I feel like the biggest contributor to a stagnant azb is the refusal to answer old questions. New members who ask questions are told to search old threads because the topic has already been covered.
While I completely understand that it's to prevent from having a billion different threads covering the same topic, I think it really prevents the older generation from the actual act of passing on the torch to the next generation.
I think not wanting to cover old topics that might be new and exciting topics for some of us is what's killing azb.
So if a new player has a question about anything, quickly refer him to the 137 page flame war from a year ago, and while he's sifting through that to find even a single relevant comment, keep the funny pic thread alive and well and twiddle your thumbs while complaining that azb is dying.
I just feel like there's this gap that is made up of the older generation's refusal to let go, and actively denying a newer generation access to learning.
Teaching and guiding someone, versus handing them a dictionary aren't exactly the same.
Also if a new thread is created on an old topic that's been talked to death by older members. Let's actively sabotage, ridicule and ruin it for the first timers.
While I completely understand that it's to prevent from having a billion different threads covering the same topic, I think it really prevents the older generation from the actual act of passing on the torch to the next generation.
I think not wanting to cover old topics that might be new and exciting topics for some of us is what's killing azb.
So if a new player has a question about anything, quickly refer him to the 137 page flame war from a year ago, and while he's sifting through that to find even a single relevant comment, keep the funny pic thread alive and well and twiddle your thumbs while complaining that azb is dying.
I just feel like there's this gap that is made up of the older generation's refusal to let go, and actively denying a newer generation access to learning.
Teaching and guiding someone, versus handing them a dictionary aren't exactly the same.
Also if a new thread is created on an old topic that's been talked to death by older members. Let's actively sabotage, ridicule and ruin it for the first timers.
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