Caststarman

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[–] Caststarman@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The whole point of this is Microsoft potentially treating windows as a service

[–] Caststarman@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago (14 children)

No indicator on severity of this strain in the article

[–] Caststarman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your capitalization has been Noted.

[–] Caststarman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Chozo I wonder if it has anything to do with Overwatch 2 on steam?

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[–] Caststarman@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Well it depends on your goals with the platform. If you want a one stop shop to get all the necessary information in an efficient time then megathreads are great. It's also good at stopping a specific type of content from taking over a forum while still providing an outlet for people to discuss.

If your goal is to idly consume content, then a megathread probably sucks. Same if you want to be an influencer, it'll cut down on your exposure. Megathreads also can hide major developments that can hide behind a thread that people should be notified about. And if there wasn't much content on a platform to begin with... A megathread can force a ghost town.

There are definitely both good and bad things about Megathreads and there's a ton of depth and nuance that could be had.

In this case, I'm not sure whether a megathread was warranted or not though