Neonchameleon
Legend
I dislike the new toys being rolled out to ENWorld. Two are minor annoyances, one I find major.
The feature I want to take out and shoot is the feature telling you who's quoted you. Simple reason for that - it makes it much harder to leave a thread. Case in point is the Wizard vs Warrior thread - I'd have left that long since if I wasn't getting notified every time someone replied to me. (I've blocked the person I was exchanging comments with). And given that a lot of replies are for disagreement, one of the major impacts of the quotes tab is to be a notification that appears on every page you browse saying "Here are your current flamewars". (I exaggerate. But that's one of its major impacts). XP are good - they are positive reinforcement and make you aware of what people like. But the quotes notification is a niggling thing on every page that won't go away until I've looked at it and therefore glanced at any potential flamewar. (If it was just there and didn't notify me every time I was quoted - just when I was specifically curious it probably wouldn't be a problem; it's the notification that I see on every page that causes this effect).
Shorter me: I don't like leaving threads when things are getting argumentative but can do it. It is much harder to leave them if every time the argument continues I'm getting told about it on every damn page of ENWorld I read. This "feature" therefore encourages flamewars.
And then there are the gear and achievements. Can I just turn the things off please? They take up space, and they are visually intrusive drawing my eye away from anything useful. They are also a distraction with little benefit; if I want to see someone's post count or XP I look at that. They therefore make ENWorld a more annoying place to browse. Even if it's a subscriber feature.
The feature I want to take out and shoot is the feature telling you who's quoted you. Simple reason for that - it makes it much harder to leave a thread. Case in point is the Wizard vs Warrior thread - I'd have left that long since if I wasn't getting notified every time someone replied to me. (I've blocked the person I was exchanging comments with). And given that a lot of replies are for disagreement, one of the major impacts of the quotes tab is to be a notification that appears on every page you browse saying "Here are your current flamewars". (I exaggerate. But that's one of its major impacts). XP are good - they are positive reinforcement and make you aware of what people like. But the quotes notification is a niggling thing on every page that won't go away until I've looked at it and therefore glanced at any potential flamewar. (If it was just there and didn't notify me every time I was quoted - just when I was specifically curious it probably wouldn't be a problem; it's the notification that I see on every page that causes this effect).
Shorter me: I don't like leaving threads when things are getting argumentative but can do it. It is much harder to leave them if every time the argument continues I'm getting told about it on every damn page of ENWorld I read. This "feature" therefore encourages flamewars.
And then there are the gear and achievements. Can I just turn the things off please? They take up space, and they are visually intrusive drawing my eye away from anything useful. They are also a distraction with little benefit; if I want to see someone's post count or XP I look at that. They therefore make ENWorld a more annoying place to browse. Even if it's a subscriber feature.
