Vintage is The New Old has closed due to a lack of feedback and competition from social media

Paolo, founder Vintage is the new oldOne of the reference sites in the field of new games for old systems has announced the cessation of site activity, read on endingl Lack of feedback by a large audience. Basically the site, which is done completely free of charge, does not receive any feedback, users copy articles to create content for various social networks, in particular Facebook, Twitter and Tik Tok, without even crediting the source. The situation became completely frustrating.

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ViTNO still has a large audience, with thousands of users visiting us every month, and it’s unfortunate that we have to stop while we’re still ‘at the top’, but despite our large audience, engagement is almost non-existent. We rarely get feedback on a piece we’ve published. Most often, we see the news we publish commented on other platforms (podcasts, websites, etc.) without referring to us as the source. All this, over the years, has exhausted us and turned a funny hobby into a tedious task without any reward.”

Over the years, content consumption on the Internet has changed dramatically, with a stretch attention threshold From users who hit very low levels: “Many people seem to no longer have the patience to read, at least the long posts and stories we want to keep writing.”

Vintage is The New Old held recently Writing contest, which was well attended but saw little participation from readers. Moreover, one of the participants, the third-place winner, sent a decidedly unpleasant message full of offense to the site, possibly due to his status, that he assured Paolo that closing was the only way forward.

Vintage is The New Old was a relatively young site that served a specific niche, but its closure nonetheless is a symptom of something changing in the consumption habits of its readers.