Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27370080-20181115223226/@comment-32545704-20181117163147

I did a quick count of comments on the recent King of the Ring event page. Apologies for any inaccuracies, I was counting quickly.

Total comments - 556

Registered users - 396

Non-registered users - 160

While quickly skimming through I found three questionable comments which were a bit provocative, but arguably not clearly breaking any rules. One from a registered user, two from non-registered users.

I found two instances of censored swearing, one registered and one non-registered. Censored swearing is allowed as I understand.

I found one instance of uncensored swearing from a registered user, subsequently quoted in a response from a non-registered user. This was the only clear rule breach I could find. It was not reported and thus not picked up by admins.

My view is that the vast majority of comments were acceptable, including almost 30% from non-registered users. Any inappropriate comments were from both registered and non-registered users, but still represented less than 1% overall and were easily ignored by the community.

Although I don't really mind either way, my preference would be for non-registered users to continue posting comments (they cannot currently edit pages which I agree with). It would be a shame to paint all users with one brush because of a small minority, otherwise all registered users should be banned too.

I do agree users should be encouraged to register, it isn't much effort and helps follow their conversations. I still think enforcing this would reduce activity on the site and diversity of opinions. For a small voluteer-run site appealing to a relatively niche market, I feel it is beneficial to be as open as possible. I don't see it as a resource for "serious" players only, I'm sure many of us were "casual" players when we first discovered the site. A little forgiveness for new users still finding their way around also goes a long way.

It could also be said that any of the other social media sites mentioned which require registration, are also rife with spam, fake accounts and trolls. This site is mostly quite a civil place to be.

Essentially, I think the "issue" is vastly exaggerated and the site has run fine as it is for many years. But I also have sympathy and respect for the job the admins do as volunteers. So, whatever will be will be... no problem here.