I was mostly talking about the decline that started once the numbers stopped being updated. Also, why stop at Gamewise? Machina once said that things really started to change when gamrconnect was first introduced. That was obviously way before I was even a lurker here.

And now Gamewise is more or less dead. I wonder what are the chances of bringing back the Game DB to VGChartz...

I'm gonna say last year was worse. ioi was just as active back then, numbers were constantly 1 or 2 months behind and very unfrequently updated (now we're a month behind, but get weekly updates), the ads problem was also here last year, and the site also went down a couple too many times last year.

This year Trucks started working on the site, we got the supporters program which helps the writing team which is always getting better and better, and a mobile version of the site will be coming soon (not as soon as I expected tho). The forum itself, I think it's worse, but besides saying "good users left" I dont have a good answer for that.

Something that I do find annoying this year is how "permanent" bans have appearently lost their meaning...

Talking from experience, I use my sources from 2 rules:

1. The first site that posts the article; or

2. The site with the better and more reliable content.

I get these through Twitter, and as soon as I see them I start writing the news article.

If a thread here uses the same source, it's a coincidence. And if it wasn't (like, I see the news here before Twitter), I avoid copy pasting as much as possible.

Of course, I write 2% of the news William is super experienced, faster, and better at writing than me, so it's purely coincidence (but it isn't odd at all for it to happen).

The numbers are about the same though there have been some improvements to the site as a whole

The thread quality and what gets the most clicks haven't though

Gamewise is making money? Huh, that place seems kinda dead to me. The last article was posted over a month ago!

Last year ? I don't know.

Today's the first time that I've posted here in over 8 months, so you tell me.

Much worse as far as the atmosphere and population goes. I feel like we have devolved as a community and everyone acts so damn petty now. Literally just see people complaining now a days and it's a move that I see the larger part of my generation doing. The biggest thing is that everyone acts so poisonous with their consumer mentality, where products have become guilty until proven innocent, where we are sharply criticizing products we never intended to buy in the first place. And it's not just one side. Everyone has a stick up their ass these days. It's only a matter of time before the last few good people around here vanish

I don't post as much as I used to but that's because of personal reasons. That said when I do post the forums seem a little.... barren. Performance is fine. I have no idea how often the numbers get updated, to be honest I rarely pay attention to them. Perhaps having a schedule or a countdown to when the next update is due would add more value in that regard.