I've been perusing these forums for awhile and itGÇÖs obvious that threads typically come in "waves". I find this interesting that Tuesday may be Nerf Heavies, Heavies OP, Heavies UP day. Then the next day is Push to talk or something else and Today seems to be frame rates suck day.

What do you think causes this wave effect of related post coming in at the same time. Does everyone have alts they are logging in to start new threads they already started? Do people see one thread and decide they are so prima donna they need to be heard and start a new thread?

Would it be more useful if we had a GÇ£topicsGÇ¥ sub-forum where issues that have enough votes get to have a thread placed where no duplicate threads can be placed?

Most online communities experience "waves" similar to those you are describing. These forums seem to have a really short lifecycle when it comes to that sort of thing, recycling material and in general being a pretty volatile bunch collectively.

Some of it can be attributed to new threads instead of replies to old threads, either because the poster thinks their opinion warrants a pedestal of its own or because they have genuinely forgotten that the thread inspired the thought they've been having and think they are starting a new conversation. Some of it is the hivemind that communities get when they are all exposed to the same stimuli and environment.

I don't know whether a topic subforum would work. It's similar to having a massive FAQ but without forum moderation involving deletions/mergers instead of purely locks, we would just end up with a dozen threads in which people had commented "CHECK THE GODDAMN TOPICS FORUM HOW HARD IS THAT?"

I don't know whether a topic subforum would work. It's similar to having a massive FAQ but without forum moderation involving deletions/mergers instead of purely locks, we would just end up with a dozen threads in which people had commented "CHECK THE GODDAMN TOPICS FORUM HOW HARD IS THAT?"

With the idea I meant about saving CCP time and effort having to read every thread. They would just look at the ones that got good enough votes and they could have a policy where they "will" comment directly about their ideas if a thread obtains enough votes and that we can track which issues are trending and it will give a clearer roadmap to the future picture.

I've been perusing these forums for awhile and itGÇÖs obvious that threads typically come in "waves". I find this interesting that Tuesday may be Nerf Heavies, Heavies OP, Heavies UP day. Then the next day is Push to talk or something else and Today seems to be frame rates suck day.

What do you think causes this wave effect of related post coming in at the same time. Does everyone have alts they are logging in to start new threads they already started? Do people see one thread and decide they are so prima donna they need to be heard and start a new thread?

Would it be more useful if we had a GÇ£topicsGÇ¥ sub-forum where issues that have enough votes get to have a thread placed where no duplicate threads can be placed?