I personally think that a declined or unapproved section for suggestions should be put in place.
First and foremost, tidiness. It would honestly clean out all of the clutter in the suggestions section. We currently have 6 pages of clutter that are either ignored, declined, or still in the midst of making a decision. With the declined section, it would bring down that number count, putting all the (hopefully) still-relevant threads out there.
Secondly, I'd say it would bring up the staff-to-member communication, vital to many sites. This way, members would know which topics are being ignored, declined, and still in progress of finalizing. The declined threads would go in the declined section, showing members that there's no use in bringing it back up. The rest of the suggestions fall into the ignored or WIP categories.
First and foremost, tidiness. It would honestly clean out all of the clutter in the suggestions section. We currently have 6 pages of clutter that are either ignored, declined, or still in the midst of making a decision. With the declined section, it would bring down that number count, putting all the (hopefully) still-relevant threads out there.
Secondly, I'd say it would bring up the staff-to-member communication, vital to many sites. This way, members would know which topics are being ignored, declined, and still in progress of finalizing. The declined threads would go in the declined section, showing members that there's no use in bringing it back up. The rest of the suggestions fall into the ignored or WIP categories.
- If this suggestion were to be implemented, I'd say when a staff member finalizes the decision on declining the suggestion, they must give a reason. It's for the best, really. If the said staff member gives a reason instead of saying just no, members can read and attempt to understand the staff's point of view. In this case, there'd be less revival of dead suggestions and complaining.
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