds.

I am pretty sure reds read more posts than they comment on, so why not put a symbol, sign or smt. similar on the post (maybe only visible for the creator of the post) to show if the reds have seen it yet? It would at least help us know if our information is actually getting through. Might give us more incentive to write here too.

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Daen2/3/2015, 6:23:17 PM3 votes

This has been brought up many times, the general consensus is that it would likely result in more negatives than positives. Seeing that Rioters have read your thread would be kinda nice, yes, but it's also completely empty. A system like this could also result in people getting frustrated because Riot is consistently watching but never responding.

I spend a lot of time constructing and writing my posts, and I'm sure many others do so too, but it always feels like such a waste of time.

This is a very different problem, in a few different ways. If this is a widespread feeling it's significantly more serious as well.

Why is it so important that Riot weighs in rather than the playerbase? Is this healthy interaction?
Why does it end up feeling like a waste of time?
Is it possible Riot isn't communicating effectively enough, rather than just implementing a stopgap solution?

Hyrum Graff2/4/2015, 12:28:12 AM2 votes

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We've discussed a "read by a Rioter" feature internally before.

There might be some drawbacks, though - simply acknowledging that we read something might not always a great experience for players. I worry it might feel almost dismissive, depending on the context. Acknowledging a bug report on the PBE forums? Definitely a good idea. But if a player has put a lot of effort into a really deep proposal or critique, I'm not sure simply knowing a Rioter acknowledged it is necessarily any better than receiving no response at all. It might feel like, "okay, Riot, but what do you think? What are you gonna do about it?"

AMYS GRAVE2/3/2015, 5:05:49 PM1 votes

This would be nice, we would like to know if our posts are being read.