RP topics shouldn't be in the "recently discussed" section on the front page

[Noazark 67]

I don't personally think that the topics made in the Roleplay section should show up in the "Recently discussed topics" section on the front page.

 

First off, to understand where I'm coming from, know that I don't participate in RPs, I have once and I didn't like it. And no this is not some traumatized person trying to get RPs removed from the site, I simply think they should stay where they are meant.

 

Most of the people who do RPs, at least from my experience, don't take part in very many other sections of the forums, therefore I believe the RP topics should not interfere with the rest of the forums' members. Another point, is that I am certain that the people who do participate in RPs, are very dedicated to their topics in that section, hence they would probably follow those topics themselves, plus they have the "Topics I've participated in" section on the front page for convenience.

 

RP topics usually take up at least 40% of the "Recently discussed topics" when I use the forums, and as someone who doesn't not care for such topics, I find it distracting from other topics that I would want to have a discussion in. You may say that I can just ignore them, and that's true, but that doesn't justify putting them there.

 

In conclusion, I believe that role-players can follow their own topics, and as such I see it unnecessary for them to show up in the "recently discussed" section of the front page.

[Mephala 2,633]

Following topics spams my inbox, and I know a lot of people that just follow it (the roleplay) through that "Recently Discussed" section. It is a part of the site, and I think that it should remain up there. There are many RP'ers who are also moderators and/or active members as well.

That was a really badly thought out response.

[Noazark 67]

Following topics spams my inbox, and I know a lot of people that just follow it (the roleplay) through that "Recently Discussed" section. It is a part of the site, and I think that it should remain up there. There are many RP'ers who are also moderators and/or active members as well.

That was a really badly thought out response.

Yes but they follow it through the "Topics I've recently participated in" section, or at least, that would be more reasonable than the "Recently discussed" option in my opinion.

Edited October 23, 2013 by Noazark

[An Old Head 4,816]

There exists an option to exclude certain sections from your Recently Discussed window, which can be found here. You should use it to omit the roleplaying sections if you wouldn't like them in your own window.

 

Remember to choose subsections in the tree rather than main sections, as selecting the main sections won't function as intended. Do it like so: