Why did you make two threads about it when you could have just posted it here? And considering you did, I don't see the point.
And thank goodness he did because it proves my point. What point is that? That megathreads are stifling conversation and we need an influx of smaller threads. As I stated in Tendoboy's thread:
I'm all for thread creation and proliferation even if a thread is only good for 1 or two posts.
Here's the proof:
Tendoboy's thread (I can only find 1 thread made by him on this subject by the way) -
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=44664.0Phil's thread in Handheld -
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=44669.0Curtdogg's in Talkback (which I think has the best comment of all which is made by stevey) -
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=44667.0You'll notice that despite being the same subject, the tone and discussion in all of them is different. If there is only 1 thread, then chances are half these comments don't exist or ever get made. Look at the scintillating discussion that is made about this game/news/topic in this thread which is considered the "right" thread. Yeah.....
In fact, this little event even triggered a Funhouse name change and a Funhouse thread -
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=44681.0You think that happens when all topics and conversations are funneled into 10 threads designated to handle all discussion?
Much like how the longer generation life seemed to adversely affect the videogame industry into creative stagnation (feel free to now counter with examples a, b, and c after reading this), this idea of continually feeding threads with a new point because it fits the generic theme is also leading to a conversation stagnation and a reduction of comments and makes it feel as if there is nothing new going on.
I may have bemoaned last year how the console discussion forum was nothing but Wii U bashing and a constant reposting of people saying the same thing over and over but can you imagine if there had been one thread titled "Wii U criticism"? The console discussion main page topics probably wouldn't have changed for the whole year as everyone just kept posting in the one thread. The reason people kept reposting the same thing is because they had the chance to do so in a new conversation on the topic. And you know what? I kept reading and following them because they were new threads and conversations while I probably would have stopped if it was just in one thread.
Not all megathreads are bad. There's nothing wrong with rating the last movie you saw in a thread or the Sony getting hit hard lately when they used to have a bad news day every day for awhile. Those threads are based on a topic that has stayed the same since its inception and are a perfect way of allowing people to post something that could be iffy as a signal topic (although part of me wonders what would happen if that were tried). But do we really need to have a topic where the thread title gets changed every so often because of a new story that slightly fits what was last posted in it? And if people are changing the title of the thread, isn't that an indication that maybe a new thread should just be made instead? Do we still need to have the Wii U News and Rumor Consolidation thread? Isn't that what this forum now is? Last generation, we had a whole forum designated for Smash Bros. Brawl discussions. Why'd we do that when we could have just made one single thread for it like we're doing now? Do you really think this is a better method for generating forum usage/interest or for attracting and keeping new forum users? Obviously, Nintendo sales and marketshare and age are going to be a factor but I would say that the situation of the forums from 8 years ago compared to today indicates that this is not the best solution.
There's nothing in the rules that states all conversation on a matter must be 1 thread only. In fact, this rule, (which I may be breaking at this moment)
Do not "derail" threads. Do not intentionally change the subject of a thread or purposefully turn a thread in an unnecessarily negative direction. If it made you think of a good topic you really want to discuss, make a new thread.
indicates that thread creation should be the goal as well. Don't try to fit all conversation on a matter into one thread but if there are offshoots of it, make a new thread and let it grow. In fact, the only place that has a rule stifling thread creation is the Reader Review section which states on the Forum main page - "Please keep it to one topic per game; just add your review to the thread." which I think is a terrible idea and I make a petition right now for the abolishment of that rule since that forum is hardly used or that busy to need it nor is it fair to anyone who would like to review and post a game in that forum. If User A writes a 2 sentence review of a game and says it sucks which causes some 30 posts to be made about it, why should User B's 8 paragraph better written positive review then be forced to become the next post in that topic and get lost in it?
Yes, I could have made this post somewhere else and maybe I should since it probably won't be noticed by 80% of the users on this forum if they don't regularly click on this thread to see the latest posts (I'm afraid I don't always do that) but it might reach some and maybe it will cause them to join me in breaking from this habit of trying to limit thread creation or critiquing other users of creating a thread on a matter when it could be posted in a semi-related thread on the subject and hopefully it rubs off on others.
There is ample proof that Thread Creation is better than Thread Categorization.
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