I don't go to talk about my favorite games anymore because it's all circle jerking and 'My favorite' topics over and over again no theories or anything that requires thinking that you can't just post a WIKIA link too or otherwise they think your trolling.
I got banned because I incited deeper thought conversation which is supposedly a crime now that can't be covered by a wiki article or something. 😢 Nobody gives a shit now beyond 'I broooooooke my Swiiiiiiiiitch' or 'Grandma got a free Swiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!' which gets 500 or more votes. And most posts are just memes of people doing shitty things in their game offering no conversation pattern beyond hive mind responses.
My eyes are really bothering me so I cannot explain better. 😢
The larger the group the WHAT? I think I get what your saying
What you are glimpsing are the tentacles of a soft totalitarian regime. The larger and more visible a forum becomes the more likely it is ti be targeted by insane progressives, particular those that discuss corporate products. Often it is captured by a corporate PR lackey, but they are also susceptible to tranny jannies that just get off on power. This is a much larger problem that can only be solved by a purge of the entire managerial elite class, which is governed by an international cult of satanic pedophiles.
Well back in 2011-2014 Zelda Universe had a lot of members that no longer exist. There was this one member that pretended to be Fi I thought was fun but for a short while the registration didn't work then somehow a bunch of purging a year later happened. I can see why either they left or were deleted. Not sure which but 2/3rds of the forum based just vanished and you'd think Breath of the Wild would triple the members considering how successful it sold and how long it was successful.
Two years later players discovered insane things they could do with the physics engine by natural manipulation. Look up things you STILL didn't know you could do in BOTW to see what I mean.
The reason you aren't seeing forum growth despite the success of BOTW is twofold: reddit has eaten the forum space and the overwhelming majority of players are bugmen casuals whose idea of nerding out is buying funkopops.
Tangential note: NFT's seem to be a scam and joke, but they still are a better purchase than a Funkopop figure because they don't clutter your house.
How come on Youtube there's all sorts of serious players that actually give a damn and want to break the limits of the game and find all there is to find? Unfortunately YT has made it so you have to be literally live on the chatroom to be seen which goes by too fast. I'm on a computer and most people are on phones so it's all f'ked up.
YT is great for lore videos but sucks for discussions of said videos.
I figured with how popular BOTW is (and still is) someone would make an ultimate BOTW website where all discussion can take place there and people can share experiences, Criticism, funny moments,etc and art/media,etc. Back in 1999 if BOTW was released I can guarantee people would have been creative with websites on it much like Ocarina of Time was.
What are bugmen casuals and funkopops?