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Is there any hope for this site?
bizzgeburt:
--- Quote from: dhaabi on August 21, 2024, 09:35:24 am ---
Most people post their thoughts to the annual 52 Games Challenge topic, whether they intend to actually try to complete that goal or not. There is also this general games review topic for anyone to use.
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Thanks! I guess I'll work out something about my personal gaming projects, such as finishing every Final Fantasy game in my collection.
Returning to the subject of this thread - is there any activity of this community on social media that's capable of recruiting some more members for the site? Maybe some fresh blood can save this herd from going extinct 8) ?
I personally consider this site one of the go-to ones when it comes to easy ways of keeping track of your game collection, I'd actually recommend it for that. Especially the opportunity to add information myself to help this database being accurate is a huge plus imo. ...
My assumption is that there're definitely some potential new users for VGC somewhere out there, but they need to know that this site exists ...
nathan776:
Personally I feel that a lot of older forums lose members and activity over time. I think this is partially down to users that have already registered slowly losing interest as time moves on (different priorities etc) and the feeling that there are more alternatives to forums that many people prefer to communicate socially on. A lot of newer communities use discord or a combination of both discord and forums to maintain engagement. While I understand that some feel that discord can drive people away from forums, I feel the benefits outweigh that.
In terms of the database, it definitely still gets used. I'm unsure how many people come back and continue to use it however after they have initially setup their collection. I'd like to see some more quality of life features to have the database feel more functional for some categories. For example I'd like for both Variants and Editions of an item to fall under one name and to be selectable from there. I like being able to submit variants when I get free time but for the average users - it must be confusing if you want to browse a category.
tripredacus:
Issues with Discord are that they are closed to the public, so they can't be archived except by the admins. There is a lot of lost information that gets put into a discord then then disappears when that channel disappears, or is not known to exist due to how difficult it is to read past information. I personally only use discord if I need to talk to certain people for a specific reason, but there is no use to try to use the discussion portions. It has the same issue as TFW2005 did a decade ago, too much content is posted that if you aren't there constantly, if you miss a day you're doomed.
zenimus:
I lurk around the forums, but there isn't usually much going on. The site is my go-to collection database though.
I think YouTube has stolen the thunder of forums in general, since each video functions as its own thread with comments.
It could also be because a lot of us already know everything related to retro games. ;D
retromangia:
I use the database on nearly a daily basis, the site is wonderful for its main purpose.
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