we need a option to ignore other users, posts , threads , that will eliminate the problem of negative repping , i still cant believe we dont have that option

That would be very nice. Only problem is that then I'd only by posting to myself. :P

very much agreed. I think I'd like this more than the off topic section ;)

lol haha

I think the only reason you should be using the negative rep, is if someone is being highly insulting to other members of the forum or are spamming the forum. In either case, they should be negatively repped to death and banned. Forums are for debates, and just because you don't agree with someone is no reason to negative rep them.
It would be nice, for people that would use an ignore feature, to have it. I am not one of those that would use it, except for spammers, which I don't see on these forums.

Thanks, but seriously that is a very good idea and by far the best one in this thread. Sometimes I wish I could ignore someone just to prevent myself from losing my cool and saying something stupid that I will regret.

I've yet to see negative rep yield any positive results. First you have to read the offending post. Then you have to -rep it. Then it only hides that post. The next post is viewable and has to be read in order for you to determine that it was yet another trolling and insulting post... etc.

With ignore, you can identify users that have nothing to offer but spite and discord and prevent having to read all of their posts before using an action that has little to no effect any way.

I don't think anyone wants to -rep people's opinions, I think the request is to give us options that will keep the peace and actually work in a positive way ;)

Call me lazy if someone suggested this already (I don't have time to read everything on this thread), but why don't we have both ways? GOG could implement the OP's request and an option that jumbles the 4 forums together.

I like the OP's idea and someone's opinion that the Search needs a complete remake. I would add a button to flag a post for mods to check for inappropriate behavior, like ad spamming or a thread derailing into name-calling.

The only way that would happen is if they don't make people put their threads in the right subforum.

If there's enough posts in here to justify splitting it into it's own subforum, then there's enough posts for it to work.

The fact that Mr. Gog's minions don't seem to like doing any moderation, does not mean that threads shouldn't be moved to the correct subforum.

Also, we really, really need an ignore users feature.

I think the concern is not that they shouldn't be, but that they won't be.

Here are some recent threads which would more logically be in game-/series-specific fora, but aren't:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/king_of_dragon_pass_2
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/i_gave_up_on_ultima_4
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/so_question_about_arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magicka_obscura

For that matter, the OP of this very thread is posting to General Discussion in order to give visibility to something that's already on the dedicated wshlist. I'm not altogether sure what to make of that.

I'd make it an example of why we need more structure. If we had a gaming forum and a general forum, people that didn't want to see this post (the ones that only want to talk shop (or games) wouldn't see it).

Intentional or not, I'd call it anecdotal evidence ;)

I have no problem with those posting gaming questions in the general discussion forum this site is a site for discussion of games. Granted it is better placed in the specific game forum, but it will garner a lot more attention from people not actively playing the game that have experience with it.
I've just always felt Off-Topic (to games and gaming in general) and giveaways deserve their own forum. Not because I hate those forums and don't want to see them, but because Off-topic just has nothing to do with gaming or games and the giveaways start to push all the other great threads down to page two or three.

We have structure in the form of a wishlist with commenting functionality. Presumably not enough people saw the suggestion there...

This site is a shop. GOG stands to benefit from giveaways (when GOG gift codes are given), community tech. support, purchasing advice to supplement the review system, user feedback... General gaming discussion and general offtopic discussion are both only indirectly beneficial to them. They probably prefer the status quo because it's good enough (you're still here, even though there are loads of places on the Internet for general gaming dscussion), it requires minimal staff involvement and therefore it lets them focus on what their business directly profits from.

Yes, I wouldn’t make such an effort in trying to split the forums, if at least the search function would meet the requirements … it’s unusable, presents everything but not topic you searched for, and some more disadvantages.

Every single free forum software like phpBB or SMF could do way better, no to mention the commercial ones like VBulletin. But GOG just had to hack its own instead of using and theming a sophisticated one. :(

I’m repeating myself, but in forum softwares like phpBB you could always moderate things and say “move topic”. That leaves a placeholder in the old forum with a reasoning and a link to the topic in a new forum. Of course this would need moderation work. I can understand that it’s not done.

The wishlist is no discussion forum and serves mainly as a petition with counting votes and leaving comments. You cannot discuss there, only enter comments, no quoting or editing, but they even don’t allow paragraphs or clickable links. I have created a parallel topic in here to gather some attention and upvote the wishlist. Also to discuss the pros and cons in here. I hope for both to gain momentum when enough people read them.

:-)

See, telling him/her what you mean then and there usually is a god thing, instead of holding it. But that also depends on what kind of person you are...