I can see why NA is worried about their posts fading into obscurity.

Chicken4dinner·5/23/2015, 1:12:01 AM·52 votes·3,913 views

I look at those 500 view mega threads in the best section and then come to the new section here and I notice two things

One: The amount of people on the forums is astounding compared to oce where people barely crack 100 in the best section, and that is the really good posts.

Two: The posts that get little traction look exactly the same as ours :/

And here is why I think that is worrying for you guys...

I can make a post and be confident that with the right title ill get 30 views average and maybe 4-5 comments every time. Which is quite decent on oce, but when I head to NA with millions more players people struggle to reach that much if the post gains no traction. Like, maybe 6 views on average?

However what is more concerning is that the effort I see put into these posts is 30X the amount I would ever do normally and nobody cares :/

Millions of players, hundreds of thousands on the boards and not one person gives a shit.

The point I'm trying to make is that the community here on the boards is so full that it is stagnated, so much so that people are apathetic for new content and just look towards the trending section for stuff to interest them. Which is sad because you never know what you might find really, also it is beginning to look like facebook :/ just without the support.

Look at something new for a change, not what everyone else is interested in

30 Comments

Faith Breaker5/23/2015, 1:27:50 AM21 votes

Upvoted just because you care and sincerity should be encouraged

Migrañaboy5/23/2015, 10:05:03 AM11 votes

Boards are for these purposes (note that these attract upvotes, no matter what):

-Nerf X (i.e. popular ones: Zed, Lee Sin, Kalista, Yasuo) -If X was Y, then why not also Z? (e.g. any nerf, see the sudden Le Blanc nerf petitions). -Post shitty memes (e.g. Laughing fish is the apex of cancer in this department). -Complain that Rito sucks for Narrative lore a.k.a "LOL can't read". -Complain about any meta. -Bizzaro/Volvo do X better. -East Coast connection. -Complain that Tribunal is shitty because no human intervention. -Complain that Rito is greedy when it comes to pricing. -Complain of Rito business model (i.e. rune and champion system IP drain --> buy RP).

With this I have described 95% of all forum threads. 5% Original post.

IGotScuttleCrabs5/23/2015, 5:28:29 AM7 votes

Why am i seeing this in the "hot" topic. GTFO and bring on more memes/gifs posts. Those are relevant to up votes and needed at the top of "hot" page.

ModWulf Helhammer5/23/2015, 6:21:10 AM2 votes

I used to always keep it sorted on "Hot", but I quickly saw that started to only be filled with FoTM complain threads, memes, and those types of things. Now, I sort it on "New". which can be annoying (especially with all the fantasy league threads), but there is much more potential to be a part of a meaningful discussion, be it good or bad

N0TY0U5/23/2015, 3:29:21 AM2 votes

The fact that the boards are so terribly designed doesn't help either. And I agree on with you about the too large, large community can bring richness but it ain't the case here.

brad5/24/2015, 12:43:28 AM2 votes

it is so much like facebook its unreal

except instead of buzzfeed articles its stupid stuff from the memes board

Loken Stoneheart5/23/2015, 4:24:07 AM2 votes

Its because Riot defaults it to "hot." Its reddit. Only the super popular posts ever get seen because the rest are instantly buried, and you can't even bump anymore.

jDVL20eCYs5/23/2015, 9:33:04 PM1 votes

passive agressive

Hello I am Bird5/24/2015, 2:26:11 AM1 votes

Its funny because this one will also end up in the cesspool of posts never to be seen again...

BlargChikaBlargh5/24/2015, 4:25:50 PM1 votes

I hear ya on that one. 3 posts I need feedback on in the past two months which were even bumped and not a single comment. The boards are much worse than the forum was. And it's so disorganized...

Worst Mid Ever5/23/2015, 5:32:35 AM1 votes

the front page is always gif memes, nerf leblanc or any other champion that I'm not good enough to play against, rework x champion I don't even play or circlejerking over new champions/skins, at least its not the "professional" video game player drama that you see all over reddit, posting anything of value here is pointless as riot doesn't give a fuck about anything except cashing in on esports, we should all just learn to stfu and abuse whatever flaws the game has to the fullest before they are fixed 5 patches later

Centuros5/23/2015, 5:34:33 AM1 votes

I only lurk the "recent" view, and I think everybody should. That way, the most recent posts come to the top (you CAN bump, unless that's a special case).

PepijndM5/23/2015, 4:36:05 PM1 votes

Upvoted because I ate chicken for dinner

Transgressor5/23/2015, 5:35:44 PM1 votes

And this is why there are categories you can select to browse.