Do you think polycount a dying platform?

pixelpatron

I don't visit as often as I used to, where did everyone go? Why is no one posting? Is there a platform that is thriving you'd recommend?

Neox

Dying is pretty relative isnt it? Social media reddit discord killed a lot of places over the past decade, its all without value tho. Information got lost a lot or hidden behind stupid pay walls. Polycount is still around.
Is it the same place it used to be 10, 15, 20 years ago? Obviously not, for better or worse.

If you feel like there isnt enough interaction, that issue starts with you or anyone like you not using it
Use it, so people see its alive and also are more likely to join in/back

MikeF

I hope not, im not the most active member but its the last place on the internet i feel like interacting with these days

kanga

Nah,.... It's just fine. Sure, it's not the same as it was, but none of us are. Still here, still a great place with great members.

sacboi

"Is there a platform that is thriving you'd recommend?"

Only forum can think of that's been around from a similar CG art perspective - vintage is BA?! but these days noticed imo a shift toward some sort of acrimonious 'vibe' creeping in there, just via few recent incidents I'd experienced so hardly visit other than occasionally off-topic section.

As for PC do recall how things were back 18yrs or so (...site was under a different name then?) when a clueless noob lurker, I didn't even begin to imagine posting stuff without being fragged as a Blender user in those days...lolz

However times change for better or worse who knows either people move on or indeed life throws a particular curve ball...etc, albeit personally main reasoning why becoming a member after CGS had shut down is kick-ass art made by senior artists I still follow nowadays plus may as well toss in those on-line socials which are an absolute PITA noise factory best to be avoided at all costs!

Otherwise this forum has long established credence for all things game dev, generally alongside civil helpful community so can't think of another place I'd rather be part of.      

Celosia

I wouldn't say dying, but it certainly became niche. Most forums are as quiet now.

I suspect the kids are at Discord, but the entire model - from not being easily browseable because it's a friggin messenger service to being walled off from the internet - is just not conductive to knowledge exchange and in my opinion, off-putting. I don't like the idea of such dramatic concentration of knowledge under a single corporation. You see the same happening to other areas like arts, game dev, writing: Forums being killed off, then replaced by Discord channels.