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Asterrameth
Apr Member 2023

Asterrameth

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YtHaar-Mej said :


Biggest issue of the removal is for clans, who will suffer BADLY because of this. Socials platforms like fansites (Reddit), and Discord, have proven to have very little recruitment in many clans, everyone succeeds from the Forums. It will hurt clans across both games. Offsite has been pushed before, a few times, and has always failed. Very bad move imo.

I feel not having an official website based help platform is also going to be a disaster. You cant type out a tech issue on twitter (x) and half the time trying to articulate an issue on reddit will have the thread deleted by an autobot because your title is "descriptive enough". Not to mention the inevitable 1 line nonsense posts your thread will gather. Some places really need meaningful moderation.

Even just simple acts like asking for "im stuck how do i beat x" invariably ends up with a bunch of faceless folks posting 1 line irrelevant answers.

As for discord - worst possible platform ever to replace a webforum. Good luck finding anything in that every-thing-ever-posted eternal vertical scroller

16-Jan-2024 19:20:41

Zanon23
Jul Member 2019

Zanon23

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I feel not having an official website based help platform is also going to be a disaster. You cant type out a tech issue on twitter (x) and half the time trying to articulate an issue on reddit will have the thread deleted by an autobot because your title is "descriptive enough". Not to mention the inevitable 1 line nonsense posts your thread will gather. Some places really need meaningful moderation.

Even just simple acts like asking for "im stuck how do i beat x" invariably ends up with a bunch of faceless folks posting 1 line irrelevant answers.

As for discord - worst possible platform ever to replace a webforum. Good luck finding anything in that every-thing-ever-posted eternal vertical scroller[/quote]

Thanks so much for your comment. Of course i cant comment on those other sites because ive never used them as i stick with these forums. Can i add you to the list?

Thanx vm and stay safe.

17-Jan-2024 16:52:51 - Last edited on 17-Jan-2024 16:54:28 by Zanon23

Mel 624
Dec Member 2021

Mel 624

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There's a much bigger petition in the Website and Forums section, so I'd recommend making a post there too.

The amount of times I've seen people on the forums voice an issue they're having and either getting help to address the issue or circulating awareness of a problem other players may encounter until it gets fixed raises some concerns. How many of those players would've quit without the forums to vent in/get help from? How many people learned about an issue they were then able to avoid because other players were able to warn them about it? How to block a forum user
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Death And Taxes: An Analysis
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Petition: leave forums open!

Don't let Jagex forget the forums.

19-Jan-2024 01:02:47

Teridax
Aug Member 2023

Teridax

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Mel 624 said :
There's a much bigger petition in the Website and Forums section, so I'd recommend making a post there too.

No, it's too late. Jagex has already stopped providing links to the forums in their new posts. They don't care about your low-player count petition, and even if they did, it still wouldn't change the fact these forums are going away in 5 days. Stop trying to save it, this is a terrible platform. Let it go.

20-Jan-2024 15:29:03

Mel 624
Dec Member 2021

Mel 624

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It's hardly a low player count and there's no need to be a jerk to people on a platform you don't care about. Why would anyone want to join platforms whose members do this kind of thing? People are you are just proving why shutting down the forums is such a terrible idea. How to block a forum user
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Death And Taxes: An Analysis
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Petition: leave forums open!

Don't let Jagex forget the forums.

20-Jan-2024 20:19:30

Zanon23
Jul Member 2019

Zanon23

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Mel 624 said :
There's a much bigger petition in the Website and Forums section, so I'd recommend making a post there too.

The amount of times I've seen people on the forums voice an issue they're having and either getting help to address the issue or circulating awareness of a problem other players may encounter until it gets fixed raises some concerns. How many of those players would've quit without the forums to vent in/get help from? How many people learned about an issue they were then able to avoid because other players were able to warn them about it?

I will have to check that other thread out, thank you very much for telling me. It just shows that there is support to save our forum. Very happy that there is other players like myself whom rely on OSRS forums. Thank you and stay safe.

20-Jan-2024 22:04:23

Zanon23
Jul Member 2019

Zanon23

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Teridax said :
Mel 624 said :
There's a much bigger petition in the Website and Forums section, so I'd recommend making a post there too.

No, it's too late. Jagex has already stopped providing links to the forums in their new posts. They don't care about your low-player count petition, and even if they did, it still wouldn't change the fact these forums are going away in 5 days. Stop trying to save it, this is a terrible platform. Let it go.

Thank you for your input and comment. I take on board what you are saying,even if we dont agree, which is why we have forums in the first place. So that we can agree/disagree, help and lookafter our playerbase, amongst many more things. Thank you and stay safe.

20-Jan-2024 22:06:52

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