Hey all, I got a few suggestions on how to possibly improve the quality of the forums here

Followers:
I like the idea of being able to "follow" some of the users. Some posters I have good discussions with, or find they have interesting ideas, and this option could make it easier to build better communities among users and fanbases.
One thing about ACGM or other threads, because so many get created nowadays, threads from certain users I would be interested in viewing disappear rather quickly. So if you're not around to see in the first few hours or so, it's pretty much too late.
A way to introduce it would be if you "follow" someone, you get a notification if they create a new thread (ACGM, Trade proposal, etc). Following someone would not notify you for every single comment they make. That would be weird (stalker alert!!), and really blow someones notifications off if they follow too many folks.
This is technically something we can already do. Just find the user page and click on their created threads, but you have to jump through a lot of hoops to do it, and going through a bunch of user pages of people you like to see if someone posted something interesting isn't appealing at all and really tedious. Letting us follow users and get notified to their created threads would simplify things a lot!

Also, adding the number of users that follow you under your user tag could be a pretty cool feature, which goes to my next suggestion.


Removing total Likes from user tags:
I think this is something Capfriendly should implement as soon as possible. I see a lot of posters just trying to get a bunch of likes to increase their total number, and it takes away from the actual discussion, as these users are more interested in getting likes than actually having a discussion. It's a buzz kill.
I not saying to remove likes, but only to remove the total users have from their user tags. I think a major contributor to some of the toxic posters on here is "hunting" for likes. People that are "only in it for the likes", and will post whatever gets them likes... even if it "feeds the trolls".
Removing total likes from user tags won't fully eliminate the issue (toxic posting is a universal problem across all social media platforms), but it would help.
I'm assuming that showing the total Likes people have is to keep users engaged, which is a good strategy, but as mentioned above, it takes away from the actual discussions. My idea would be to replace the Total likes with the amount of people following you. The only way to get to people to follow you is to actually have meaningful discussions, so if folks want to "hunt for follows", they actually have to work for it. Not just comment "Leafs suk" to get 3 trolls to like it....



Titles/Flair add on:
I like this feature, it adds a personal touch to all user tags, along with the profile picture. I'd like to expand on this idea on continuing to personalize your profile. Keep the Flair under usernames that users can write what they want but add Titles below the profile picture.
A feature that is found on other forum sites are titles that can only be added to your profile if you meet a certain requirement. Kind of like achievements. A standard idea is giving titles to user based on how long they've had an account for, or how many times they've posted.

An example that could apply here would be giving the title of "Rookie" to new users. After 1 year of creating an account, they unlock the option of "Sophomore", and you can keep adding these every year like, "Veteran", "All-star", "Hall of Famer", "Legend", etc.
Making these title a different colors or fonts too to distinguish it from the rest of your profile could be neat. like making "Rookies" pink lol
The option to add more titles could be really fun too. Something like "Grinder" for someone who posts over 100 ACGMs, or "Fanatic" for someone whose made over a 1000 trades or whatever.


An example, with my profile, of the layout could be


User name (BlazingBat11)
Flair (Molson beer is meh)


Profile pic


Veteran (in Orange)
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 3000
Followers: 1






Let me know what you all think!

Not a suggestion, but more so a question.

Is it allowed for a banned user to create multiple other accounts after getting banned repeatedly on his other accounts?

Because there’s one user who I’m under heavy suspicion of doing this, and I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to do that.

Correct, they can't. User in question?

Like I said, I’m not 100% sure. But the user in question would be GabrielJ.

Repeatedly did the same exact activity he did two other accounts named something with Kaprizov in it (remember it when he was arguing with Ledge_And_Dairy about something) and GophersBenJ. Created the accounts a little bit after stopping posting on the others before (presumably because he was banned). The type of posts are nearly identical on all the accounts.

Don’t know if there’s a way to check by IP address, but if there is I’d go check if it’s the same on those accounts.

For example, I really don't think you should get a Warning for something like "Leafs decline" or "Wow that is bad." You don't always have the time at that moment (and sometimes patience if the trade offer is truly absurd) to go into detail explaining why every time. It can also go towards starting up a conversation with the OP like "ok how can I fix it to make it fair" but if you get a warning before that then it kinda defeats the point

I wholly disagree with this point.

If you don't want to take the time to rationalize why [team] declines a deal, don't post. It's genuinely as simple as "[team] declines, [player] isn't worth that much/is worth more". It might be the difference of five words but it at least gives an OP a reference as to why a deal is bad. There's nothing constructive about "[team] declines". The OP of a thread should have to "Blues Clues" their way into learning the intricate values of every player in the league. We all started with the chel-level AGM teams and through genuine, constructive feedback, we learned and improved our craft. New users have every right the grace and opportunity to learn just as we did.

GabrielJ is on our radar, and I'll probably just Level 4 him the next time he comes across our dashboards. Banks is aware, just busy.

If you guys think having a few extra hands on deck would help, it's something I can propose to the rest of the moderators. Don't hold your breath on any specific nominations though lol.

Like I said, I’m not 100% sure. But the user in question would be GabrielJ.

Repeatedly did the same exact activity he did two other accounts named something with Kaprizov in it (remember it when he was arguing with Ledge_And_Dairy about something) and GophersBenJ. Created the accounts a little bit after stopping posting on the others before (presumably because he was banned). The type of posts are nearly identical on all the accounts.

Don’t know if there’s a way to check by IP address, but if there is I’d go check if it’s the same on those accounts.

Please make it so you can report Trade Machine threads and make it so if you have someone ignored, they don't show up

You should also Move Arizona Forum to Central since they have been there for ~9 months

I was thinking it could be a cool feature to simply "Like" and armchair GM. Most of the time, if the ACGM is actually good, no one will have any comments, so if you could add an option to like an ACGM to just acknowledge that you like the person's work/they did a good job, i think it'd be super beneficial.

How do I "un-ignore" someone that I previously ignored.

How do I "un-ignore" someone that I previously ignored.

Yeah i've wondered that as well.