LogFAQs > #965055823

I mean look at this example from late 2015, already four years past GameFaqs prime.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/208-fighting-games/72949976

I was in the crowd of the Capcom Cup at PlayStation experience and made a topic about it on one of the more ninche boards on this site

two other GaneFaqs Users were in the crowd with me, and we all met up to watch together.

Not only were two GameFaqs users at the same event in my city, but both happened to be browsing GameFaqs while also watching the showand not only thatbut browsing one of the less trafficked boards no less.

GameFaqs use to be normal. Due to its widespread appeal, and giant, diversed, and most friendly userbase it was the place to be!

GameFaqs had a real opportunity to blow up and become a powerhouse the likes of Reddit or Twitch.

Unfortunately it never evolved, and as the userbase got older and more integrated into every mundane NORMAL lifethe more core users of this platform (mods included) sunk deeper and deeper into their own self-induced exile from the general mainstream society.

This created a disconnect between the administration and the userbase, and as such the userbase that didnt align with the cultural shift that the mods began implementing, simply left the platform.

It is what it is, but I often remenisce if the days of old, and think what could have been