Idea to improve voting

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I was going to suggest this privately to staff, but I decided to post it publicly instead and get the community involved mulling it over or picking it apart. Why don't we make access to the forums and all of its features, including the chat box, conditional to voting?

I understand the logic of removing the chat box because it can be a distraction. But part of the reason why it has the power to even be a distraction is because it is popular. So why not make it an incentive to voting rather than getting rid of it altogether and hoping people vote more as a result?

The LB pages (battles, tournamnents, tracks, etc.) and the vBulletin pages (forums, chat box, etc.) are like two different systems which share the same user database. So in theory, a user can have access to one without necessarily having access to the other.

We could make it where people have access to the LB pages first and foremost, and they must vote on x amount of battles in order to have access to the forums and all of its features for a limited time. For example, we can say people must drop 10 votes in order to have access to the forums for a week, and after that week their access expires and they must drop another 10 votes in order to regain access.

I think we would see votes skyrocket as a result.

At this point, I don't think it could hurt and is more likely to only make things better. If you guys want to see how this not having any chat box thing pans out, then we can wait a while. But I'm pretty sure I tried it before and the forums were even more dead than they were prior to removing the chat box and votes didn't necessarily get any better and a couple of people even deleted their accounts if I remember correctly.

Anyways, this is just my humble suggestion. Feel free to discuss and good luck on everything.

[NOBLE]

I was going to suggest this privately to staff, but I decided to post it publicly instead and get the community involved mulling it over or picking it apart. Why don't we make access to the forums and all of its features, including the chat box, conditional to voting?

I understand the logic of removing the chat box because it can be a distraction. But part of the reason why it has the power to even be a distraction is because it is popular. So why not make it an incentive to voting rather than getting rid of it altogether and hoping people vote more as a result?

The LB pages (battles, tournamnents, tracks, etc.) and the vBulletin pages (forums, chat box, etc.) are like two different systems which share the same user database. So in theory, a user can have access to one without necessarily having access to the other.

We could make it where people have access to the LB pages first and foremost, and they must vote on x amount of battles in order to have access to the forums and all of its features for a limited time. For example, we can say people must drop 10 votes in order to have access to the forums for a week, and after that week their access expires and they must drop another 10 votes in order to regain access.

I think we would see votes skyrocket as a result.

At this point, I don't think it could hurt and is more likely to only make things better. If you guys want to see how this not having any chat box thing pans out, then we can wait a while. But I'm pretty sure I tried it before and the forums were even more dead than they were prior to removing the chat box and votes didn't necessarily get any better and a couple of people even deleted their accounts if I remember correctly.

Anyways, this is just my humble suggestion. Feel free to discuss and good luck on everything.