Diablo

6547 readers

1 users here now

For discussion, memes, and everything Diablo.

Simple rules:

Diablo related content only. This includes other ARPGs to (and only to) the extent that they relate to Diablo.
Behave yourself.
No NSFW content.
Diablo based memes are allowed in moderation.

Please tag your posts with the game you're talking about: [D4], [D3], [D2], [D2R], etc.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Crackhappy@lemmy.world

code@lemmy.mayes.io

Wabbs@lemmy.world

xhieron@lemmy.world

138

The Diablo clickbait is unreal, is the enshitification of the internet reaching the gaming communities now? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zebus@kbin.social to c/diablo@lemmy.world

52 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Does everyone just think they can make a living playing games? Trying to search for Diablo 4 info gets you nothing but mountains of useless clickbait youtube videos. Gotta waste my time jumping thru the video just to find out the guy is dumber about the game than I am.

Like I get it, YouTube is the only place you can monetize your "game knowledge", but still.. Why are there are only like two sites with build guides and info? And those two sites don't even have community builds, its just a couple guides written by some l33t dude we are suppose to trust. Why is there no useful discussion forums, discords, or at least something not in video format? If people care about becoming gaming influencers so much why can't we at least come out with a new monetization platform that doesn't suck and has a dislike button.

Anyone else sharing my rage?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] kelvie@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It really is though. Remember back when we just had gamefaqs guides? Or actual game wikis that weren't plastered with ads?

It's especially apparent in the japanese gamersphere. There used to be great (grassroots) wikis for basically every Japanese game, now they're all run by e.g. game8 and their clones.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Enshittification really does mean something quite specific and is not just a word meaning “things aren’t very good anymore.”

If you haven’t read Cory Doctorow’s essay that coined the term, definitely do. It’s a modern classic.