Current Events > Any CE user in business marketing? Make sense of all this please.

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Please layman it for me

Make sense of what you didn't post any graphs or anything

Probably because in terms of effort required to keep the boards in check theres just no financial justification for keeping the social boards open especially as everyone uses ad block.

You make it sound like there was any sense in all this.

There was none.

Im not in business marketing but any draw this site has these days is based solely on the guides/walkthroughs. They simply dont need the message boards for that so if they destroy them its irrelevant.

Just because a small group of people have an emotional attachment to this place because they started coming here as kids or because its one of the only places they found some type of social structure and acceptance means fuck all to them.

No one wants da community manager job

archizzy posted...

Im not in business marketing but any draw this site has these days is based solely on the guides/walkthroughs. They simply dont need the message boards for that so if they destroy them its irrelevant.

Just because a small group of people have an emotional attachment to this place because they started coming here as kids or because its one of the only places they found some type of social structure and acceptance means fuck all to them.

I disagree. The game boards hold a ton of game information.

Vegy posted...

No one wants da community manager job

Should have kept Krystal.

At least she showed pics of her swollen bruised foot.

Why would anybody want to see that

VeggetaX posted...

Please layman it for me

Make sense of what?

CE was determined to bring little value (ie profit) to their operations and moderators were deemed too lax in their duties. Being a free image host for hundreds of gigabytes of softcore porn and general shitposts was probably a consideration as well.

I can legitimately answer this question

So, weve forgotten that GameFaqs isnt a throwaway independent website. Its a million dollar platform, that costs lots of money to run.

In 2011 GameFaqs was ranked #81 on Alexa, and the average poll of the day received 120k votes. Times were good.

Had at that point GameFaqs gotten a mobile app, embraced mobile games, and had dev tools that allowed publishers to offer promo codes in exchange for pre-registration this place would have been raking in millions.

Especially because around the rise of mobile gaming in 2015, two years after the smart phone was mass adopted, the most sought out demographic by advertisers was the 24-34 malesthe more hardcore the betterand GameFaqs was the mecha of this userbase. But without a mobile app it was impossible for GameFaqs to monetize in that way.

For whatever reason GameFaqs bet against Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Smart Phones, and Mobile Gaming not being viable sustainable options. The platform bet against change

As such the platform stoped being able to acquire new users. What they had is what they had, and as time went on and people aged into adulthood they used the platform less and less. Meanwhile, the folks that posted and more and more as they got older were more or less introverted users also stuck in the past. Current Events is where they all cultivate as a single entity.

Currently (according to poll of the day) the average age of a user is 40, and less than 2% of the entire userbase is under 21.

In order for GameFaqs to be viable it needs to turn back the clock, and get a fresh start. They need to get a mobile app, modernize the site, start having a social media presence, and attract new (younger) users.

But whats the point in spending all that money on redevelopment and user acquisition when your ultimately just sending a bunch of hip gamers in their twenties (folks who grew up with smart phones and social media) to go hang out with a bunch of introverted 40 year olds screaming about the White House, or just engaging in general weird internet culture stuff?

Youll spend all that money to funnel new users to create a GameFaqs account only for them to take one look at this place, shudder yuck and then never return again?

The current audience of GameFaqs, especially on Current Events is not large enough to sustain the hand that feeds it. In order for GameFaqs to survive we need the TikTok crowd on here.

Thats not going to happen unless you foster an ecosystem free of toxicity and posts that make all your average joes of the world feel like they need to take a shower once theyre done reading it.

We need to get back to just talking about games and nerd culture stuff. Make this place more inclusive to all demographics. If Fandom can do that then they can justify the spend to renovate and modernize the place.

Currently there is no point in even starting development on a mobile app, or user acquisition strategies because the current ecosystem isnt sustainable to any demographic other than the very niche one thats already using the website.

Getting rid of CE, Politics, and Horndog posts allows for the chance to foster an environment thats worth putting the money into so that one day it may actually be financially viable again.

I agree with the logic of GameFAQs not wanting to join on the modern technology train such as social media. I mean I think they did but the girl they hired quit a few months after.

I don't like politics; there will be no politics!

STEROLIZER posted...

Getting rid of CE, Politics, and Horndog posts allows for the chance to foster an environment thats worth putting the money into so that one day it may actually be financially viable again.

Yeah they ain't gonna do that. Lol

VeggetaX posted...

I agree with the logic of GameFAQs not wanting to join on the modern technology train such as social media. I mean I think they did but the girl they hired quit a few months after.

Honest to god all we needed was a mobile app that released between 2013-2015 and we would have been fine.

We still need that app. But the current platform doesnt make enough money to warrant building it. So if they are going to make it at a net negative then they might as well give themselves the best shot at success. They need to ensure that users they aquire through ad-spend actually use the platform instead of immediately uninstalling the app.

So it cant be angry or weird. Honestly, it needs to be kind of vanilla up in here.

What would an app give you that viewing the site in a mobile browser doesnt? The site runs extremely well in a mobile browser.

SHRlKE posted...

What would an app give you that viewing the site in a mobile browser doesnt? The site runs extremely well in a mobile browser.

IMO, I've always felt GameFAQs didn't want to modernize itself alongside with the other gaming site. Hell, even Eurogamer even put themselves out there with news article and professional reviews.

Like, why isn't GameFAQs on here giving Elden Ring a 10/10?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fde54bc3.jpg
IGN did it right. They have a HUGE social media presence, they have a huge review team of writers, bloggers and bloggers. They get exclusive interviews and exclusive reveals. If only GameFAQs followed suit.

All good points but it doesnt answer my question.

An app alone wouldn't save this place IMO.