Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140318213355/@comment-6540148-20140327112415

CreepyMorefedora wrote:

If you think chat is damaging the site in itself, it's really only damaging the twenty or so people that go on this site for the chat itself. I still see hundreds and hundreds of new stories pass through each day.

If you think shutting down chat for a week will boost editing and use of the forums well to be honeset, no not at all.

If you haven't noticed, this site is pretty damn popular I mean REALLY popular. I don't understand why you think this site needs more activity.I do both of my fair share of editing on this site and spend a good deal in chat. If you think forums are a good substitute for chat, yeah no... Ok broski, listen up a bit. Chat isn't damaging just people. Its forcing the admins to spend time with matters that they should not be concerned with (which is keeping chat under control).

I don't know if you pay attention to the big number saying how many pastas are on the wiki, but if anything, its going down. That's because we have a barrage of bad creepypastas that the admins have to deal with. From your contributions, I see that you have 230 edits. Did you know that only 10 of those edits are on creepypastas? This means that out of 12000, all you have helped with is 10 of them. Imagine how much each admin has to deal with per day. I would think they get 10 creepypastas done in an hour.

Again, this is less about getting users to edit, and more about getting site policies updated. Users focusing back into editing is just a positive externality we encourage. We also know that people in chat know how to edit. If they were to help out, they would exert a tremendous impact on good editing and get the main site on its feet.

Also yes. We ALL know that you can't force people to edit. That was part of the explanation on the very top.

CreepyMorefedora wrote: What I am trying to say is, shutting down chat would really be pointless. You people complain and complain about the drama in chat but, that's only affecting maybe 40-50 people. If chat was that bad, there wouldn't be anyone in there but Ta-dah! People are still in there. Eh. I figure its kind of like people that get arrested a second time after they get out of jail. Why would they do something bad after they get out of jail? Because they live that way. Why would someone come back to a deleterious chat? Because they like that lifestyle. Also, just saying, 40-50 people are the ones on chat right now. There are countless people you don't see that have left because of chat drama. Many a time I've seen it. Anyways, this is not for the shutdown of drama, but more to organize the wiki.

CreepyMorefedora wrote: You people say this site has gone to shit because of chat well, it's still one of the busiest wikis I have ever seen. Trust me man, If you pay attention to the newsfeed, you will see that its mostly admins that edit. Yeah, its a busy website, but only because there are busy admins. I am cognizant that there are numerous sources of edits, but understand that this is a community project. 5 admins are not a community.

CreepyMorefedora wrote: All said and done, I think this is a waste of time and fucking energy. If you really want more people to edit, give them a good reason to edit. People edit because they like to edit not because "Oh, since they don't have chat, they will HAVE to edit now mwahaha!". No, it doesn't work like that. Again, not the main argument. We want the site as a whole to be better, but we need a certain peace of mind that chat isn't there to make more turbulent kerfuffles. Again, this is temporary. It won't kill anyone.