As most of us know, Suggestions and Ideas is filled with very bad baits, a few well done baits, rants about tix, etc. This is the reason why all of the good threads get ignored - they are flooded by all these poorly constructed threads and threads that are supposed to be really, really terrible. The solution is simple - Mail! Sure, mail maybe a slow and out-of-date idea, but it has some undeniable pros -
1. Mail wouldn't be ignored because of a flood of bait posts. The problem with S&I is that most posts are terrible baits. Mail will easily filter out bait posts. No one is going to do the following steps just to send a bait letter -
- Write a letter and then put it in an envelope
- Dive in a messy cabin to find some stamps
- Get dressed for outdoors
- Walk or drive to their local post office
- Wait for an hour
- Pay for the shipping of the letter
I mean, who would do that just to send a bait letter? No one, it's very expensive actually compared to when you post a thread online.
2. In general, businesses don't ignore mail as much as a forum or email since mail is very direct. With the S&I forum, you have to be ready to filter out the good and bad posts.
3. Flooding of ideas would be a good thing with this idea, not a bad one.
Now, I am sure some of you are thinking that I am suggesting to (Ironically) remove Suggestions and Ideas, but I am not. There are many reasons why not to remove Suggestions and Ideas, but there are Two primary reasons why not to removed S&I -
Not everyone can send mail
Not everyone can afford to send mail because they are out of the US
S&I is the only place that they could suggest things in a reasonable price, removing it would be a terrible idea.
I do think there are more advantages, but hey, it's 1:05 in the night here in the Western United States, I am getting tired. Please do feel free to support this post. If you have CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM and not unspecific, poorly developed criticism, do feel free to post it. Thank you for taking the time to read this, have a nice day. |