Discuss the state of the forums and find solutions

[zorg1000]

Chrkeller said:

super_etecoon said:

Allowed or not, people can choose to participate or not. I personally have blocked politics, not because I’m not political but because I don’t want to see that on a video game forum. It’s an easy solution, or it was until politics decided to camp out in this thread. 

Maybe.  Feels like to me less and less people are here to talk gaming, which makes VG a weak site for gaming news.  More and more are coming here for the politics, which is going to divide people and lead to bans.  Perhaps this place has already been run into the ground, thus it doesn't matter, but politics aren't going to help. 

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If nothing else politics should be a sub forum that nevers shows up on the main page.  

This site isn’t a weak site for gaming news because of politics discussion, it’s a weak site for gaming news because forums are outdated in general and the other gaming forums have a much more modern layout.

I know I’m a broken record and have said this a bunch but the thing that made this site stand out from the competition was the weekly software/hardware sales estimates, without those there is little reason for someone to get their gaming news from VGChartz over ResetERA, InstallBase, Reddit or social media.

Even without political discussion, people wouldn’t be joining this site, it’s a relic of the past held up by a handful of us stubborn dinosaurs who have been visiting this site for ~15 years and continue to do so out of habit.