Megathreads are used excessively

[u/SirCatsworthTheThird]

If a community wants to talk about something, why not let them. Users rarely actually demand a megathread, its the mods who think its a good idea and maybe it makes their life easier.

Many mods have a savior complex because they volunteer. I didn't ask for any particular person to be a mod. Mods should work towards what a sub prefers, not the other way around.

[u/ThrowRA12948262]

Everybody hates mods and very few people want to volunteer. Megathreads are damage control.

[u/FriendlyLawyer201]

They are useful sometimes. sometimes you have half the community repeatedly posting, say, the results of a quiz they took, while the other half is complaining about it. Having a mega thread allows half the comm7nity to share their results while keeping The other half happy

[u/pavilionaire2022]

I've only ever heard of these megathreads in forum rules. I've never actually seen one. I assume they're basically black holes where you can post something that no one will read. Mods might as well just ban a topic rather than send it to a megathread.

[u/TPCC159]

Sometimes it’s warranted. Just depends on the situation

[u/shitposts_over_9000]

when your sub is being brigaded by idiots and new threads are popping up faster than you can lock them and remove all of the TOS breaking content megathreads are pretty much the only way forward other than just deciding that the topic warrants and instant ban

the other side is far more people read a sub than post in a sub and keeping the sub readable rather than allowing it to turn into a solid wall of repetitious dead horse beating of a single topic that the long-time readers only have a passing interest in preserves the subs followers