Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20160923155042/@comment-26388545-20160924013444

49.199.2.95 wrote: Completely disagree with you. Dont label a lot of good people who contribute with the behaviour of a few. Compared to a lot of communities this one is very civil from all. And every community I have seen that shuts people out ends up with a huge decline in users and loss of knowledge sharing. Great way to kill a good forum. There are upsides and downsides to both versions. But it's just so painless to make a profile here. I'm on 3 different devices and I never have to login.

I agree that there are many good contributors who are anonymous. But if you're anonymous, you are kind of starting from scratch every time you contribute. You have no rapport with anybody here. Maybe some people recocnize your 11 digit number, a name is much easier. When I'm offered advice from someone that I recognize as a solid contributor whose facts check out, I'm very likely to follow it. I'm sometimes trusting people on this forum with the spending of hundreds and hundreds of my hard earned gold. That's a big deal! Their information is deemed accurate based on their reputation. I'm sorry, but I give very little credit to an anonymous contributor. Just like I don't take the advice of a stranger.

I agree that if the admins got too crazy in banning and controlling people that it would have a negative impact. On the other hand, any society that doesn't have boundaries and enforcement will fall into chaos. I am part of a completely different community that follows the format I spoke of in my opening post. I've been in that community for many years now. They won't even let you post a pic until you've been around long enough. But it's sure worked for them. They have grown to a huge level. They have many companies now paying to advertise on their forum. Companies also now have free give-aways and discounts exclusive to forum members. If fighting gets too nasty in a thread on that forum, they actually lock the thread. You can still read everything that was posted, it's just that no one can comment anymore. It kind of sucks when it happens, but it reminds the community to keep it civil. People could open another thread and restart the fight, but I have not seen it happen yet.