Requested - An update on returning Soapbox to main page

Forget about it, Jim, it's not worth it. Gamespot just isn't the same place it was in 2007. It was one thing to dismiss the Gerstmanngate doomsayers back in the day, it's another when someone like GabuEx heads for the door.

Just forget about it. The Soapbox is done.

Boz

We have someone else assisting with this special feature now, and things are going to happen. I'll follow-up as soon as we have more details tomorrow.

Thanks for your continued patience.

100% support moving it back to the main page. No offense to whoever designed the site, but having it stashed in the culture section just does not work.

Any entries I make now don't draw much attention anymore (dropped from 50-150 comments on average to 15) so there really isn't any difference between having or not having the emblem now.

Also, I agree that Fuse should be taken out. It's as useful as...well, Fuse. I can't come up with an equal comparison.

We have someone else assisting with this special feature now, and things are going to happen. I'll follow-up as soon as we have more details tomorrow.

Thanks for your continued patience.

JodyR

*taps the microphone to see if it is on*nocoolnamejim

Heh. Just what I was thinking. So much for this happening anytime soon... go figure. :roll:

It's a no, then.

It would be nice to at least have confirmation of this, but we can all assume at this point that it will never happen since professing how many people like you on Facebook is more important than showing some good user-generated content for the site.

Your words pain me Druggie, Its being worked on. And I know you all are tired of hearing that same song. But you can do one of two things. A: Believe it or B: Continue to state that we don't care about user generated content despite the late night followed by early morning efforts of your CM's.

EVERY meeting we bring up when we're going to see it again.

I urge people to continue writing their passionate blogs about what they want the site to be. @ people like Jody and Myself, your voices are important. Imagine if you will that moment in Horton Hears a Who. Where they are all shouting.

Your words pain me Druggie, Its being worked on. And I know you all are tired of hearing that same song. But you can do one of two things. A: Believe it or B: Continue to state that we don't care about user generated content despite the late night followed by early morning efforts of your CM's.

EVERY meeting we bring up when we're going to see it again.

I urge people to continue writing their passionate blogs about what they want the site to be. @ people like Jody and Myself, your voices are important. Imagine if you will that moment in Horton Hears a Who. Where they are all shouting.

Synthia

Your words pain me Druggie, Its being worked on. And I know you all are tired of hearing that same song. But you can do one of two things. A: Believe it or B: Continue to state that we don't care about user generated content despite the late night followed by early morning efforts of your CM's.

EVERY meeting we bring up when we're going to see it again.

I urge people to continue writing their passionate blogs about what they want the site to be. @ people like Jody and Myself, your voices are important. Imagine if you will that moment in Horton Hears a Who. Where they are all shouting.

Synthia

It's January 2012 and still nothing, so I will go with option B.

Nothing against you, it's just that the rest of the people who run GS don't care if it keeps getting put off.

Well it's now January 2012, and this thread was made at the beginning of August last year, so... I predict that by October 2015, the Soapbox will finally be moved back to the main page!

Here is an update, one of the big fish of GameSpot recently posted a blog about the "changes" going on here at GameSpot

Our community tools are old and very much in need of overhauling - and I know that's something that has been said numerous times without much apparent change. Believe me, change IS coming - it just takes a long time.

I don't know why all these changes are happening to the site ( no more game boards , etc etc.) but i assume since usually that's the case , to make the site more friendly , casual and social. So if this is indeed the case why is the Soap box still hidden and dying when it was one of the few things that made gamestop feel like it could indeed make your homepage (maybe lol). Soap box made the community stronger and made the site feel more social and family-like. I also suggest the daily poll is back , it added fun to the site and something new each day can't be bad. Gamefaqs is becoming the superior version...

After a long long time we have finally managed to showcase the blogs of GameSpot users on the front page via the "Chalk Talk" feature. Go check it out and let us know what you think.

After a long long time we have finally managed to showcase the blogs of GameSpot users on the front page via the "Chalk Talk" feature. Go check it out and let us know what you think.

Synthia

Maybe I'm just not seeing it but where exactly is this on the front page? Currently I'm only seeing it when I go under "Soapbox" and then find it from there.

It was on the front page of the GameSpot news feed for a little over two days.

Thank you Gamespot.nocoolnamejim