# Please read this post (its important) **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946 "2024-02-16T17:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlastBoxGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blastboxgames/32/11727_2.png) [@BlastBoxGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlastBoxGames)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/1 "2024-02-16T17:08:43Z")
So the forum need serious help. It went from a fantastic place to talk and share about coding to a place with random off-topic stuff and arguments that have no reasoning. All this stuff even made @PixelDoodle and several other people leave So I have an idea for a way too fix this and insure a better future for the forum. It will not be easy but I at least want to try to save the forum. So my plan has 5 steps **Step One** This step is for the [@moderators](https://forum.makecode.com/groups/moderators) sorry about the ping So I’m begging you guys to stop approving random stuff that’s off-topic or just an argument waiting to happen. **Step Two** This step is for everybody PLEASE stop posting random stuff like “Platformer Wars” or “POST YOUR GAMES HERE” if you wanna see some games LITERALLY LOOK AROUND FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES AND YOU’LL FIND A TON (sorry about the caps I’m just really annoyed) Also Please stop posting like 8,000 devlogs for your games All you need is one or two topics about your game. **Step Three** This is for New people Before you make like 800 off-topic blog posts please post at least one game or make your first post a game. Don’t just treat this forum like a Social media. **Step Four** This is for everybody Please If your post is not relevant to the discussion DON’T POST IT. Also when you post a game make sure to maybe describe it or give some kind of How to play or something. **Step Five** Step five is really simple: Be Kind Please make it so that when people check the forum it makes them happy not sad. **Poll Time** Did you read this? _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/1))_ Do you want to help save the forum? _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/1))_ Thank you for your time. -BlastBoxGames ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/2 "2024-02-16T18:48:54Z")
I’m part of team TOGC! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![Jedi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jedi/32/14307_2.png) [@Jedi](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Jedi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/3 "2024-02-16T21:26:22Z")
YES thank you for saying this ive been watching this forum for a long time before i got around to joining, but i have been seeing it go downhill overtime, and i agree it needs some sort of reform or something. ---
**Author:** ![Sonicblaston](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sonicblaston/32/19164_2.png) [@Sonicblaston](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sonicblaston)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/4 "2024-02-16T21:30:13Z")
Team TOGC! Someone please draw TOGC as a logo ---
**Author:** ![BlastBoxGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blastboxgames/32/11727_2.png) [@BlastBoxGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlastBoxGames)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/5 "2024-02-16T22:29:09Z")
What does TOCG mean? ---
**Author:** ![goldtopaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goldtopaz/32/28622_2.png) [@goldtopaz](https://forum.makecode.com/u/goldtopaz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/6 "2024-02-16T22:29:17Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/e/ef1ba97de77dd0e114432707888cfb99462cf892.png) I think this might be a good togc logo despite not even knowing what togc stands for 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Goyga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goyga/32/18162_2.png) [@Goyga](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Goyga)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/7 "2024-02-16T23:31:34Z")
I think having the approval system is killing the community. Over the weekend posts can’t go through. ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/8 "2024-02-17T01:09:48Z")
EPIC! We wave this flag proudly!! ✅ ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/9 "2024-02-17T01:09:51Z")
Its much safer, though! The approval is 100% not changing. ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/10 "2024-02-17T01:09:57Z")
The only good choice! ---
**Author:** ![Goyga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goyga/32/18162_2.png) [@Goyga](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Goyga)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/11 "2024-02-20T17:43:16Z")
good but not great ---
**Author:** ![BlastBoxGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blastboxgames/32/11727_2.png) [@BlastBoxGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlastBoxGames)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/12 "2024-02-20T17:46:31Z")
Ohhhh that makes sense ---
**Author:** ![Octodemon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/octodemon/32/15417_2.png) [@Octodemon](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Octodemon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/13 "2024-02-20T17:47:56Z")
> [@BlastBoxGames](#): > > This step is for the [@moderators](https://forum.makecode.com/groups/moderators) sorry about the ping > So I’m begging you guys to stop approving random stuff that’s off-topic or just an argument waiting to happen. I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. Arguments and off-topic comments are really unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![KIKIvsIT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kikivsit/32/10492_2.png) [@KIKIvsIT](https://forum.makecode.com/u/KIKIvsIT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/14 "2024-02-20T17:52:00Z")
Do try to understand that there’s a fine line between moderating and dictating. We want to allow our users freedom to moderate themselves in most instances and we don’t want to remove all friendliness/playfulness from the discussion groups. For the most part, we only decline posts that go against our terms of service, but the majority of us have stopped approving new posts that feel repetitive or unnecessary. We have also created a handful of threads that can act as catch-alls for things like “New Games”, “Celebrations”, and “Comings and Goings.” Don’t underestimate how much power y’all have as forum members in shaping what people believe is and isn’t okay in their posts! ---
**Author:** ![\_jupiter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/_jupiter/32/28012_2.png) [@\_jupiter](https://forum.makecode.com/u/_jupiter)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/15 "2024-02-20T17:52:06Z")
> [@BlastBoxGames](#): > > This is for New people > Before you make like 800 off-topic blog posts please post at least one game or make your first post a game. Don’t just treat this forum like a Social media. do i count? hold on, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/3/3027cedd409211a0092ae45dcf50ce3b57a08fb8.png) GEEZ IM OLD!! ---
**Author:** ![technonux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/technonux/32/7924_2.png) [@technonux](https://forum.makecode.com/u/technonux)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/16 "2024-02-20T17:52:18Z")
maybe there should be a different category for off-topic instead? kind of like how there’s the arcade category, blog category, live category. etc. ---
**Author:** ![KIKIvsIT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/kikivsit/32/10492_2.png) [@KIKIvsIT](https://forum.makecode.com/u/KIKIvsIT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/17 "2024-02-20T17:54:40Z")
In the end, this is the MakeCode forum. Except for the weekly off-topic topics, there’s no great reason someone would need to post about their cat or a trip to the store here. This forum is for programming purposes only…and every off topic post is just another number of minutes that moderators have to spend monitoring the forum instead of improving our product 😉 ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/18 "2024-02-22T17:39:00Z")
That’s right everyone, we should all stop posting to get the Makecode update faster!! /lhj ---
**Author:** ![Goyga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goyga/32/18162_2.png) [@Goyga](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Goyga)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/19 "2024-02-22T17:42:47Z")
introducing… this random catagory literally everyone with a bit of iq will ignore because this catagory is offbrand reddit ---
**Author:** ![BlastBoxGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blastboxgames/32/11727_2.png) [@BlastBoxGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlastBoxGames)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/please-read-this-post-its-important/26946/20 "2024-02-22T17:43:37Z")
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