LogFAQs > #980051599

LeCh0nk posted...

Because this "experiment" is essentially closing Gamefaqs and moving everything to a wiki.

That's my take on it as well. If it were something more benign then Toast wouldn't have been so hesitant and secretive about their "experiments", and definitely wouldn't have shut down two topics over it.

I still have no idea what the thought process was around sending a PM to one random nobody on the message boards and having them do the reveal instead, but it does fit with Toast's MO of doing the absolute bare minimum of community interaction.

I'm also convinced that the "obvious reasons" for not cross-linking message board posts are because they don't want to have the boards at all, and replace them with more easily moderated comment sections instead.

Also really explains why both Toast and Timmy refuse to publicly answer what Fandom's plans for GameFAQs' future are if the answer is to strip any Wiki-compatible content and shut the site down. Why do you think their only priorities have been cross-linking, shutting down 261 and CE, and getting as much ad revenue as possible since the acquisition?

They're not doing anything to give this site a brighter future, but they're doing everything they can to give it no future. And we're still going to have mods defending them as the site burns.