Make General Discussion Gaming Again
Mar 30, 2017 17:27:16 GMT
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Mar 30, 2017 17:27:16 GMT
Our forum is in serious trouble, folks. You've seen it. We used to talk about games. When was the last time we had a Game Discussion of the Week? When was the last time we had a Game discussion, period? We used to have them. Had them all the time. But the General Discussion board has become a dumping ground for all of the politics. Maybe our Moderators will get around to fixing it. But I doubt it.
I'm getting so many private messages, folks. People are writing me, and I mean A LOT. A lot of people. And they're saying, What is happening to the General Discussion? Probably they're worried. You want to read about games. But the threads are all leaving. You see it all the time. They're going to Reddit. They're going to Facebook. They're going to Tumblr. Tumblr! Can you believe it? And they're leaving because this isn't a Game forum anymore. We used to be a Game forum, but now that's all changed.
So all of this is happening, and where are our leaders? I look on the forum and Balder is busy writing about movies. And I will tell you this. And I said it very strongly. And I got a lot of credit for it. I said, Don't make a Movies section. So Balder makes... a movie section! Think of it. Next thing you know, we had comics. I said, if you make a Movie section, it will fail. And it was a disaster! Users stopped logging in. Post rates were down 10, 25, sometimes as high as 34 and a half percent. Eventually it got so bad, they had to scrap all of it. But it was a mess!
What we need is a GENERAL GAMES DISCUSSION. A place that's safe from all the politics. And the bickering. And it would be so easy, folks. The easiest thing. Probably easy enough that our Moderators could do it. But they'll have to try their hardest. For you and me it would be so easy. Believe me.
Almost nothing would change. Under General Discussion we would put General Gaming Discussion. People who only want to talk about games wouldn't have to see anything about politics.
- NO separate movie/comics/music section
- JUST one General section for gaming for ALL consoles and
- One General section for everything else.
Poll ends next Friday. Vote early, vote often. Balder will, that I can tell you.
I'm getting so many private messages, folks. People are writing me, and I mean A LOT. A lot of people. And they're saying, What is happening to the General Discussion? Probably they're worried. You want to read about games. But the threads are all leaving. You see it all the time. They're going to Reddit. They're going to Facebook. They're going to Tumblr. Tumblr! Can you believe it? And they're leaving because this isn't a Game forum anymore. We used to be a Game forum, but now that's all changed.
So all of this is happening, and where are our leaders? I look on the forum and Balder is busy writing about movies. And I will tell you this. And I said it very strongly. And I got a lot of credit for it. I said, Don't make a Movies section. So Balder makes... a movie section! Think of it. Next thing you know, we had comics. I said, if you make a Movie section, it will fail. And it was a disaster! Users stopped logging in. Post rates were down 10, 25, sometimes as high as 34 and a half percent. Eventually it got so bad, they had to scrap all of it. But it was a mess!
What we need is a GENERAL GAMES DISCUSSION. A place that's safe from all the politics. And the bickering. And it would be so easy, folks. The easiest thing. Probably easy enough that our Moderators could do it. But they'll have to try their hardest. For you and me it would be so easy. Believe me.
Almost nothing would change. Under General Discussion we would put General Gaming Discussion. People who only want to talk about games wouldn't have to see anything about politics.
- NO separate movie/comics/music section
- JUST one General section for gaming for ALL consoles and
- One General section for everything else.
Poll ends next Friday. Vote early, vote often. Balder will, that I can tell you.
