Why Don't You Participate In Mega Threads?

[Ganoncrotch]

I come on here for a mix of different views, there has been a few times where I've dropped links of my sale threads into the relevant megathread just to let the people in those threads know that such a thing is ongoing if they have missed it but at the same time like others have said, they're so meandering and off topic it's just pretty much a waste of time to look to jump into the middle of a conversation which has been on going back and forths for 3+ years in some cases.

For me those threads and the main reason I avoid them, is they come off to me as a giant circlejerk fest over the subject matter in the title, I love the newly created threads where people from all fanbases jump in to have their opinion but if it's the megathreads of where people who are fans of other systems are seen as outsiders if there is any news regarding their platform of choice it's just a stream of "I love this" replies, I mean people who are already 1000 posts to a thread invested in saying they like the platform the thread stands for... is it a shock that they think that news of any kind about that platform is a good thing? I don't really find it as such if I'm honest about the whole things.

I don't mean to sound too harsh on those threads and if you are running one and you are open to people who disagree with the mega aspect of the thread being criticized then fantastic, maybe drop a link to that here and point to where people are in general all discussing a bad aspect of the platform which the thread is based upon I would love to see a thread like that.

I'm not targeting any one of the main platform threads as being a circlejerk btw, I think all of them in terms of the main consoles / PC all maintain that aspect for me at least, but hey, that is just my reply to the OP question of why I personally don't go in those threads, there isn't intention to cause offense to the people who love going into those threads because they know each user inside them and they know that those users are more welcoming to talk and news about their favourite brand.