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RolStoppable said:
I consider what gets posted in the Nintendo section a bigger problem. The irrationality that is going on in there makes politics pale in comparison.

The worst thing is when you mention Paper Mario. The arguments are ridiculous. 

Never thought someone could be so angry at you just for liking a game.

spurgeonryan said:
This is like saying, "There have been a lot of controversial threads on why pokemon go is doing well, it seems like people are just searching for good thread ideas to point farm and get replies".

Yes, in other news, water is wet.

The point of a thread is to post something worth while. Should we just not post when something happens in the world?

Well, Nintendo just closed down today, but I do not want any replies son I will not post it. That is basically what you are saying.

TL,DR

Just block the forum from your self so you do not have to see interesting threads.

Do people actually point farm or intentionally try to make threads get replies?
I've never heard of anyone on this website care so much for the points.

spemanig said:

spurgeonryan said:
This is like saying, "There have been a lot of controversial threads on why pokemon go is doing well, it seems like people are just searching for good thread ideas to point farm and get replies".

Yes, in other news, water is wet.

The point of a thread is to post something worth while. Should we just not post when something happens in the world?

Well, Nintendo just closed down today, but I do not want any replies son I will not post it. That is basically what you are saying.

TL,DR

Just block the forum from your self so you do not have to see interesting threads.

We shouldn't, but honestly it shouldn't be on the front page if it's not about video games. While I usually roll my eyes when people what I'm about to say, this is a gaming site. If people want to talk about things that are superfluous to that topic, they should be willing to look for it. The site looks less focused when those kinds of threads run rampant.

I agree with Arlo completely, though not enough to consider leaving.

I participate often in non-gaming related discussions, but you are right. This website was meant to discuss games and sales. 

A lot of other gaming websites have a similar issue though. It's probably 60% gaming related threads and 40% other non-gaming related threads most of the time.

Machina said:

spemanig said:

Wish we could do that for the front page.

Worth asking Trucks if he can make that happen without it taking up too much of his time. I think the fact that it doesn't work for the front page was just an oversight the original site dev made when creating this version of VGC.

Can't you just click which topics you do and don't want?