Forum Thread

One of my friends is actually really shy and is legitimately stressed over having to post in the forums. Unfortunately, she needs to do so to complete the tutorial, and parts of the site are (understandably) restricted until you finish the tutorial, regardless of Trainerlevel.
Since I know she can't be the only shy person on the planet, and there IS a lot to do on the site that doesn't require public communication with people she doesn't know, I was thinking it might be a good idea to make that part of the tutorial optional, since it's currently barring site features? Maybe just having to go to the forums (so they know they're there) without having to actually post or something would help.
Does that seem like a good idea to anyone? If not, is there a particular reason you're against making it optional?
Thanks for your feedback!

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Maybe there could be a section for people that are like that who don't want to post in the forum but have to, like a private thread where only you can see the post. It would still count as a forum post though.

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I think it should not be mandatory, not because of that, but because the majority of PH (including me) never looks at intro posts.

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I don't support :(

even for someone who is shy, there is a mass intro thread, where all you have to do is type in 'hi' and it'll count as your post. Clickie

So I think it should not be implemented.

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