Thread locks for requesting unlicensed content
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Gravity cat
the adequately amused
About half of the first page of Anime and Manga is full of locked threads, and next to none of them have been posted in by whoever's locking them to give a reason as to why. When you don't give a reason, people won't get the message as to why they're getting locked, so people just continue making those threads.
One thing I've learned in my time in retail is that people don't read things properly or even at all, and I'm no exception to this rule. So the sticky at the top of the forum informing users of the rule might as well not exist. I'd recommend just being a little more direct with a user by giving a reason and directing them to the thread that states request threads for unlicensed content isn't allowed, even if it's just a simple copy-paste like this so they can figure out the reason for the lock on their own;
I think that would eventually hammer in the message.
Due to the sheer number of locked threads as well, it might be prudent to purge some of the older ones just to clear the section up a bit.
One thing I've learned in my time in retail is that people don't read things properly or even at all, and I'm no exception to this rule. So the sticky at the top of the forum informing users of the rule might as well not exist. I'd recommend just being a little more direct with a user by giving a reason and directing them to the thread that states request threads for unlicensed content isn't allowed, even if it's just a simple copy-paste like this so they can figure out the reason for the lock on their own;
I think that would eventually hammer in the message.
Due to the sheer number of locked threads as well, it might be prudent to purge some of the older ones just to clear the section up a bit.
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Drifter995
Neko//Night
Definitely agree there.
Think they've had a question in the feedback section about it before, and got the reply that it's because it's asking about unlicensed content, which is fair.
At the same time, you would think discussing unlicensed content is fine. Cause it gives the users something to discuss. If they then go and use illegal means to read it, that's on them. They may then ask you to get it, and wait until you do.
It's not inherently a bad thing. That and censoring hugely for things that aren't inherently illegal/ bad, isn't entirely a good thing imo. Could be a very quick way to the forums dying off, which we don't want
Think they've had a question in the feedback section about it before, and got the reply that it's because it's asking about unlicensed content, which is fair.
At the same time, you would think discussing unlicensed content is fine. Cause it gives the users something to discuss. If they then go and use illegal means to read it, that's on them. They may then ask you to get it, and wait until you do.
It's not inherently a bad thing. That and censoring hugely for things that aren't inherently illegal/ bad, isn't entirely a good thing imo. Could be a very quick way to the forums dying off, which we don't want
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Gravity cat
the adequately amused
Drifter995 wrote...
At the same time, you would think discussing unlicensed content is fine. Cause it gives the users something to discuss. If they then go and use illegal means to read it, that's on them. They may then ask you to get it, and wait until you do.It's not inherently a bad thing. That and censoring hugely for things that aren't inherently illegal/ bad, isn't entirely a good thing imo. Could be a very quick way to the forums dying off, which we don't want
True, can't say I fully agree with censoring discussion of unlicensed content for that reason. But from another perspective, I suppose they don't want the site to be used as a platform to encourage piracy in any form, and nipping it in the bud. I believe anti-piracy was the reason Nosebleed was removed. I notice some threads are left untouched, and I assume those are the ones with licensed content.
So another problem that I didn't really consider in my opening post is that it's not really clear what is licensed and what isn't. And I wonder if any of the thread locks refer to content that is licensed but is simply locked as a precaution due to the vague descriptions.