I know what I don't want, and that's general gaming news. If it's not specific to PC gaming somehow, then it shouldn't be here, or else it's just going to be duplicating /gaming.
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The rules, seemingly a carbon copy of the ones from Reddit, state to "use primary sources," but I think there is a tendency for this to cause undue emphasis to be placed on "authoritative articles" from big online magazines for the sake of posting news. Those links usually have grandiose/clickbaity titles and are often thinly-veiled advertisements or PR hype campaigns in advance of a game's release (not on the part of the poster, but on the part of the web magazine).
It seems like the posts with the most engagement on a pure post count number tend to be actual questions or comments from users, such as someone waxing about a game they really like, or some kind of meta conversation.
Obviously you want to disincentivize low-effort posts like "My keyboard broke--how do I fix it?" but some middle ground would be good here, so that enthusiasts can actually discuss the nitty-gritty of games with each other, rather than the magazine turning into a silent news aggregator.
Great observation! Sadly, I'm not sure I can do much to encourage people to ask questions. I do upvote them whenever they happen, though. I've tried the weekly, what are you playing thread to just get folks involved and commenting, which seems to do ok. I worry that without news making the space visible on a regular basis, people won't think to post here at all. Open to suggestions if you have any ideas on how to spur that.
When it comes to posts, I try to find the most informative and least click-baity. I suspect, just like on reddit, most people skim headlines and move on. I will try to link to the original sources, store pages, or other information in the posts when available. That sadly tends to be the larger magazines/sites.
personally? pc specific info
not hardware news so much, although i do think it's on-topic; but
- pc port reports
- modding news and info
- technical support
- pc exclusive releases
- including mainly maybe indie games? although that's not super on-topic
- other pc specific news (i.e. news about steam, epic, itch, etc.)
i don't really care about big name releases - if i wanted that there's always [email protected] and [email protected], although i think they get enough publicity anyways
but i haven't actually posted anything here so my opinion's not that important