Current Events > Why doesn't gamefaqs have the megathread feature like reddit does?

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If a topic is gonna be spammed you have them all put into one topic like this one.


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Lols we don't have enough people to spam a topic to the extent that posts are lost. All a megathread will do is just decrease our already low topic count.

Plus, we already have tons of generals so we don't get a bunch of 1 post topics
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"It could lead to abuse" is I'm sure the response they'd give if actually asked.

It's what they've said about EVERY new feature before they eventually cave and implement it years after everywhere else on the Internet.
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legendarylemur posted...

Lols we don't have enough people to spam a topic to the extent that posts are lost.

I guess that is true. I forgot to screencap how many comments that topic has. As of this screencap it has 22,000+ comments and several more topics were merged into their megathread since I created this topic


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We police ourselves by throwing a fit when someone reposts a topic.
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I just realized that topic by itself could end up with more posts than all of CE. In just a couple hours. CE has 33,000 posts. That megathread about 24,500 in 2 hours.
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KainWind posted...

We police ourselves by throwing a fit when someone reposts a topic.

You know, this is actually also true. We're really bitchy to people who talk about old shit
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Reddit's thread system should not be emulated in any way at all for a forum. Have you ever tried to talk to someone on reddit, or have a civil debate or discussion? Enjoy responding to one person only at a time and having any dissenting opinion buried instantly by the pitchfork emporium.
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pinky0926 posted...

Reddit's thread system should not be emulated in any way at all for a forum. Have you ever tried to talk to someone on reddit, or have a civil debate or discussion? Enjoy responding to one person only at a time and having any dissenting opinion buried instantly by the pitchfork emporium.

It is like the 5th popular site on the internet so that is the future.
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SodomInsane posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Reddit's thread system should not be emulated in any way at all for a forum. Have you ever tried to talk to someone on reddit, or have a civil debate or discussion? Enjoy responding to one person only at a time and having any dissenting opinion buried instantly by the pitchfork emporium.

It is like the 5th popular site on the internet so that is the future.

But it's not a forum, it's a content aggregator with a comments section.
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Because Reddit sucks.
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megathreads are awful
the shitty titles that people create for every social/megathread are the worst part