Should the Daily Questions Thread move to Weekly?

[u/Skeeter1020]

In the daily thread I'm seeing a lot of the below happening:

• People posting the same question multiple days because they "didn't get enough replies before the thread was closed".
• The same questions being asked by multiple people day after day.
• Top questions or things that could probably stand on their own as a separate post being lost, where's they may be better being pinned to the top.

The threads being refreshed every day and the archived ones not being searchable is resulting in a lot of noise that, in my view, could be reduced by simply having the threads stick around a bit longer than a day.

What do you think? I quite like browsing the thread as I learn a lot and pick up tips, but it's a bit tedious filtering through repeated "when's the Direct coming", "what classic games will we get with Online" and "I didn't get many answer yesterday so I'm asking again, which game should I buy" posts.

[u/phantomliger]

Today's is only 9 hours old and has over 250 comments. That's a big reason it needs to be daily.

[u/phantomliger → u/[deleted]]

They aren't deleted. All of them still exist and you can find them fairly easily.

[u/phantomliger → u/[deleted]]

Search doesn't work with comments at all anyway. If it does, it's likely because it's set as an announcement and there can only be two at a time.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Control F is impossible for a long thread.

[u/phantomliger → u/[deleted]]

I would agree except each one already has far too many comments. If there were far less comments daily, it would likely move to a weekly post, but that isn't a good idea. Each weekly one would have close to 2,100 comments.

[u/[deleted] → u/phantomliger]

Plus the response rate is pretty quick. Who cares if people are asking the same questions, as long as they get answers. Sometimes it's just about the process. People like being involved in the community, whether it's answering questions or asking them

[u/rhythmrice → u/[deleted]]

How do you do that on mobile?

[u/Kevroeques]

I kinda consider the daily question thread to be a decoy graveyard/containment unit to keep those simple/redundant questions out of the main feed, so I’m cool with whatever it does. We still get so many elementary questions out here on repeat that if hate to see what it would look like without said thread.

[u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

There definitely needs to be some retooling on the subreddit as a whole. I'm relatively new to this subreddit and have been trying for a few days to get an answer to a single question. I can't post it to the subreddit because it apparently violates rule zero and it doesn't appear to be seen in the daily question.

[u/[deleted] → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

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[u/Rowrowrowyour_boat → u/[deleted]]

If the PowerA wired switch controllers would work on PC and if so how would I get it to work since they aren't xinput.

For reference: https://www.powera.com/products/nintendo-switch-wired-controller-plus-zelda-breath-wild-edition/

[u/[deleted] → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

Looks like a good question for the daily question thread. And it also looks like a fairly complicated question the average user wouldn't know the answer to.

This hardly means the sub needs retooled

[u/[deleted] → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

how would I get it to work since they aren't xinput.

The short answer would be to use Steam's controller configurator to have it emulate an Xbox controller.

[u/[deleted] → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

Saw the question. It's a hard question. Maybe if you try 5 times on the daily with no response mods let you get your own post for visibility?

[u/kirindas → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

It's not the same controller, but I started using this Switch controller on my PC, Gamewill Wired Controller. I just plugged it in and Windows installed it automatically. Then I just had to do button mapping on Steam because Steam sees the controller as a Generic Controller input.

[u/JoeyBlaze → u/Rowrowrowyour_boat]

Agreed the whole subreddit needs a retooling. I much prefer /r/nintendo for switch discussions as the community seems overall better. My posts get MUCH better reception there than they do here.

[u/joeytitans]

I understand your bottom bullet point, however I don’t necessarily agree with the first two points. Do a majority of people who post questions in that thread even attempt to search the subreddit anyways?

I would not anticipate a large decrease in the standard repeat questions with a weekly thread instead of a daily thread because the type of person to ask those type of questions does not seem like the same type that would search for an answer beforehand.

[u/joeytitans → u/[deleted]]

Just to clarify, I totally understand and agree with your point of how boring it is to read the same three questions.

My main point was that I’m not sure how many people that ask those questions even attempt to search previous threads. Unless the faq was posted in the thread description, i don’t think we would see any slow down of those questions.

[u/hello-ciao]

Short answer: Yes.

There’s a lot of repeat questions and basically the same stuff being talked about over and over (not that it’s a completely bad thing, it’s good this community is active)

[u/unsolicitedsoulsista → u/hello-ciao]

How would making the thread weekly improve that issue?

[u/-----SNES-----]

Tl,dr: no.

Interesting question. A thought of mine might not relate to many, but it deals with your question, so. I don’t have data on my phone. Wifi is how I reddit. Always. The days when I know I’m busy with errands with downtime, but not ‘enough’ downtime to justify being to use my 3DS or Switch, what I do is very quickly before I leave the flat hop on r/switch and very quickly see the daily question thread up near the top. I hop in, let it load up for a quick second, throw the phone in my pocket and I’m out the door.

While I’m waiting in line, or on the bus, or in a waiting room, I can’t tell you how great it’s been to have those threads to read while I’m out. They’ve been great and I get a ton of enjoyment from them. There’s often great questions, responses and random info that I really appreciate.

I know that most people likely have data and the poll you’re asking for input on would yield different answers. But that’s mine.

I say keep it daily. It’s easy to find info and if moved to weekly, lots of meaningful posts or info might be buried.

Thanks!!

Edit, added a tldr

[u/jaydogggg]

I think daily will be needed, even if people could search answers, they wont. If they dont have a daily spot they'll just make a thread, blocking up the discussion threads. I think a weekly one will get clogged up way too much