Please please separate the games from discussion, am I the only one?

Yes I agree about games.
I don’t like the idea of a “like” button. Introduces too much competition IMO. “Dislike” button even worse! What’s wrong with just saying you support or don’t?

I agree Greeneyedgirl. A 'like' button would be unsettling for some of us less confident posters.

I can’t see the problem with games, just scroll past them. I think a ‘like’button would be good, or perhaps an ‘I agree’ if not ‘like’. I have come across this on other forums and there were no issues. I can’t see why this would upset anyone though I think ‘dislike’ certainly would.

Blossoming

This complaint gets posted on a regular basis. I’m not interested in the games, so I just scroll on by. I really don’t see the problem.

I think they are most used at the end of the day which depletes the list of other threads. If you go on in the morning it's much more difficult to find which discussion threads have been contributed to recently. It isn't a "problem" but there do see to be those who are only or mainly interested in the games and those who have not interest in them at all. This would be fine if the numbers were limited (not that I think they should be) but they now overwhelm every other topic at certain periods of time.

It does seem that one group of people are being catered for at the detriment of the majority (?) or large minority.

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Can't people just scroll past the games if they are not interested in playing them?

Izabella

Blossoming

This complaint gets posted on a regular basis. I’m not interested in the games, so I just scroll on by. I really don’t see the problem.

It IS a problem for those of us with visual problems

I have visual impairments and it isn’t a problem for me.

I always have to remove the games threads. There are so many of them. They need a separate forum!

Yes, we do scroll past the Games threads if we are not interested, but it would be better if they were separate.

We are constantly asked why there are so many Harry and Meghan or Royal Family threads. No more boring than seeing game after game.

PLEASE can the games be separate from the chat threads. It would be a huge improvement.

No, you are not alone!

Because scrolling through them is so hard [sarc emoji].

What I wish is that GNers would stop bloody moaning about Games threads. Just scroll past them, for goodness' sake!

No one says scrolling is hard Baggs, just unnecessary.

On long-running threads I read the first few then use Flip to look at the end. Or go to the last page.
Trouble with Games is that the main screen can only show a certain number of recent topics so umpteen games can take up a disproportionate amount of the space. The long-running threads such as the RF or Brexit tend to be only 1 or 2 per subject at a time whereas there are often more than a dozen games.

And the ‘gamers’ seem to be in the minority, judging by comments on this thread, and similar ones in the past Baggs.

Calendargirl

No one says scrolling is hard Baggs, just unnecessary.

Actually, it is necessary. That's why people are complaining about it.

But if Tech separates Games threads, they should separate Coronavirus threads and News & Politics threads, etc.

There is a way to avoid Games threads other than scrolling too. Click on "Forums" at the top and choose which forums you want to read and, thereby, avoid the Games threads. Easy peasy.

If it bothered people THAT MUCH they'd have thought of that solution to the "problem" already.

Calendargirl

And the ‘gamers’ seem to be in the minority, judging by comments on this thread, and similar ones in the past Baggs.

Good.

They still get in my face for too much though ?

I agree but doubt anything will change.

I don’t like the idea of a “like” button. Introduces too much competition IMO. “Dislike” button even worse!

I didn't mean so much 'like' and 'dislike' but rather agree or disagree, either a thumbs up and thumbs down or a green up and red down arrow to show you feel the same or not.

I agree OP.

If you click on Last Day, or more particularly Last Hour, there are times when the list comprises mainly Games threads, which pushes other topics off the list.

I have only ever contributed to one game. It doesn't bother me to scroll past the games to get to the last forums. Why should it? What a trivial issue this is!

cornishpatsy

I agree but doubt anything will change.

They won't make any changes at all.
It's pointless even mentioning it.

However it's a GN tradition to have a 'Games Complaint Thread' on the go; in the same way that we have to have at least one H&M thread trundling on.

It's a bit like The Tower of London and the ravens I imagine.

Harry and Meghan need their own sub section