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Message: [QUOTE="Another Iori, post: 453607, member: 20780"] Recently, I came across a thread started by [USER=1]@Spike[/USER] with the title '[URL='https://retrogametalk.com/threads/extremely-weird-and-obscure-games.5265/'][I]Extremely Weird And Obscure Games[/I][/URL]' and I was wondering how I’d missed [B]48 pages of content[/B]. Then as I read through it I realized that a [B]Frankenstein's monster[/B] had been silently created by merging several similar discussions. From one point of view, I admire the dedication in hunting down threads tied by a common theme, so they don't scatter like [B]Dragon Balls[/B], however, it seems the context of how we actually use this place called [B]RGT[/B] hasn't been understood. This is a specialized [B]forum[/B], not a [B]chat[/B]. Spike's thread was about discussing obscure games in [B]general[/B], while many of the merged threads were [B]GitHub-style[/B] [B]forks[/B] focused solely on specific [B]ecosystems[/B] like the [B]Famicom[/B] or the original [B]PlayStation[/B]. They didn't have the same intent, yet they’ve been completely [B]nullified[/B] and made [B]difficult[/B] to find or read. It's perfectly fine to merge identical threads like '[I][B]What music are you listening to?[/B][/I]' with '[B][I]Post a music track here[/I][/B]', however, it is completely [B]wrong[/B] to merge into a single creature things like '[B][I]What music are you listening to?[/I][/B]' and '[I][B]Share Japanese songs produced exclusively in the 80s[/B][/I]'. Among other things, I recently fell victim to this system myself. In General Discussion, I started a thread called '[B][I]What startup videos or opening themes always pump endorphins into your brain?[/I][/B]' and I chose the General section to allow for any type of media and even for gaming any era was welcome; however, suddenly without warning, I found it moved and merged into '[URL='https://retrogametalk.com/threads/favorite-intros.668/post-432629'][I]General Gaming Discussion[/I][/URL]', but it’s incorrect. That section is focused exclusively on current-gen games, not everything in general (not even old games should be there, because '[B][I]General Retro Gaming[/I][/B]' already exists). I tried to report this error politely [B]3 times[/B] [[URL='https://retrogametalk.com/threads/favorite-intros.668/post-450678']1[/URL], [URL='https://retrogametalk.com/threads/favorite-intros.668/post-453025']2[/URL] and [URL='https://retrogametalk.com/threads/favorite-intros.668/post-453507']3[/URL]] and [B]3 times[/B] I was ignored. [/QUOTE]

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