Pretty self-explanatory. Create a forum to funnel all complaints to, such as:
- WTF, the Devs promised to fix XXX, why haven’t they yet?!?!
- The Trading Post is a scam!
- I had cheese for dinner and have had gas all day
- ANet Doesn’t Care
- My kitten jumped on the keyboard and deleted all my characters. WHY DOESN’T ANET CODE AGAINST CATS?
- etc.
Moderators should lock/remove all such posts for all other forums. Devs should completely ignore the complaints forum (100% serious here… don’t waste your time).
Pros
- Complainers join ranks and feel ignored together; nothing changes here (since even if you don’t ignore them, they still feel ignored)
- The rest of us get to go to any forum and actually <gasp> engage in interesting discussions about that forum’s topic (well, at least not whiny discussions)!
Cons
- Uhm. None.
My tongue is firmly in my cheek here, but the idea itself is legitimate.