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tripleh213
05/05/24 9:27:35 AM
#151:


Fandom will kill Gamefaqs

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SHRlKE
05/05/24 12:40:49 PM
#152:


tripleh213 posted...
Fandom will kill Gamefaqs

As we know it absolutely.

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GrandConjuraton
05/05/24 10:52:12 PM
#153:


SHRlKE posted...
As we know it absolutely.
No, in general.

No one actually thinks this site will ever be relevant in any capacity ever again, so acting like they're playing 4D chess to win a "new generation" is completely asinine.

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SHRlKE
05/06/24 4:39:42 AM
#154:


GrandConjuraton posted...
No, in general.

No one actually thinks this site will ever be relevant in any capacity ever again, so acting like they're playing 4D chess to win a "new generation" is completely asinine.

Ok. You seem to have taken my post personally or are reading something into it I hadnt actually intended.

Not sure why.

Gamefaqs probably represents like one % on Fandoms balance sheet. All they care about is the IP of the guides. As Ive said multiple times in the past I get the feeling the social boards didnt factor into the purchasing decision one iota. Once the boards are gone so am I. Im not sure why we seem to be in disagreement here

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Whiterun_Guard_
05/06/24 5:04:51 AM
#155:


Yes

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ForsakenHermit
05/06/24 5:45:33 AM
#156:


Fandom bad.
Hornposting good.

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Lord_Ephraim
05/06/24 5:50:56 AM
#157:


There's nothing Fandom can do to "save GameFAQs". It has always been a JRPG and Nintendo site. JRPGs have been in massive decline since 2007 and Nintendo has done of things that aren't really popular with GameFAQs boomers. Walkthroughs and FAQs have wikis and youtube videos that are often superior to the old GameFAQs text format. There's not much Fandom can do to attract new users. A vast majority of users here are late 30s/early 40s.

That said there are things Fandom has done to make the site worse and it goes beyond the whole CE/261 drama that some people are taking way out of proportion. Intrusive ads, lackluster bounties, and outdated website design are the main takeaways.

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Revelation34
05/06/24 5:54:02 AM
#158:


sfcalimari posted...


They don't have any reason to drive engagement. Gamefaqs could have a million daily message board users and it wouldn't make them much money. Message boards are dying and are only viable if they're not for profit or are treated as a side benefit attached to something profitable like Steam. Unlike other forms of social media you can't data mine message boards, and owners are liable for toxic users. The hot new thing is killing all your forums and telling everyone to go to Discord, this is what Ubisoft and a few other publishers have done.


False. Section 230.

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ForsakenHermit
05/06/24 5:55:02 AM
#159:


Lord_Ephraim posted...
There's nothing Fandom can do to "save GameFAQs". It has always been a JRPG and Nintendo site. JRPGs have been in massive decline since 2007 and Nintendo has done of things that aren't really popular with GameFAQs boomers. Walkthroughs and FAQs have wikis and youtube videos that are often superior to the old GameFAQs text format. There's not much Fandom can do to attract new users. A vast majority of users here are late 30s/early 40s.

That said there are things Fandom has done to make the site worse and it goes beyond the whole CE/261 drama that some people are taking way out of proportion. Intrusive ads, lackluster bounties, and outdated website design are the main takeaways.
Shutting down and locking popular boards is not good site management or a way to bring in new visitors.

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Umbongo
05/06/24 6:08:09 AM
#160:


Which of Fandom's websites shares revenue with the people that submit content for them to monetize?

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RetuenOfDevsman
05/06/24 8:59:44 AM
#161:


SHRlKE posted...
Gamefaqs probably represents like one % on Fandoms balance sheet. All they care about is the IP of the guides. As Ive said multiple times in the past I get the feeling the social boards didnt factor into the purchasing decision one iota. Once the boards are gone so am I. Im not sure why we seem to be in disagreement here
Oh I'm sure GameFAQs itself didn't factor into the purchasing decision one iota.

The purchase was Sega Genesis Collection that they bought for Sonic, Phantasy Star, Streets of Rage, etc and just happened to have this... Decap Attack game on it, which would be GameFAQs.

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Fenriswolf
05/06/24 9:01:54 AM
#162:


Still better than Red Ventures where admins just rubber stamped suspensions.

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Lord_Ephraim
05/06/24 9:03:37 AM
#163:


ForsakenHermit posted...
Shutting down and locking popular boards is not good site management or a way to bring in new visitors.
Well yeah, but it's far down on the list of problems that GameFAQs is facing right now.

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ooger
05/06/24 9:06:57 AM
#164:


Lord_Ephraim posted...
Well yeah, but it's far down on the list of problems that GameFAQs is facing right now.

What are the top 3 problems on your list?

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Revelation34
05/06/24 10:32:14 AM
#167:


Fenriswolf posted...
Still better than Red Ventures where admins just rubber stamped suspensions.


Nah.

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MisterPengy
05/06/24 10:41:15 AM
#169:


Ya know, I remember Fandom from years ago when I first branched out into using the internet as a whole for game advice, instead of just looking up FAQs on here.

What I remember is their wikis load like total garbage, and I always avoided them. It was like you can feel the bloat clogging up your browser.

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ssb_yunglink2
05/06/24 11:02:03 AM
#170:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Why do you think Asherlee specifically would want CE to be shutdown? I just dont understand where the hostility towards her or the idea that she wanted CE shut down is coming from.

Just kinda weirdly aggressive for no reason especially considering who the tc of this topic is

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Foppe
05/06/24 11:18:39 AM
#171:


Umbongo posted...
Which of Fandom's websites shares revenue with the people that submit content for them to monetize?
Wouldnt it be nice with a $300k bounty?

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DrizztLink
05/06/24 2:01:22 PM
#173:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Try applying that energy to when you try running off people who have been here a decade longer than you, cap'n.

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Toonstrack
05/06/24 3:33:52 PM
#174:


They arent that bad. They arent great. But they arent that bad.

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HentaiMan
05/07/24 1:50:08 PM
#177:


tripleh213 posted...
Fandom will kill Gamefaqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm8FwzHUGCs

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Revelation34
05/07/24 9:50:52 PM
#178:


I want CE to shut down.

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[deleted]
05/08/24 7:02:50 AM
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ooger
05/08/24 8:30:49 AM
#179:


Revelation34 posted...
I want CE to shut down.
We know.

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GranAures
05/08/24 8:33:15 AM
#180:




I want CE to shut down
Could always close and make a new account if you can't stop yourself.

Or just close. Nobody is making you keep your account if you're unhappy here.

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LonelyStoner
05/08/24 8:34:29 AM
#181:


I hate everything about it. Especially how they try to be the pop culture version of Wikipedia. I have this suspicion that they paid someone off at Google to redirect everything to them instead of Wikipedia.

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tri-sapphire
05/08/24 8:51:54 AM
#182:


They mutilated the Fallout Vault. I will never forgive them for that.

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HentaiMan
05/08/24 9:03:05 AM
#183:


LonelyStoner posted...
I hate everything about it. Especially how they try to be the pop culture version of Wikipedia. I have this suspicion that they paid someone off at Google to redirect everything to them instead of Wikipedia.
see the video in #67. >_<

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TheSavageDragon
05/08/24 9:26:24 AM
#184:


LonelyStoner posted...
I hate everything about it. Especially how they try to be the pop culture version of Wikipedia. I have this suspicion that they paid someone off at Google to redirect everything to them instead of Wikipedia.

There's an extension that redirects you away from their wikis to the ones all the actual communities moved to, major improvement if you are someone that constantly browses game wikis
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[deleted]
05/08/24 11:02:39 AM
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Blue_Dream87
05/08/24 1:05:20 PM
#186:


Fuck Fandom

wiki.gg all the way

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MrMolinaro
05/08/24 1:26:53 PM
#187:


Fuck Fandom

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Strider102
05/08/24 1:47:21 PM
#189:


FrozenSneak posted...
Fandom can go fuck themselves on a spiked dildo and I hope they see this.

No hornyposting

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Paragon21XX
05/08/24 1:53:51 PM
#190:


Strider102 posted...
No hornyposting
Fandom should be cancelled for using hornypanic as their justification for banning hornyposting.

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SAlYAN
05/08/24 1:57:07 PM
#191:


TheSavageDragon posted...
There's an extension that redirects you away from their wikis to the ones all the actual communities moved to, major improvement if you are someone that constantly browses game wikis
Fucking BULBAPEDIA is right now suppressed behind their shitty Pokemon Wiki.

They absolutely do.

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HentaiMan
05/08/24 2:02:28 PM
#192:


Paragon21XX posted...
Fandom should be cancelled for using hornypanic as their justification for banning hornyposting.
Sharia Burka Faqs.

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Biofighter55
05/08/24 2:27:31 PM
#193:


They dont care, they buy up websites that get traffic, flood them with Ads to make money, rinse and repeat

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dancing_cactuar
05/08/24 2:30:24 PM
#194:


TheSavageDragon posted...
There's an extension that redirects you away from their wikis to the ones all the actual communities moved to, major improvement if you are someone that constantly browses game wikis
Sometimes that alternative is Fextralife though, so at that point you're either severing your pinky with a knife or shooting it off with a gun.

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Revelation34
05/09/24 7:40:23 AM
#195:


GranAures posted...


Could always close and make a new account if you can't stop yourself.

Or just close. Nobody is making you keep your account if you're unhappy here.


No I want the entire website to shut down.

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ooger
05/09/24 9:04:12 AM
#196:


Revelation34 posted...
No I want the entire website to shut down.
Okay tails.

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GranAures
05/09/24 9:20:40 AM
#198:




No I want the entire website to shut down.
Well you should follow my previous advice and Asherless's current advice
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

But that would make sense for someone not happy with someplace to actually leave instead of giving that place business.

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shyguybry
05/09/24 9:31:29 AM
#200:


I mostly lurk, but anything Fandom has done hasnt affected me in the slightest. If anything, Im glad horny posting was banned. Too many ppl here acting like theyre 13 and first time on the internet. It was sad and pathetic.
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