RblxTrade Compass Test

1. Will an RT Discord server help increase activity and boost the number of users on RT?

No, all it will do is take activity away. Forum activity must be prioritised above all else. Discord servers, official or unofficial, must not be allowed a platform within the community at all. Discord is a means to increase activity on the forums, not to replace them. Discord does not increase site activity, but it is not a negative towards activity either. Discord should be prioritised above the forums, but the forums deserve to exist for the people who like them. Forums are a primitive and outdated form of messaging. The Discord server and associated group chats should be the primary source of communication, while the website focuses on trading.

2. How should drama and relations between users be moderated?

The less the better. Moderation should only be enforced to save the site from legal issues or to keep activity high. Users can sort out any drama by themselves. Drama should be allowed so long as people don't say things which go too far, because that could make advertisers pull out of advertising on RT, meaning less profits. Freedom on its own is not enough. Users need to be protected by a longer set of rules which prevent toxicity and drama at all costs, even if ironic. While joke drama is allowed, actual "flame wars" require a moderator to step in and sort it out for the users. The forums are not a priority, and you shouldn't be expected to know about little dramas going on there, so they are ignored.

3. Moderators of RT should receive the utmost respect and users should be banned for not listening to them.

No, users have the right to disagree with the moderators, even if that does not result in the rules being changed. While users can disagree with moderators, if they ask to the point the moderator considers it annoying, they should be banned. Disagreeing with the moderators or the common opinion of the userbase should be a bannable offense, because disagreement can cause drama.

4. Should the RblxTrade community carry out raids?

Yes — there is the potential to convert users to RT. No, raids are useless and they should be left alone.

5. If RblxTrade loses activity or dies, revival efforts should not be made and updates should not be released to revive the site.

Yes, it's best not to force updates on a dead community. No, RblxTrade should never become the next RobloxForum, and updates will revive the community. An effort to revive the website should be made if there is demand from the users.

6. Drama is an important aspect of the forums that builds culture, character, and is generally fun overall.

Yes, drama is core to the fabric of RT and has shaped it into what it is today. No, drama is generally stupid and unnecessary and has negatively impacted or hardly impacted RT. Drama is acceptable as long as it is a joke, and stays within the rules.

7. The early days of the RTR Forums (November 2022 - April 2023) were better than the RblxTrade Forums from 2020 - 2022.

Yes No

8. Guests are a positive to RT.

Yes, they allow more people to use the site. No, they never have anything valuable to say. Yes but no, they should be limited.

9. What should the focus of RblxTrade be?

A forum website which is based in a firm set of rules, making it a controlled and non-chaotic community. Discord is also allowed. A forum built on the core value of free speech, despite the drama that could be caused and run rampant. It's a part of RT culture, after all! A website based on valuing Roblox limited items and a competitor to Rolimons. Forums may exist but they won't be at the centre of the website. A third party Roblox conglomerate focusing on everything it can, with advertisements in games and on social media. Far more features will be added than just forums or trading. It will be THE Roblox social media giant.