This site was special because anybody could say anything they wanted but I see this site taking on more of a filtering and censorship role

[Maxie]

There has been shitposters a decade ago, and there are still shitposters. I feel this is a nothingburger.

Some shitposters are more equal than others.

the administration is full of unabashed simps

Simps for whom?

people claiming to be women online

 

[Fedora Master]

There has been shitposters a decade ago, and there are still shitposters. I feel this is a nothingburger.

Some shitposters are more equal than others.

the administration is full of unabashed simps

Simps for whom?

*Whom'st

 

[Grauken]

There has been shitposters a decade ago, and there are still shitposters. I feel this is a nothingburger.

Some shitposters are more equal than others.

the administration is full of unabashed simps

Simps for whom?

people claiming to be women online

That's fine then, all according to plan

 

[Crispy]

*Whom'affraint'llylwellian'thst

 

[Crispy]

Liberal you need to go to bed, man. Waiting up all night just to insta-rate my posts retarded is very bad for your health.

 

[Justinian]

What's with the new posters having to go through approval period? Is this site a wannabe Reddit or Facebook now? It's stupid to censor posters and lock the gate and not allow the free flow of ideas

there's a lot of newbies out there who won't post now because they don't want to bother going through the mandatory probationary period and we all miss out on good new content as a result.

If people spam with new accounts you just ban them or we use the community tools to ignore them I don't see what the big fucking deal is

Just the fact that I need to publish this opinion is already a loss.

"Special" is certainly one reputation this site has, I'll give you that.

 

[Silverfish]

"Special" is certainly one reputation this site has, I'll give you that.

Better to be thought of as a caustic retard than a redditor.

 

[Rean]

There's nothing caustic about this site, everyone is lovely!

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I reported a guy saying that he stole the account he's using and the moderator's response was that I should report again only if he gets annoying about it. Truly, we have become Resetera.

 

[Iucounu]

My only complaint (as a new member) about the probation period is that it's hard to find any information about some of the limitations. Took me a while to find the obscure page where it says you can't post "reactions" for a year, or that some sub-forums are hidden.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Took me a while to find the obscure page where it says you can't post "reactions" for a year, or that some sub-forums are hidden.

You mean the rules.

 

[asfasdf]

My only complaint (as a new member) about the probation period is that it's hard to find any information about some of the limitations. Took me a while to find the obscure page where it says you can't post "reactions" for a year, or that some sub-forums are hidden.

Do you need a quest compass

 

[Iucounu]

Took me a while to find the obscure page where it says you can't post "reactions" for a year, or that some sub-forums are hidden.

You mean the rules.

A new member can't know it's due to the rules. I was looking for hidden buttons in places like the list of emojis, and also in prominent links like these:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/terms/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/help/

To even find the rules, you need to open https://rpgcodex.net/page.php?id=about where you can find a discrete link to https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rules-of-the-codex-enhanced-edition-directors-cut-2013.87048/ and then read down to:

"d) Things to Note​

​

And last but not least, here are some things you should be aware of.​

​

1. Ratings: You will likely see a bunch of colourful images underneath a lot of posts. It's our comprehensive rating system. It's designed to reduce some of the unnecessary one liner replies like "I agree". Because we're a prestigious and exclusive bunch, you will only be able to rate posts once you have been a member for 12 months or more."​

I'm sure many new members don't look around like I did...

 

[Rean]

A new member can't know it's due to the rules. I was looking for hidden buttons in places like the list of emojis, and also in prominent links like these:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/terms/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/help/

To even find the rules, you need to open https://rpgcodex.net/page.php?id=about where you can find a discrete link to https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rules-of-the-codex-enhanced-edition-directors-cut-2013.87048/ and then read down to:

"d) Things to NoteAnd last but not least, here are some things you should be aware of.1. Ratings: You will likely see a bunch of colourful images underneath a lot of posts. It's our comprehensive rating system. It's designed to reduce some of the unnecessary one liner replies like "I agree". Because we're a prestigious and exclusive bunch, you will only be able to rate posts once you have been a member for 12 months or more."
I'm sure many new members don't look around like I did...

I disagree

 

[jaekl]

Took me a while to find the obscure page where it says you can't post "reactions" for a year, or that some sub-forums are hidden.

You mean the rules.

A new member can't know it's due to the rules. I was looking for hidden buttons in places like the list of emojis, and also in prominent links like these:
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/terms/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/help/help/

To even find the rules, you need to open https://rpgcodex.net/page.php?id=about where you can find a discrete link to https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rules-of-the-codex-enhanced-edition-directors-cut-2013.87048/ and then read down to:

"d) Things to Note​

​

And last but not least, here are some things you should be aware of.​

​

1. Ratings: You will likely see a bunch of colourful images underneath a lot of posts. It's our comprehensive rating system. It's designed to reduce some of the unnecessary one liner replies like "I agree". Because we're a prestigious and exclusive bunch, you will only be able to rate posts once you have been a member for 12 months or more."​

I'm sure many new members don't look around like I did...

Speaking as someone who is always having brain farts in my daily life, I advise you to never admit to having trouble figuring something out - it's downright undignified.

 

[Iucounu]

Speaking as someone who is always having brain farts in my daily life, I advise you to never admit to having trouble figuring something out - it's downright undignified.

But I did figure it out eventually. This is just usability feedback on behalf of other newcomers.

I also closed that popup right away - and I'm sure many other do as well - after which the rules page becomes hard to find again (why not link to the rules from the Terms and rules page, where you'd expect to find them?). Furthermore the popup text doesn't mention the Ratings limitation, so you must still read all the rules to learn about that. Why not use the empty Help page to inform about such things (as well as any other limitations, like hidden sub-forums)?

 

[Grauken]

Speaking as someone who is always having brain farts in my daily life, I advise you to never admit to having trouble figuring something out - it's downright undignified.

But I did figure it out eventually. This is just usability feedback on behalf of other newcomers.

I also closed that popup right away - and I'm sure many other do as well - after which the rules page becomes hard to find again (why not link to the rules from the Terms and rules page, where you'd expect to find them?). Furthermore the popup text doesn't mention the Ratings limitation, so you must still read all the rules to learn about that. Why not use the empty Help page to inform about such things (as well as any other limitations, like hidden sub-forums)?

Because the ratings don't matter and the "hidden sub-forum" doesn't either, you're supposed to come here to talk about RPGs, the other crap you can do later

 

[OSK]

"James Dicks On"

You're Polish, so you might not know this: It's actually pronounced "Dicks in."

 

[mediocrepoet]

"James Dicks On"

You're Polish, so you might not know this: It's actually pronounced "Dicks in."

Which actually makes it sound more gay.

 

[jaekl]

Speaking as someone who is always having brain farts in my daily life, I advise you to never admit to having trouble figuring something out - it's downright undignified.

But I did figure it out eventually. This is just usability feedback on behalf of other newcomers.

I also closed that popup right away - and I'm sure many other do as well - after which the rules page becomes hard to find again (why not link to the rules from the Terms and rules page, where you'd expect to find them?). Furthermore the popup text doesn't mention the Ratings limitation, so you must still read all the rules to learn about that. Why not use the empty Help page to inform about such things (as well as any other limitations, like hidden sub-forums)?

Oh maaaaan, you're closing things without reading them and complaining about people expecting you to read the rules on the rpgcodex where everyone is mad that video games are made for simpletons now. People are gonna start bullying you if you don't quit saying messed up stuff like that!!

 

[Iucounu]

Because the ratings don't matter

That may deserve a thread of its own.

and the "hidden sub-forum" doesn't either

How would the user know if you can't read them, and there's no explanation when some link in a thread leads you to a hidden forum?

 

[Derringer]

damn, just noticed SDG leveled up his youtube skills three days ago and now uses click-bait thumbnails...

Youtube clickbait thumbnails are lolcow tier but I didn't see anything like that posted in this thread.

 

[Iucounu]

Speaking as someone who is always having brain farts in my daily life, I advise you to never admit to having trouble figuring something out - it's downright undignified.

But I did figure it out eventually. This is just usability feedback on behalf of other newcomers.

I also closed that popup right away - and I'm sure many other do as well - after which the rules page becomes hard to find again (why not link to the rules from the Terms and rules page, where you'd expect to find them?). Furthermore the popup text doesn't mention the Ratings limitation, so you must still read all the rules to learn about that. Why not use the empty Help page to inform about such things (as well as any other limitations, like hidden sub-forums)?

Oh maaaaan, you're closing things without reading them

Again this is not about me, but I won't bully you for your brain fart. I did read the rules at some time (not necessarily finding them from that popup link), and even remembered the gist of them. I didn't bookmark them though. Then recently a thread link lead to a sub-forum that was hidden without explanation, and I faintly remembered something about a 12 month period --where could I have read about that? Likely in the rules, but now they were a bit hard to find again, hence my friendly usability advice here.

and complaining about people expecting you to read the rules on the rpgcodex where everyone is mad that video games are made for simpletons now.

Isn't it in a forum's own interest that rules are easy to find? Good web- or game interface design lets the user or player find things in an intuitive manner. Not even in games should their own interface be part of the gameplay challenge in normal cases (interesting idea, though!).

 

[jaekl]

damn, this nigga gay as hell

 

[Peachcurl]

I did read the rules at some time

You READ the RULES!? Dear lord in heaven, how utterly ordinary! A prestigious Codexian gentleman would have watched the video.