Current Events > some people are suggesting we all close our accounts and leave the site forever

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but that would play right into Fandom's hands. We're not the cookie-cutter users they envision. We're gamers who crave lively banter and camaraderie beyond the confines of strict gaming talk. If we all bail, Fandom will simply refill our seats with gamers who toe the line, sticking solely to video game discussions. They'll inherit our space, but not our spirit. Our memes, our battles, our tales gone in a flash. Our legacy reduced to mere whispers in the wind. The day we stop smiling is the day they remember our laughter.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

but that would play right into Fandom's hands. We're not the cookie-cutter users they envision. We're gamers who crave lively banter and camaraderie beyond the confines of strict gaming talk. If we all bail, Fandom will simply refill our seats with gamers who toe the line, sticking solely to video game discussions. They'll inherit our space, but not our spirit. Our memes, our battles, our tales gone in a flash. Our legacy reduced to mere whispers in the wind. The day we stop smiling is the day they remember our laughter.

How will they 'refill our seats'? Plenty of boards already exist here for gamers, but going by the popularity of boards like CE, people don't want to talk about nothing but games all the time.

It's not just like that at gamefaqs. Most special interest websites have a 'general' section, and at every one I've ever visited, the general section gets the most activity by far.

people don't realize how many new users come to this site every month. You think the new accounts are just alt accounts or people who forgot their old account information, but it's not. the accounts actually belong to gen z and gen alpha.

And where are these users now? Are they in the room with us?

Brand new users couldn't even see CE previously until they logged into the site for 50 days. At that point, they'd already be established members of the community. So it's not like CE could scare away potential new gamefaqs users.