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Why do you do it?

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Veknoid_Outcast on 14 December 2016
naruball said:
Let's face it. You can look at the title of a thread and then at the avatar of a user and pretty much know there is no way they will say something positive about it (maybe I do it too, who knows).

There is nothing wrong with commenting on a game/company you don't like. There is a problem when you do it to troll or stealth troll. There are only so many times you can attack a certain company and praise/defend another before people can see right through you.

Well said. I can often guess the user making a thread based on the title. We have a problem with members using news or rumors as a trojan horse to stealth troll.

I imagine some folks are too scared to troll directly so they link a YouTube video of someone else doing the trolling, or maybe spread a little FUD. It just makes this place all the more toxic.

I'm convinced 90% of this community is made up of cool, respectful people who love games. The problem is we have a small percentage of trolls who provoke the usually reasonable 90%, who in turn lash out at others, and then it all spirals out of control.



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d21lewis on 14 December 2016
Zkuq said:

I think a better question would by: why do you want circlejerking instead of discussion? OK, that's a bit provocative I suppose, but it seems you're basically asking why anyone with a negative opinion would come in a thread.

You think I'm a "circle jerk" kind of guy? Me? ME!?! I have failed you.



aikohualda on 14 December 2016

people like to whine by nature...



 

naruball on 14 December 2016
Veknoid_Outcast said:
naruball said:
Let's face it. You can look at the title of a thread and then at the avatar of a user and pretty much know there is no way they will say something positive about it (maybe I do it too, who knows).

There is nothing wrong with commenting on a game/company you don't like. There is a problem when you do it to troll or stealth troll. There are only so many times you can attack a certain company and praise/defend another before people can see right through you.

Well said. I can often guess the user making a thread based on the title. We have a problem with members using news or rumors as a trojan horse to stealth troll.

I imagine some folks are too scared to troll directly so they link a YouTube video of someone else doing the trolling, or maybe spread a little FUD. It just makes this place all the more toxic.

I'm convinced 90% of this community is made up of cool, respectful people who love games. The problem is we have a small percentage of trolls who provoke the usually reasonable 90%, who in turn lash out at others, and then it all spirals out of control.

What I find really weird is that the people who complain the most about "x fanbase being toxic", are the ones who are the most toxic from their fanbase. Like do they ever stop for a second and wonder if they are part of the problem, too?

One of my favourite sayings is



DonFerrari on 14 December 2016
Super_Boom said:
Jpcc86 said:

It kinda is tho. 

Boom never forgets.

Boom never forgives.

When you have at least Toriko, OP, Shingeki no Kyojin it's kinda hard defend Naruto as the best of the decade (even more considering it debuted in the previous milenium).

Chazore said:
vivster said:

Telling people to not go into threads of games they don't like is just furthering the fanboy's agenda and trying to create "a safe space" for them. A circlejerk echochamber is just as bad for the gaming community at large as are toxic haters.

Guess why there are so many bans on this site, because fans cannot function outside of their safe space anymore and will press the ban button at the slightest hint of negativity. And of course our fine mods will kindly oblige because being negative about a thing that others are positive about is a crime against humanity. (except when it isn't because reasons)

What we need is a balance that will filter out both echochambers and haters. Removing just one of them will do us no good. But don't worry, I will always do my best to uphold this balance and I encourage people to do as well.

Agree on that, but as well as what was said, I find it mind boggling how trying to point out the intent and the history of said eprson triggers other folk, who then proceed to gang up and form a bigger echo chamber. THat and when people scream at you to report an action, then that report isn't taken up on or looked past.

Captain_Yuri said:

I go to say, ps4 pro vs pc threads to make sure there isn't any spread of miss-information even though I don't really like them since the comparison itself isn't fair nor is it done right.

This. I can't say I'm overly fond of threads that set up unfair comparisons and try using it to steer things their way. Like I said before, you don't see me making vs threads, I don't because I know how pointless they are and how they are set up in general.

 

Edit: I wish that instead of having these little echo chambers, that we had a space to just be up front about someone, because I'm already an "apparent" example a few posts above, from someone who will not let it down after the last tassle, but since we cannot name names due to mdoeration, we instead have to talk like this and just "imply".

You may or may not like, but bringing person past and moderation history in a thread is against the rules. So it making an echochamber or not because of it is a matter to discuss with the headmod.

d21lewis said:
Zkuq said:

I think a better question would by: why do you want circlejerking instead of discussion? OK, that's a bit provocative I suppose, but it seems you're basically asking why anyone with a negative opinion would come in a thread.

You think I'm a "circle jerk" kind of guy? Me? ME!?! I have failed you.

Yes, you like to jerk others but aren't limited to circles.



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NATO on 14 December 2016

you don't need to own a particular console or like a particular game to have a valid opinion of it.



Veknoid_Outcast on 14 December 2016
naruball said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Well said. I can often guess the user making a thread based on the title. We have a problem with members using news or rumors as a trojan horse to stealth troll.

I imagine some folks are too scared to troll directly so they link a YouTube video of someone else doing the trolling, or maybe spread a little FUD. It just makes this place all the more toxic.

I'm convinced 90% of this community is made up of cool, respectful people who love games. The problem is we have a small percentage of trolls who provoke the usually reasonable 90%, who in turn lash out at others, and then it all spirals out of control.

What I find really weird is that the people who complain the most about "x fanbase being toxic", are the ones who are the most toxic from their fanbase. Like do they ever stop for a second and wonder if they are part of the problem, too?

One of my favourite sayings is

You just blew my mind.

 

Another thing, and it's something I'm guilty of too, is that we don't hold our own accountable. When I see a Sony partisan attacking Xbox for no good reason, I'm quick to interject. But if I see a Nintendo fanatic going off the reservation I'm less likely to act. It's something I need to work on, and something that would help a lot around the forums. Imagine, for example, if an influential and respected Xbox owner laid the smack down on an Xbox fan for trolling. That would be a lot more effective than a Sony or Nintendo fan doing the smacking.



KiigelHeart on 14 December 2016

I don't read or comment on Nintendo or Sony forums. Negative opinions are ok of course but if you comment about something you're not interested in or was never going to play it then why would anyone give a crap about your view?



d21lewis on 14 December 2016
Veknoid_Outcast said:
naruball said:

What I find really weird is that the people who complain the most about "x fanbase being toxic", are the ones who are the most toxic from their fanbase. Like do they ever stop for a second and wonder if they are part of the problem, too?

One of my favourite sayings is

You just blew my mind.

 

Mine, too. I stole they pic and put it on Twitter and Facebook within seconds of seeing it. It applies to so many things.



d21lewis on 14 December 2016
NATO said:
you don't need to own a particular console or like a particular game to have a valid opinion of it.

True. But it's when somebody doesn't own or like a particular thing and they pretend to know more things than people who actually do own or like said things that is the problem. Mostly if the reason somebody dislikes something is because "it's not from my preferred brand".

 

I guess my biggest pet peeve is when somebody hates something until it's in their favor. Then, it's a big deal. Hypocrisy, in other words.