[Meta] Is this community still active, or should it be closed? If it's not active anymore, any suggestions for alternatives?
[Meta] Is this community still active, or should it be closed? If it's not active anymore, any suggestions for alternatives?
Asking as the last post here was 21 days ago.
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For discussion-focused alternatives, I like !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
!games@sh.itjust.works is nice but sometimes a bit too news-focused for me
I don't think either of those communities can replace this one at all, frankly. I agree it's sad that this one isn't more active, but that will always be the nature of more high-effort attempts that aim for more original content, analysis and discussion as opposed to simple links. TrueGaming is another similar sub that was attempted to be mirrored in the Fediverse, but was hosted on kbin.social and I assume it died with it.
Patient Gamers promotes discussion, but it's aimed at a specific niche and not general as this community attempted to be. !games@sh.itjust.works is a regular gaming community and will always be centered around links to news.
Patient Gamers promotes discussion, but it’s aimed at a specific niche and not general as this community attempted to be.
Indeed, but at the same time, I feel like most gamers here are "patient gamers" as the demographic seem a bit older, so less time to dedicate to intensive gaming, and some bias for older titles.
I guess on my side I'll try to focus on !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works and maybe talk about more recent titles there, I don't think they would be against it as long as it's an interesting discussion
I don't think the demographic should have much of a bearing on the intent and focus of the community, and I would personally prefer both communities to exist and satisfy their respective niche rather than attempt to shoehorn general discussion into Patient Gamers. The latter is very specifically about waiting 12+ months to play a game (for whatever reason), and while I don't know their particular moderation policy I - as a user browsing - would not go there to look for broad general discussion topics like "what are some games that discourage savescumming well?" or "how do we make an evil playthrough interesting?".
Interesting
I posted "Do you still play couch coop nowadays? Which games do you recommend?" 20 days ago, got 133 upvotes and 47 comments
I would personally prefer both communities to exist and satisfy their respective niche
I would like it too, but I'm afraid there is only so many posters / posts to spread over communities with our current userbase.