That is selective (since it is not all),
It is not selective, because the 15 pages are dictated by the 15 pages available at the 7dtd forums. Sylent's selection is selective. Mine isn't.
and you chose what seemed to be the fairest comparison. I already pointed out why there could be flaws in that.
You believe there could be flaws. That does not mean there really could be flaws, let alone that there actually are flaws. I showed you that the percentage of locked threads remains pretty much the same when I check all posts, instead of just the first 15 pages. It's no surprise that you dropped your point.
(I'll point out another: You only looked at three other games. Why are those "fair comparisons"?)
Because I know that these three other games are normal forums with a normal number of locked threads. Actually, the Project Zomboid is a bit above the norm. They are, however, examples of how many locked threads forums on Steam usually have. Just have a look yourself.
Not quite. Notice how those are just the active topics. What happens to the "inactive" topics, the ones which don't receive comments (like locked threads)?
I don't know what you are talking about.
Also, what if the moderators of some games choose to delete topics rather than simply locking them? The Steam Guidelines indicate that that is a possible moderator action.
If they delete topics rather than simply locking them, why do these forums still have locked topics? If deletion is a common practice, we don't know how many topics are deleted on the 7dtd forums. I admit, though, that it is a valid point that I should research before I publish my study in a scientific magazine.
Have you ever actually read the methodology of research studies? They frequently are quite long as the researchers detail why they chose to analyze what they did, how credible that is, and what holes there might be in their methodology. They also usually admit their own bias for why they chose to pursue the research in the first place. None of this necessarily means that their results are not valid/worthwhile/actionable, but it usually means that there is more to the story.
lol
My study is so simple and basic, that I don't need to write 50 pages about my methodology. I simply counted locked threads and the number of total threads. It is science as in using the scientific method and empirical evidence, but not rocket science.
Besides all that, is it clear to us all why so many threads are locked on the 7dtd steam forum.
Out of curiousity; which one of these posts (Sylen's or Kubikus) do you consider to use a non-random and non-representative 'scientific' approach? I'm guessing neither, right? But you only replied to Kubikus' post, not to Sylen's.. how come?
That as well is clear to us all, just like it's clear to us all why once again, for the n-th time, I am the one who called out for arguing with more than one or two one-liners:
You really enjoy arguing don't you? With walls of text of course.....
Just an observation.
Same old same old.
Curious question. How many moderators do the other forums have?
No idea.
Could it be possible that they simply don't have enough moderators to catch and deal with all the reports? It's been my experience that most companies focus on their own forums, and largely ignore the Steam forums.
I find that highly unlikely, because these days you can get moderators for free, there are enough people who simply enjoy having that tiny bit of power over others. And a game like Ark can certainly afford to pay moderators. And as I just said, we all know why 7dtd gets so much negative feedback these days.
