Even if people reply to a low quality topic or post and prevent the thread from being deleted, users can still report the OP and get the ball rolling on potential consequences if the user keeps making low quality posts.
I don't feel it's bad for users to post on a low quality topic all the time either as the person who replies may be adding missing info or helpful info to make the topic gain some relevance. So those who read the OP may be confused but gain some understanding or clarity when reading replies. Make sense?
I'm not talking about topics that provide inaccurate statements or questions about an issue, I'm talking about topics that are of poor quality with the signs as I have presented.
I won't quote, I give an example:
Title: Bitcoin's potential is huge
Content: Bitcoin is Gold 2.0
I know that the assessment depends on each person, but to me, this is a low-quality topic and I will avoid replying on this topic. I will Report to Moderator, Moderator can send it to Forum Trash.
Is there way to describe how rank and activity are affected, like calculations of points, etc? If this the case the Trash board should be limited to you mods and admin because we can certainly see anything there and you can still reply on the thread that was moved there or even create a new topic there which doesn't make sense.
For example, according to the regulations on the number of Activities for each Rank
[1], a member needs 1200 Activities to become a Legendary. Currently member ABC has 1205 Activities and his Rank is Legendary.
However, when the low-quality topic, where ABC has commented 10 times, is sent to Forum Trash, ABC will lose 10 Activities and only have 1205-10=1195 Activities, ABC's Rank returns to Hero Member.
The same thing happened when we rearranged the Forum's structure earlier this year
[2].
Similarly, when ABC participated in the signature campaign, he created 30 valid posts during the week. But when 10 posts in low-quality topic are sent to Forum Trash, they will not be counted by the bounty manager and ABC will only receive rewards for 30-20=20 posts.
[1]
Everything You Need To Know About Forum Ranks[2]
Drop in rank or activity due to removal of some sections