You make these grand new statements like new lego collections yet you do not allow anyone to comment. Do you want them to use the forums to make pointless threads over and over about single topics making the life of your mod team on Dnd beyond harder or is there another reason you are not letting the people who support you on your flagship website where character creation is made easy (because as you say "character creation is hard").
I hate to be blunt but as someone PAYING for this site i have to ask (deciding based on this thread if i choose to renew my subscription) Do you want a community or not? If not WHY am i paying hard earned money for anything here?
Why are they not allowing comments? <looks at your rant> Ahh, question answered
People will always shitpost this is a normal part of the internet for anyone who has been on it for longer then 10 minutes. However to call a single paragraph a rant when they are paying how many dollars a month for a service is quite a statement. My good man/Bug/whatever you identify as please.
Why are they not allowing comments? <looks at your rant> Ahh, question answered
People will always shitpost this is a normal part of the internet for anyone who has been on it for longer then 10 minutes. However to call a single paragraph a rant when they are paying how many dollars a month for a service is quite a statement. My good man/Bug/whatever you identify as please.
Uh huh.
The forums are free. You don't pay for them. The discord is free. You don't pay for it.
The services you pay for are pretty clear when you pay for them. The digital compendium, the character builders and the ability to pull them together. Maps and Encounter Builders are alpha products, but they still tie into your purchases so I'd include that.
If your argument was that the forums as a whole have basically been wild afterthoughts for *years*? Game on. They have been. If your thoughts are the way that Wizards disseminates information for D&D is wildly disjointed and therefore makes it harder for people to figure things out(piecemail purchases is a great example here)? Game on. You're right.
The forums here are a byproduct of the first regime(we're on the third, btw) wanting to try to foster some sort of community. That said, it's a dead premise.
As a final follow up to my post. You're saying you are wondering if you want to continue paying because you want a sense of community? You've been registered since prior to the official realization of the COVID-19 Pandemic, yet you're averaging one post every three months.
Let's be frank. Your reasons for using the website aren't community(and neither are mine, even with 1k+ posts). The reasons are the tools they offer.
Why are they not allowing comments? <looks at your rant> Ahh, question answered
People will always shitpost this is a normal part of the internet for anyone who has been on it for longer then 10 minutes.
Congratulations, you answered your own thread.
When a company is making an announcement, they want to be the ones in control of the announcement - they want people to look at their original information release and get the information the company intended. Wizards cannot control the comments, and therefore comments are a chaotic distraction from Wizards’ messaging.
One only has to look at article comments to see how messy things can get. There are usually pretty good comments… but also a whole lot of spam posts (first!), rants about things unrelated to the article, misunderstandings and misinformation, bickering and fighting, and any number of other things that would mar their press release. They have zero upside to allowing comments on their official news releases - they are far better off allowing those conversations on forums, divorced from the news release itself.
People will always shitpost this is a normal part of the internet for anyone who has been on it for longer then 10 minutes
No, it was allowed to become prevalent on the internet. It doesn't have to be
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Not every article or news post is the appropriate place for a comments section. If you have a pressing need to discuss a news post, you can always use the forums, no subscription or purchase necessary.
I hate to be blunt but as someone PAYING for this site i have to ask (deciding based on this thread if i choose to renew my subscription) Do you want a community or not? If not WHY am i paying hard earned money for anything here?
In case this is serious rather than being an avant-garde comedy routine... the forums are free. Assuming you are actually paying for something, that would DnDBeyond service and digital books that have nothing to do with the message board portion of the site.
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You make these grand new statements like new lego collections yet you do not allow anyone to comment.
Do you want them to use the forums to make pointless threads over and over about single topics making the life of your mod team on Dnd beyond harder or is there another reason you are not letting the people who support you on your flagship website where character creation is made easy (because as you say "character creation is hard").
I hate to be blunt but as someone PAYING for this site i have to ask (deciding based on this thread if i choose to renew my subscription) Do you want a community or not? If not WHY am i paying hard earned money for anything here?
You are paying because it is the easiest option on the internet. If it wasn't, you would be using the easiest option instead.
The community tools (forums, comments) are free to use. You're not paying for them at all.
They're probably not allowing comments on front-page news posts because they'd rapidly become spam central.
It's depressing, but this is why we can't have nice things.
Why are they not allowing comments? <looks at your rant> Ahh, question answered
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People will always shitpost this is a normal part of the internet for anyone who has been on it for longer then 10 minutes. However to call a single paragraph a rant when they are paying how many dollars a month for a service is quite a statement. My good man/Bug/whatever you identify as please.
Uh huh.
The forums are free. You don't pay for them. The discord is free. You don't pay for it.
The services you pay for are pretty clear when you pay for them. The digital compendium, the character builders and the ability to pull them together. Maps and Encounter Builders are alpha products, but they still tie into your purchases so I'd include that.
If your argument was that the forums as a whole have basically been wild afterthoughts for *years*? Game on. They have been. If your thoughts are the way that Wizards disseminates information for D&D is wildly disjointed and therefore makes it harder for people to figure things out(piecemail purchases is a great example here)? Game on. You're right.
The forums here are a byproduct of the first regime(we're on the third, btw) wanting to try to foster some sort of community. That said, it's a dead premise.
As a final follow up to my post. You're saying you are wondering if you want to continue paying because you want a sense of community? You've been registered since prior to the official realization of the COVID-19 Pandemic, yet you're averaging one post every three months.
Let's be frank. Your reasons for using the website aren't community(and neither are mine, even with 1k+ posts). The reasons are the tools they offer.
Congratulations, you answered your own thread.
When a company is making an announcement, they want to be the ones in control of the announcement - they want people to look at their original information release and get the information the company intended. Wizards cannot control the comments, and therefore comments are a chaotic distraction from Wizards’ messaging.
One only has to look at article comments to see how messy things can get. There are usually pretty good comments… but also a whole lot of spam posts (first!), rants about things unrelated to the article, misunderstandings and misinformation, bickering and fighting, and any number of other things that would mar their press release. They have zero upside to allowing comments on their official news releases - they are far better off allowing those conversations on forums, divorced from the news release itself.
No, it was allowed to become prevalent on the internet. It doesn't have to be
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Not every article or news post is the appropriate place for a comments section. If you have a pressing need to discuss a news post, you can always use the forums, no subscription or purchase necessary.
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In case this is serious rather than being an avant-garde comedy routine... the forums are free. Assuming you are actually paying for something, that would DnDBeyond service and digital books that have nothing to do with the message board portion of the site.