hyperastro wrote:
Patatitta wrote:
if someone comes new to OT I would like them to just feel comfortable to start posting and commenting, to show that we don't bite, not to really intimidate them by saying "oh yeah we have a wiki and 10 years of history and our lore is actually super complex" and the such
I disagree with this at so many levels it's insane.
How exactly do you think that new people react to OT? when I first started posting here I was so fucking clueless about all these little inside jokes and such. I wouldn't "get" many threads cause they required so much prior knowledge about users/their personalities and lore. This problem is huge and it's the biggest thing stopping new users from posting here. OT is full of lurkers like packed to the brim, we know that because of that AI generated osu! is dead post. Anyways the wiki would address that. It could help new users learn about OT history more quickly and integrate faster. The Chronicles would already "scare" new users they are probably 1km of scrolling for history up to a year ago all in text format with no images.
Don't you think commiting harder to those threads that require previous knowledge, which given the front page, there are only a couple of them will make it better?, like if people started once again baiting and forcing lore, makign the quantity of that OT centric thread increase, that's going to make it better for people like you? Oh, but now we got a wiki with a hundred 500 word articles each, that is SO MUCH user friendly than just being able to start postign right away and getting the gist of things with time.
also no, there aren't that many lurkers in OT, there have already been polls and thread in the past, and no, that AI thread had new users because it was originally posted I think on the developement forum, and then was moved to OT.
Also I don't think the chronicles are that much of a detraction to new people in OT. Half of you don't even read the threads or the complete post history on a given thread, and I feel new users carry that mentality with them, it's not like you come into OT with a interest to learn and read and then 5 days in you lose all motivation.
Ymir wrote:
This discussion is so fucking gay and pointless, and not even in the hot anime girls in skirts way, but in the overweight bald men in boxers way
Don't try to rationalize a fun project, just make it. The Wiki won't be as useful as you intend it to be to new users, since most people don't really spend much time looking into OT; but it would be a cool read for us already active users.
idk, you're probably right, but still, allow me to be critical of things in OT, that's part of what I find fun and worthwhile in life, I just like to think about stuff.