"[Meta] I have to say something about these 'ideas' that keep getting voted to the top of this subreddit"

#PokemonGO: I've seen some great ideas and suggestions come out of this subreddit, some that have even been heard and implemented by Niantic (like the journal showing egg hatches).But many of the ideas that I'm seeing posted (and very much upvoted) here aren't really even ideas anymore, they're just users stating "wouldn't it be nice if we got free X for doing Y."That's not an idea, that's just you saying you want free stuff. And in most cases these 'ideas' aren't even possible, or would cut deep into the game's revenue.Wouldn't it be nice if we got 1-10 CP for training up a gym? Sure that'd be great but CP is calculated based on a Pokemon's attack, defense and stamina stats- so what are we even suggesting, that stats get boosted for training gyms? Great, sure which stat? Does this make up for bad IV's, or is it on a separate scale like EVs in the handheld games?Would there be a cap or are we going to be seeing totally roided-out CP 5000 dragonites all over.If you come up with a way to implement EVs in Pokemon Go, great we'd love to wear about it. If you're just here to say you want your Pokemon to get a CP bonus for training, or walking, or just logging in (really?), could you not?This goes for all the wonderful 'ideas' I've seen at the top of this subreddit recently:Free items for logging inFree infinity incubators every five levels (lol)Free experience for hitting a new pokestop (the game already has a system to encourage hitting new stops- 10 stop bonus)Leashes that last 10 km and award a full power up and a candy every 1 km you walk a Pokemon- this was a neat idea and it was disappointing to see people add more things they wanted the leashes to award for free instead of pointing out how totally broken a full power up every 1km would be.Free stardust for transferring PokemonMore candies for transferring PokemonMore stardust for catching PokemonMore experience for catching PokemonIncubators from PokestopsThe list just goes on and on and on. These aren't ideas people, it's literally you saying you want to advance through the game faster while playing less! Reading this subreddit sometimes it really seems like the perfect game for you would just be logging in, receiving your starter from Professor Willow, and immediately being boosted to level 40 and awarded a full poked ex of perfect IV/perfect moveset Pokemon. And of course a free masterball with infinity uses for reaching level 40.If someone posts an actual idea, great, it would be fun to discuss. But most of these posts need to be tagged with "I want free stuff" instead, and ignored. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2biCZ97