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ERfollower 04/15/24 8:27:37 PM #1: |
Wouldn't that be a waste of money?
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archizzy 04/15/24 8:29:54 PM #2: |
This can has been kicked down the road to different owners enough times that Fandom bought it cheap.
They dont need or care about the boards. The traffic comes from the guides/walkthroughs and they sell ads now. The boards will completely go away in the near future. --- PSN ID: sled_dogs76 60" Pioneer Kuro Elite PRO151FD, Yamaha RX-V3900 A/V Receiver, Oppo DV983-H player. Coming soon: 2 Seaton Submersives from Mark Seaton ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cory898 04/15/24 8:31:07 PM #3: |
You seeI bought the red car so I could disss-mantle it.
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ERfollower 04/15/24 8:32:06 PM #6: |
archizzy posted...
This can has been kicked down the road to different owners enough times that Fandom bought it cheap.Oh, so the site will become just the game database, FAQS, release data, etc without the boards, okay. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2s0-wdutf4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Irony 04/15/24 8:32:16 PM #7: |
If I was insanely rich then yeah since GameFAQs and fandom are basically just worthless garbage
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DDP886 04/15/24 8:32:53 PM #8: |
They don't have a business plan for sure
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Solar_Crimson 04/15/24 8:33:05 PM #9: |
ERfollower posted...
Oh, so the site will become just the game database, FAQS, release data, etc without the boards, okay.Yep. Happened with imdb. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dakimakura 04/15/24 8:33:12 PM #10: |
They are just kicking the degenerate loiters out. They will still use the sight for traffic.
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Jiek_Fafn 04/15/24 8:33:54 PM #11: |
Google says this site is only worth $60k. They outright don't want to put any work into this place. Once any issues are eliminated, DToast can handle this and like 12 other communities they own without issue. Right now it at best pays for his salary.
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VeggetaX 04/15/24 8:34:10 PM #12: |
Let's not forget they also bought giantbomb and GameSpot. I don't think its in their plan to buy all three known gaming websights just to kill them.
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Time 04/15/24 8:34:57 PM #13: |
It was part of the gamespot package.
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Kradek 04/15/24 8:42:19 PM #14: |
Wasn't GFAQs part of a bundle of companies they bought?
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electricbugs2 04/15/24 8:50:05 PM #15: |
As others have said they bought it as part of a package with some other sites. Probably thought this place was just an archaic version of GameSpot and didnt realize that there even was social boards.
Then some pencil pushing suit was made aware of the political discussion and ass topics etc and freaked out about what advertisers would think if they saw CE. Youll note that most of the mods seem to be against these changes, and DToast didnt make the announcement himself. Its all a money thing at this point. CNET didnt care about the bottom line. Fandom does. --- Balenciaga hoodies and Gucci shoes #FreeMelly ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VeggetaX 04/15/24 8:51:56 PM #16: |
Funny because the ads here have politics and asses in them
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electricbugs2 04/15/24 8:53:04 PM #17: |
VeggetaX posted...
Funny because the ads here have politics and asses in themI never said the decision made sense, this is just my PR degree talking lol. Just what I assume happened. --- Balenciaga hoodies and Gucci shoes #FreeMelly ... Copied to Clipboard!
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StarFighters76 04/15/24 8:57:00 PM #18: |
archizzy posted...
The traffic comes from the guides/walkthroughs and they sell ads now. Which if it wasn't for us contributors, this site would be nothing. And do we get a piece of the pie? Nope! --- 1,000 maps on 04/12/2010! -- 2,000 maps on 04/15/2016! -- 3,000 maps on 11/19/2019! -- 4,000 maps on 02/10/2023! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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IceCreamOnStero 04/15/24 8:58:54 PM #19: |
As if advertisers care ablut this place. Aren't the ads just generic shit anyway?
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Buzzard42 04/15/24 9:00:57 PM #20: |
ERfollower posted...
Wouldn't that be a waste of money?If they kill gamefaqs they can funnel more people onto their terrible wikis --- I'm not who you think I am ... Copied to Clipboard!
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furb 04/15/24 9:07:23 PM #21: |
They want the intellectual property and the naming rights. Possibly, the guides, especially the old ones where the users are no longer active in the community.
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Umbreon 04/15/24 9:09:13 PM #22: |
Buzzard42 posted...
If they kill gamefaqs they can funnel more people onto their terrible wikis Yep. No Gamefaqs means less chance to have us take up a Google spot, especially for older games who likely won't have a very robust wiki. And why have an adless guide that gives you everything you need on one page, when they can force us to click 10 times to read where to find one [Mcguffin] at a time, all with multiple ads and an unrelated autoplaying video? --- Black Lives Matter. ~DYL~ (On mobile) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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bladegash 04/15/24 9:14:36 PM #23: |
IceCreamOnStero posted...
Aren't the ads just generic shit anyway? I just got one that was a "find out if you are gay, lesbian or bisexual with this gay test" And I thought either we weren't adult enough for that kind of content or gamefaqs.gamespot.fuckfandom.com didn't want to engage in that kind of content. --- Snappin necks & Cashin checks ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CobraGT 04/15/24 9:23:51 PM #24: |
There are sites that answer questions for an hourly rate and you get charged even when they do not answer.
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P4wn4g3 04/17/24 12:04:47 PM #25: |
Yes why would they buy and then shutdown a major competitor
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masterpug53 04/17/24 12:06:32 PM #26: |
Cory898 posted...
You seeI bought the red car so I could disss-mantle it. "Who's got time to worry about some ridiculous hornyposting when you're driving by at seventy-five miles an hour?" --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prestoff 04/17/24 12:12:11 PM #28: |
ERfollower posted...
Oh, so the site will become just the game database, FAQS, release data, etc without the boards, okay. Same thing happened with IMDB and I read they're fairly profitable. --- DI MOLTO! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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P4wn4g3 04/17/24 12:12:26 PM #29: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Ah did that happen? That doesn't bode well. --- 7D ChessMaster of Dark Aether https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ClayGuida 04/17/24 12:14:02 PM #30: |
archizzy posted...
This can has been kicked down the road to different owners enough times that Fandom bought it cheap.What traffic? The daily polls are getting like a few thousand votes. 10 years ago they were getting hundreds of thousands of votes, a decade before that it was millions. The fact is nobody is using gamefaqs anymore when there's reddit or YouTube, much more interactive places. --- lolAmerica ... Copied to Clipboard!
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IceCreamOnStero 04/17/24 8:51:51 PM #32: |
bladegash posted...
I just got one that was a "find out if you are gay, lesbian or bisexual with this gay test"Exactly, its all clickbait garbage. As if they care about the sanctity of their brand being next to political posts on gamefacks.com --- Dokkan ID: 2365415872 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ShineboxPhil 04/17/24 8:53:27 PM #33: |
Twitter did it with vine.
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K181 04/17/24 8:55:44 PM #34: |
GameFAQs was just a random thing as part of a larger purchase. Its the equivalent of a shed out back on the lot for a house that you bought.
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sfcalimari 04/17/24 8:56:38 PM #35: |
"We bought what now?"
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HentaiMan 04/17/24 8:59:04 PM #36: |
shut it down this year already. garbage owner overlords
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mistymermaid 04/17/24 9:20:25 PM #37: |
NintendoAge anyone?
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ScazarMeltex 04/17/24 9:36:12 PM #38: |
archizzy posted...
This can has been kicked down the road to different owners enough times that Fandom bought it cheap.There needs to be an agreement amongst the creators to pull their work if the boards go away. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ForsakenHermit 04/17/24 9:36:53 PM #39: |
They are planning on melding it with their other wiki for video games.
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P4wn4g3 04/17/24 9:39:38 PM #40: |
ForsakenHermit posted...
They are planning on melding it with their other wiki for video games.Yeah I think they might. A lot of open questions there with the contributions here. --- 7D ChessMaster of Dark Aether https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nemu 04/17/24 9:40:25 PM #41: |
They don't want to shut it down. They just want to optimize doing fuck all while collecting ad revenue, like with wikis. I just don't understand this slow burn approach when they're being this dumb about it. Anyone with any experience dealing with people could have implemented the exact same changes without looking like corporate puppets. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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loafy013 04/17/24 9:40:43 PM #42: |
Cory898 posted...
You seeI bought the red car so I could disss-mantle it.I'd say it's more like you bought a red car and dismantled the old bike that was shoved in the trunk. --- The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes. That's fact. Everything else, is theory. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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solosnake 04/17/24 9:46:12 PM #43: |
Some people just like to watch the world burn
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Delirious_Beard 04/17/24 9:47:46 PM #44: |
think a lot of people are drastically overestimating how much thought goes into running this site
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P4wn4g3 04/17/24 9:52:27 PM #45: |
Delirious_Beard posted...
think a lot of people are drastically overestimating how much thought goes into running this siteNah, being the admin is a fuck ton of work. --- 7D ChessMaster of Dark Aether https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Rotterdammerung 04/17/24 9:54:00 PM #46: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/520cd99a.jpg
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ForsakenHermit 04/17/24 10:38:09 PM #47: |
Rotterdammerung posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/520cd99a.jpgGonna press x here. --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kamil 04/17/24 10:49:40 PM #48: |
I read the admin site post and it just said they were going to make this board private and cracking down further on horny posting and purg/suspension evasion. This topic and adjacent topics were making me think they were shutting down all boards.
Which yeah, I guess could happen but not yet. --- "A lesser talent couldn't have pulled it off. But I'm willing to bet on BoJack Horseman. Are you?" ~~Cuddlywhiskers on the new show ... Copied to Clipboard!
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P4wn4g3 04/17/24 11:20:55 PM #50: |
Kamil posted...
I read the admin site post and it just said they were going to make this board private and cracking down further on horny posting and purg/suspension evasion. This topic and adjacent topics were making me think they were shutting down all boards.That's a likely plan though --- 7D ChessMaster of Dark Aether https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/851-dark-aether ... Copied to Clipboard!
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