Another mid level employee could help a lot :)

[Markon]

So, in response to my thread complaining about a lack of common sense being locked...

(which honestly doesn't surprise me, it was made to vent, and while it was never specifically rude to anyone, it obliviously came from my frustration at certain posters)...

...I noticed the locking comment mentioned that if somebody has an idea for website feedback, to make a thread, so here I am.

My idea: Hire someone to become intimately familiar with the game and the design of the game, so they have the knowledge required to patrol the message boards and tell people when their idea makes no sense.

They of course could help with other things around the office, I'm sure shooting down crazy ideas is not a full time job, but I doubt there is anyone at Paizo who's primary task is to give feedback on the message boards. (Not the same as moderating them, though I suppose that would be a natural extension of their duties. I expect an existing moderator could easily be promoted to this job, if they have the system mastery).

And if you think this is a crazy idea.... if only there was someone at Paizo who's job it was to tell me I'm nuts! (Let the paradox of that stew in your mind for a bit...) ;)

[Liz Courts]

If we hired somebody intimately familiar with the game and how to design it, they would not be assigned to be a moderator on the boards.

[Markon]

I don't mean someone talented and dedicated enough to be another designer, just someone who loves the game enough and knows the rules enough to be able to keep the crazy from getting out of hand.

[Alexander Augunas]

You mean like Liz Courts herself? She is a writer, a cartographer, and a designer.

Most of the moderators have intimate experience with Pathfinder.

[knightnday]

There are probably more than a few people on the boards currently who are very capable with the Pathfinder rules, and probably one hundred times that number that are better than average. Almost any of them are willing to tell you that you are nuts. In fact, you might have to pay them NOT to tell you that!

More seriously, one person's crazy idea is another person's everyday game. It would be hard to police something like that, if Paizo were inclined to. I personally think it would be more problematic than it would be helpful, and that you would run into the problem with have with many threads -- namely, "Who are you to tell me I am doing it wrong or having wrongbadfun?"

Keep in mind the developers and designers chime into quite a number of threads and even their opinions are often met with, shall we say, less than rousing agreement and universal acclaim.

[Lamontius]

Your idea makes no sense :)
Also smiley faces do not make things less terrible :)

[Markon]

Maybe it's just coincidence, but recently I've seen people arguing for some really ridiculous things, and it seems to be people's nature to continue to argue for it, long after somebody points out why their argument is ridiculous. Hopefully it was just bad luck, because I swear sometimes the craziness I see just makes me wonder how man kind has made it this far...

[Gorbacz]

Markon wrote:

Maybe it's just coincidence, but recently I've seen people arguing for some really ridiculous things, and it seems to be people's nature to continue to argue for it, long after somebody points out why their argument is ridiculous. Hopefully it was just bad luck, because I swear sometimes the craziness I see just makes me wonder how man kind has made it this far...

New to the Internet, eh? ;)

[Orthos]

Gorbacz wrote:

Markon wrote:

Maybe it's just coincidence, but recently I've seen people arguing for some really ridiculous things, and it seems to be people's nature to continue to argue for it, long after somebody points out why their argument is ridiculous. Hopefully it was just bad luck, because I swear sometimes the craziness I see just makes me wonder how man kind has made it this far...

New to the Internet, eh? ;)

Yeah you will find this is standard procedure.

[Jeremy Smith]

Orthos wrote:

Gorbacz wrote:

Markon wrote:

Maybe it's just coincidence, but recently I've seen people arguing for some really ridiculous things, and it seems to be people's nature to continue to argue for it, long after somebody points out why their argument is ridiculous. Hopefully it was just bad luck, because I swear sometimes the craziness I see just makes me wonder how man kind has made it this far...

New to the Internet, eh? ;)

Yeah you will find this is standard procedure.

And heaven help if he starts browsing political discussions...