[Rejected] Advice section on the forum

[Yang]

Wanna example why we don't need this type of thread? Here

https://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=75813

 

Thanks for that but we're talking about irl situation where people experience the same thing others are going through and how to handle it. Not looking for group of friends

[Saint Pablo]

If a guy can't ask for friends and not get troll responses what makes you think that the people of the internet will give solid advice? @Shadowkiller

[Yang]

If a guy can't ask for friends and not get troll responses what makes you think that the people of the internet will give solid advice? @Shadowkiller

 

Mature people who ACTUALLY experience what they are going through and understand them.

[SpikedRocker]

My advice for this is really to not make it public. You'll receive trolls and possibly bad advice. It's more of talking to people you know asking them who would be good to talk to for whatever considerations. I know a lot of time I'm talked about like the dad around here (guess that makes @Caution the mom with the money ) but I even know who I can go to for advice around here. There are specific people I trust. Posting a thread is just not ever going to happen for me on personal level of issues.

 

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[Chloe Gallagher]

If a guy can't ask for friends and not get troll responses what makes you think that the people of the internet will give solid advice? @Shadowkiller

 

That's just one bad example, and it should fall on admins here to deal with that properly like any other thread here.

 

And I've gotten great advice and tips here from minor to serious things.

[Yang]

My advice for this is really to not make it public. You'll receive trolls and possibly bad advice. It's more of talking to people you know asking them who would be good to talk to for whatever considerations. I know a lot of time I'm talked about like the dad around here (guess that makes @Caution the mom with the money ) but I even know who I can go to for advice around here. There are specific people I trust. Posting a thread is just not ever going to happen for me on personal level of issues.

 

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I think my thinking of this advice is different from what everyone else is thinking. My thinking was about what they should do when they kept on finding problems with their cars after fixing it again and again. But if it's personal then please keep it to yourself. Such as the thread of looking for group of friends which will only get you trolled.

[Poobah]

But actually tho, off topic or spam central is fine for legit questions. You can almost always tell when someone is serious or when they're just havin' a giggle. The serious questions are usually met with serious answers and the meme posts are given meme responses. I don't think it's people not taking the question seriously that causes troll responses, I think it's how you present your issue at hand. Like if you make a legitimate post where you say you are feeling suicidal people are going to be able to see that you are serious and I bet nearly everyone would try to help in that case.

[Exk]

I was gonna say what spiked said but he beat me to the punch. A section for advice solely can lead to problems since some people are fragile and they may take offense to someone "memeing" their questions. Yes, a serious post will likely receive serious answers, but what if I genuinely need advice on something someone else may take as a joke. There are things meant to be kept inside, and for a lot of "advice" type of questions its best to go more personal to people you have come to trust. Creating this section can open up a false sense of security since the higher ups job isnt to keep an eye out for light trolls. Just my opinion though.

[Gator]

IMO this is what TS gets used for mostly. No reason for a section.

[Metal]

Steam-Gamers advice and questions is about 10 times worse than Yahoo answers sometimes, but genuinely there are some people here who are worth listening to & there are also those among our community who are in dire need of advice & help. Some of the threads where people are looking for help it's absolutely the dumbest shit on the planet, but genuinely I think we should all stop discouraging people from coming to the forums for help. Sure, it's a gaming community but I think so many of you underestimate how much SG means to some people & that their support/opportunities in real-life are either terrible or their life is awful outside of SG. Maybe I'm wrong in saying this, but I feel like if not an advice section then maybe we just continue allowing people to post their questions in Off-Topic and not completely lambaste them for asking a legitimate question. We have so many people from all walks of life, military, correctional officers, nurses, so the knowledge here at SG is super plentiful and diverse.

 

Most of the legit questions I've seen people ask get good answers, and I really encourage people to not use the "but this community is just for games" argument because I'm willing to bet that most of you at one point reached out to a friend that you met here at SG for help with something. I'm of the opinion if you're genuinely looking for people to help you TeamSpeak is always the best option as most of the people who go on there are pretty chill.

 

Anyway, I'm not really all for the "advice" section as most of it can be stuck into Fitness, Off-Topic, Spam Central, Modding, Tech Talk etc.. but I felt this needed to be said as people were going to nail this idea to the cross.

 

You sure?

I got all my best dating advice from SG.