Those posts are a bit juvenile sure but so what ? So in order to criticize something you have to write A4 page in suit in formal language to be taken seriously ? And people are so fragile that they need to be protected and sheltered from other people opinions , what they have to lose ? Few brain cells at best ? And if by chance you don't like PR statement which that thread was all about because Spencer made obvious shitty PR statement and made fun of it you have to be warned/banned/removed from thread for making fun of it and people who defend that statement ?
What is the alternative ? Few post will go and people will move along.
IT is not like Gaf these days needs less interaction considering most of threads end up on page 2 or 3. Go look at legendary
Killzone2 thread. That is what people consider golden age of Neogaf. 100+ pages of pure gold.
Why is posting gif like this:
Is not juvenile but somehow text having same message is ? Reason why people hated "new" gaf that imploded was because mods put their fingers into every discussion, policing how people talk with each other and what is and what not is kosher and worse what opinions were kosher. Bans were always part of Neogaf and i love that tradition but they were used sporadically for really worst cases not because you don't like that someone is critical in juvenile way.
Literally half of that epic killzone thread would be banned by today standards. People weren't atracted to Neogaf because it had amazing mod team but because it had vibrant community and you could have both serious and non serious talk at the same time. The reason why it worked was that most of people had to use work email which meant that most of people were adults and could reasonably put their thoughts if they wanted.
You can't have "Did you know bayblades are made of metal" epic thread without few wackos in community or total fanboys that give you alternate view into someone weird minds. Thelastsword is total Sony fanboy or obvious troll but i like weirdos like him it is always hilarious to read how he will explain something.
When outrage brigade moved on to Reee most of us thought we will go back to glorious era of Neogaf. The only lesson learned from previous stint seems to be that new rules were right but it was staffed by wrong kind of people.
Gaf has two ways to go. Either go toward 2007 model everyone loved or toward 2015 model everyone hated.