Goodman Games Forums Closing.

[Nikosandros]

Yes, I like discord a lot for organizing my local play groups. Though, its a terrible format for in-depth and long running discussions.

Yes, for local groups I love Discord! Not as a substitute for forums though. Following a discussion is a mess. It's more like an (almost) real-time chat.

 

[MNblockhead]

Discord is good at getting quick responses, but terrible for searching through and finding discussions on specific topics.

Generally, I find fans filling the gaps on Reddit. I can't remember ever spending any time on Goodman Game's forum. Instead I go to one of the more active, game-specific Reddits.

 

[Anon Adderlan]

Not sure why folks are bringing up #Reddit when GG only mentions their #Facebook and #Discord, both of which are trash tier for any kind of coherent archivable discussion.

And outgrown my ass, they just don't consider it valuable enough to support anymore. Now to be fair the legal climate has made maintaining a forum extremely difficult, but they could have at least stated that as their reason.

 

[Morrus]

Now to be fair the legal climate has made maintaining a forum extremely difficult

Not really.

 

[payn]

Discord is good at getting quick responses, but terrible for searching through and finding discussions on specific topics.

Generally, I find fans filling the gaps on Reddit. I can't remember ever spending any time on Goodman Game's forum. Instead I go to one of the more active, game-specific Reddits.

I find Reddit even worse than discord for conversation. It’s great for getting a question answered that about it.

 

[Anon Adderlan]

Not really.

Numerous EU game companies such as #Cubicle7 already closed their forums over #GDPR, and the US is fast closing in with their age verification and privacy requirements. It's a veritable minefield at this point.

 

[Morrus]

Numerous EU game companies such as #Cubicle7 already closed their forums over #GDPR, and the US is fast closing in with their age verification and privacy requirements. It's a veritable minefield at this point.

And yet.

 

[pawsplay]

It wasn't a forum I visited, but I tend to think of every dedicated forum that closes as something valuable lost. Yet maintaining a forum takes time and energy, which can be a distraction from publication.

 

[DataDwarf]

Registration on the Goodman Games forum as been broken for almost 2yrs. It is hardly surprising that it is closing at this point.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Unsurprising news, but still sad for me. I really dislike Discord as a discussion platform and Reddit is possibly even worse (all of this IMHO).

Discord is okay when you have a discussion among a handful of posters, especially using a Thread, but as soon as the numbers liable to participate increase past about six it becomes nearly useless, and with some Discords that's half the discussions that will occur or more.