MMO-C should have a new rule for topicstarters.
Here on MMO-Champion are many topics which have topicstart (or firstposts or how you are calling them) which only has one or two sentences. People just dump their question without doing any more effort for their thread. This looks to much like spamming to get their postcount up. Most times they threads aren't even fun to read, cause one troll feeds the other trolls etc... It's annoying if you ask me.
Good threads are made when you do the following things:
1: Try to solve your problem or question by yourself first.
Before posting a new thread you should try to solve your problem or question first by yourself. If you cannot find an solution or answer for your problem, write down in the new topicstart what you've tried to do to solve it, where you've looked for an answer, etc...
Don't forget to use the search function before creating a new thread (
that's already a rule)
2: Give attention to your topic.
If you like to start a discussion then you should give your topic attention with some arguments and your findings. Dumping one-liners don't do that.
3: At last: Give your topic a proper title. (
that's already a rule too)
A clear title makes your topic findable. A clear title means also that you actually know what's the subject of your topic before you enter the thread. Keep the title positive by NOT using CAPITALS, multiple exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!! or a single word like Help!
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I'm very sure that having sharper rules like this makes threads more fun or entertaining to read. You actually contribute in a good way. Same goes for moderators. As long you are following the forum rules, they are not nessecary, but if they are needed they need to act more consistent with a stricter approach to users, and even to other moderators, if they break rules.
A better MMO-C starts with yourself.