Poll of the Day > It kinda makes me sad to see GameFAQs finally dying.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I think I'm missing something - is GameFAQs shutting down or just becoming less active?

idk man

I really lost track of this part of my life when Paradiso finally died.

TimeCrisis posted...

Twitter is terrible in a forum sense. The interactions there are lame with most posters not bothering to reply and just doing posts for clicks

Reddit sucks too and I found most subreddits have power hungry mods, Alot of echo chamber style posts there too and downvoting can be contagious

Fuck FB

I dont do Instagram or TikTok

Whats left ? People still use mIRC? Or ICQ?

You already have your secret discord.

Timmy_Duncan posted...

I think I'm missing something - is GameFAQs shutting down or just becoming less active?

Fandom recently decreed that CE should get the LUE treatment (new accounts can't access it, any existing account that gets purg'd loses access to it), as well as that all "political discussion" (a term which they've done a very poor job of explaining) is now forbidden on every board except CE. They've also shut down the Sex and Sexuality board with little warning and no particular explanation except a vague ban on "hornyposting," as well as shutting down the Religion board with no explanation beyond "hardly anyone used it anyway." The general impression is that they're trying to stamp out all board traffic that isn't gaming-related in an effort to ensure that people who stumble across the site looking for gaming discussion aren't turned away by off-topic or offensive content, but given that it's really not possible to accidentally end up on a social board, that excuse doesn't really track.

It might not be getting outright killed any time soon, but Fandom's recent direction seems to suggest that they want to change it up in ways that probably don't include us.

adjl posted...

Fandom recently decreed that CE should get the LUE treatment (new accounts can't access it, any existing account that gets purg'd loses access to it), as well as that all "political discussion" (a term which they've done a very poor job of explaining) is now forbidden on every board except CE. They've also shut down the Sex and Sexuality board with little warning and no particular explanation except a vague ban on "hornyposting," as well as shutting down the Religion board with no explanation beyond "hardly anyone used it anyway." The general impression is that they're trying to stamp out all board traffic that isn't gaming-related in an effort to ensure that people who stumble across the site looking for gaming discussion aren't turned away by off-topic or offensive content, but given that it's really not possible to accidentally end up on a social board, that excuse doesn't really track.

It might not be getting outright killed any time soon, but Fandom's recent direction seems to suggest that they want to change it up in ways that probably don't include us.

Thanks, that clears it up!

ReturnOfFa posted...

discord

No

I hope that I can make "?" mark block rank before it all goes under.

I do want to know what the next rank would be after that. Feels like I've just been in a listless state though I know there are ppl with way higher karma than me.

Kamil posted...

I do want to know what the next rank would be after that. Feels like I've just been in a listless state though I know there are ppl with way higher karma than me.

It's "???" at 10,000 karma. There is very little chance I'll ever reach that, the site would have to be open another 8 years.

faramir77 posted...

It's "???" at 10,000 karma. There is very little chance I'll ever reach that, the site would have to be open another 8 years.

Oh. Huh. Less than six years away for me, if the site were to still be around even half that.

Kamil posted...

I do want to know what the next rank would be after that.

"39 - Touch Grass"

Fun thing you don't understand this site died once Gamespot owned it. This site used to be for the OG gamers, the NES / SNES / N64 generation of kids. We made it, we grew up with it, we paved the way. Now the few that remain are in there mid 40- mid 50's. Life movies on. Younger generations don't care or get Gamefaqs. We are a dying breed sadly. OH well

we had a good run