I fully agree. Something needs to be done. Off topic topics tend to be made by obviously underage users again and again in #development-discussion. I mentioned this in another topic but I might as well mention it again here.
A lot of users are trying to use this as the old Roblox Forum, using it only for posting in #development-discussion and trying to get regular just to post in #lounge.
Some people in the replies have been talking about a #development-discussion ban. A ban on the whole forum would be better than just a #development-discussion ban, Iāve already seen some people trashing up #forum-feedback.
I am glad that within only a few hours hundreds of hearts are being put on this post so it may get more attention.
That recent Among Us post? Literally a shitpost from a Discord general server to the forums! I believe @railworks2 is right that we cannot really turn around from where we are at. We have been going south for way too long and we are at the point we simply cannot make a return to a peaceful forum instead of an offtopic cesspool and warzone of trash threads. If some of you remember the threads again about some sort of Among Us roleplay (not about, but was a roleplay or something) or something about gaining attractions to each other during development, like who in their right minds think that is acceptable??!!!
I donāt even know where more and more of these silly users are coming from. Is false word going around about how the Devforum is what a new Roblox forum? Because obviously thatās what it seems like; so many uneducated or/and underage users are coming here to let out the stupidest of thoughts. Whatever punishments you guys come up with like a 1 year ban as @buildthomas suggested is ay-okay with me because Iām sick and tired of stupid posts clogging DD.
A quicker punishment to these off topic spammers would be very very very very very very very very very very very very very nice and DD would actually be useful to me, and really everyone responding to this thread and many others off it.
This really needs to be put into effect on the DevForum, I have seen countless topics today that went extremely off-topic and are turning the DevForum into a social media platform instead of a development resource.
āLost some braincells, thanks for that!ā, which was the lock message on the Among Us post perfectly describes the way professional developers feel when they see a topic that does not belong on the DevForum.
The best thing to do right now is to keep flagging until these people realize they can go to third party platforms like Discord to do their off-topic discussions.
I personally havenāt seen posts being maliciously hidden, also there is no point in someone alting since they would have to read on the alt to the point of obtaining membership. Flag weights are also disabled on the devforum, and it absolutely takes more than 2 flags, one from two different TL1 users, to hide a post. This is a non-issue and is not relevant to the topic at hand.
Not even professional devs, Iām nowhere near that level but I felt that too. I support completely; the devforum is too much of a hellhole to be used as anything but a time-waster.
Thatās reality tho? Thereās no way to block people from talking in one category without completely removing their access from the forum for a longer period of time.
Or they just leave until the timer runs out. Thereās no way to 100% stop people from not reading the feedback messages. And letās say, for the sake of my argument, they did end up reading the messages. Do you really think that someone who couldnāt be bothered to take 30 seconds out of their day to read a message before would really take to heart what is being said? Probably not, and itās better to just snuff out people who donāt care enough than to find ineffective ways (that arenāt possible) to try and force them to follow the rules
I completely agree with you. At the same time, Robloxās regulations are not entirely apparent. When you initially join, you are not given a list of rules; instead, you are expected to discover the subject and read them for yourself. The problem is that most people donāt read the guidelines because they have auto scroll and will just afk while grinding posts. Another issue I havenāt seen you mention is new users bumping topics that havenāt been replied to in years. I believe the DET should close posts that have been inactive for eight months.
