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Riksilver wrote:ohh was this the thing where I got lynched for checking my PMs and someone snooping the active users list
because I am lowkey still salty about that

Green Gecko wrote:i need you in my life.

Errkal wrote:

Green Gecko wrote:i need you in my life.

Maybe we can get Karl to make a think that as you are typing pops up every say 50 words and says "Hey GG, does this need to be this long"

Moggy wrote:

Errkal wrote:

Green Gecko wrote:i need you in my life.

Maybe we can get Karl to make a think that as you are typing pops up every say 50 words and says "Hey GG, does this need to be this long"

Why use 50 words when you can use 5000? The words are there, USE THEM.

Errkal wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Errkal wrote:

Green Gecko wrote:i need you in my life.

Maybe we can get Karl to make a think that as you are typing pops up every say 50 words and says "Hey GG, does this need to be this long"

Why use 50 words when you can use 5000? The words are there, USE THEM.

Sorry ts;dr, can you elongate your point?

Moggy wrote:

Errkal wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Errkal wrote:

Green Gecko wrote:i need you in my life.

Maybe we can get Karl to make a think that as you are typing pops up every say 50 words and says "Hey GG, does this need to be this long"

Why use 50 words when you can use 5000? The words are there, USE THEM.

Sorry ts;dr, can you elongate your point?

The English language is full of words, lots of words, the best words, I didn’t mean to turn this into a Trump impression but the man is right, we have the best people, the best words, magnificent, sad, fake, all the words are there. With so many of the very best words, why not use those words to convey the exact meaning of the idea that you are trying to get across? You can skimp and save with the words, of course you can, but with a rich tapestry of language to explore, the best way is to not conserve words (they will never run out) but to stretch out your point, over and over and over, until people are literally falling asleep. Because that is the key, sleep helps people relax and refresh themselves and it is all because you used words.

So in future, don’t think “Ooooo I will make this point in a much shorter way”, that way lies madness, Karlprof style crazy strawberry floating madness. Who wants to be like Karl? I mean he is clever and apparently has a hot Italian girlfriend, but cleverness and hot Italian chicks are only temporary, the best way to be is like Gecko, use your words to make big long posts and you too will one day own badass lizards that are green in colour.

So Errkal, my old chum, the words are there, don’t go only using 50 of them, when 262 of them can get your point across in a way that allows you to write and write and write.

Green Gecko wrote:Well, we err on "new news, new thread", to avoid lots of little bits of news getting lost in giant threads. But that's not a policy by any means. We encourage things like if there's a bombshell or big game within a direct, or a Sony conference for example, people create a thread for that thing as well. E.g. Nintendo Labo.

If you want to have a Directs Update thread, welcome to, I would recommend updating the OP with each direct so it's current. Sometimes threads with no OP updates, we re-assign the OP to maintain the topic, so it's a good source of info for people new to the topic or browsing in from elsewhere. That's our general policy on megathreads of all kinds, whether it's for a really popular game like Destiny for example or a TV show like GoT.

There'll always be crossover, we don't tell anyone where to post about certain things, unless it's 2 threads about the exact same thing (e.g. new game, 2 threads, in which case the newer or slightly better one wins or they get merged). People chat about current Nintendo stuff in the Switch thread (regulars have Switch Squad sigs), before that it was Club U, there's still a 3DS thread I post in, etc.

We try to avoid giant sponge topics, we've eventually closed up some threads like that, e.g. USTV.. a thread about everything Nintendo for example wouldn't work. With the exception of the Chat Room Thread (that gets restarted occasionally) and some other threads (Switch probably counts, PCGT - PC Gamer Thread), that have their own sort of sub-communities and the community feels they are needed.

There's a bit of history. We generally find super giant threads about one monolithic topic hurt the forum because they soak up a lot of discussion and people basically thread one topic like a giant forum and don't go anywhere else, making that content hard to navigate and discover for people like new SONMers.

This doesn't include a Direct thread, which is more about news-specific discussion than a genre or medium for example. So that's OK.

Much more generally, we're positive about people thinking, I want to discuss this thing, I bet there are other people who do too. So just make that thread and see what happens. We don't want anyone worrying about thread creation and nobody needs permission to create a thread. And certainly nobody will get a snide PM or warning or anything like that if they start something, for any reason, even if they just post a joke thread - we're not NeoGAF (RIP In Peace).

shy guy 64 wrote:i dont seem to have the option the post new threads after all

Karl wrote:

shy guy 64 wrote:i dont seem to have the option the post new threads after all

Should be unlocked now, if not it'll just take one more post and it'll unlock for you mate.

Regginator3 wrote:(apart from those of you who were already at SONM, you can go away)

After Christmas Name Change wrote:

Regginator3 wrote:(apart from those of you who were already at SONM, you can go away)

That's really the opposite of what we're trying to do here...

Welcome Regginator3!