Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5319459-20121204001843/@comment-25546749-20121204220044

Crazyc92 wrote: Oppose — Even if I am in the minority, I must say nay. This makes commenting less personal, and thus weakens this community.

The system of commenting isn't great, and I actually like this idea; it looks and sounds cool!

But I'm afraid I cannot support it. I know I am the lesser voice, but I still feel it is important to  say my part even if it comes to nothing: The current system of commenting allows for non-linear topic discussions, aka, you can reply to a comment. In the forum format I see here, you can't do that! If I want to make a comment to the post in general, I make a post! But if I want to post under a comment to tell a certain user something pertaining to what they were saying, this system will not allow it any more!

I like the current system for how it connects players and contributers, even if it does lead to some tension.

So my question: are we an informative association which is not meant to be personal, or are we a community sharing knowledge?

This is how you reply to a comment on the post -- you "Quote" it. Not quite the same as article comments, but it still works. In regards to your last question, hopefully we can be both. Our main articles are meant to be informative, or should be optimized to be, and be as professional as possible. However, our community and how we interact should be close and open to helping others, so we become more personal when we actually are involved with the reader.