FF14 community I need your help and wisdom against toxic people on the forum

Hello all,

Y'day I've posted a thread about a contest I've put up for FF14 where people can win a million gil, I've put a link to my video where I explain how the contest works.

I saw a reply of a person that got really angry with me (I quess).
How dare I promote my non-profit YouTube channel, the nerve of a person like me wanting to help people in the community

Within an hour or so my post got deleted.
There is no doubt in my mind that a forum moderator deleted my post, there is no way a moderator read my post and thinks it need to be deleted.
So my guess is that, that angry person reported and reported my thread till it got automatically removed.

So here is where I need your help.
-How can I contact a moderator to restore and protect my thread from bad intentioned
people ?
- I think the official FF14 forum is the way to reach people when it comes to all
ff14 related things, including the video's I've made for FF14 players.
Am I wrong?
- How can reach a wide FF14 audience without posting links on this official forum ?

Playing the game makes me happy and helping others to enjoy the game aswell gives me great pleasure.
I love the nice replies I got so far from people that where helped or entertained by my video's

I know and I've seen how great people are within the FF14 community so any help or support you can provide me is well appreciated

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

So my guess is that, that angry person reported and reported my thread till it got automatically removed.

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This doesn't work. For better or worse one (or a couple) of users CANNOT get your thread removed. Deletion and moderation are at the mods discretion .

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

So here is where I need your help.
-How can I contact a moderator to restore and protect my thread from bad intentioned
people ?
- I think the official FF14 forum is the way to reach people when it comes to all
ff14 related things, including the video's I've made for FF14 players.
Am I wrong?
- How can reach a wide FF14 audience without posting links on this official forum ?

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1. Support

2. There are many discords, reddits and other social media that are great ways to reach the FFXIV community.

3. See above.

To be honest, I highly doubt they'd restore that thread. Based on your description, it bears far too much resemblance to one of the phishing scams that frequently get circulated in the community. If SE were to start allowing those to get posted, actual phishing scams could start appearing the in forums.

The forums are not intended as a way to reach players. They're intended for player discussion and feedback. They would be a major mess if every content creator started advertising their channels.

Ty Krotan for your nice reply

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

To be honest, I highly doubt they'd restore that thread. Based on your description, it bears far too much resemblance to one of the phishing scams that frequently get circulated in the community. If SE were to start allowing those to get posted, actual phishing scams could start appearing the in forums.

The forums are not intended as a way to reach players. They're intended for player discussion and feedback. They would be a major mess if every content creator started advertising their channels.

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Yeah restoring a thread would be silly I agree, it's easy for me to make a new post but I would be scared that it will be removed again.

It could be that my thread looks like a phishing scam because it contains a link, but all can see the link to YouTube and a moderator could test that for before deleting it and in my case it will always be 100% legit.

I dunno if the forum is not a way to reach players because of it's community. If I compare it with Blizzard forum, theirs feels very hostile and this one feels more like a friends that helpout.
Just like you taking your time to reply to my thread and helping out.

I am just thinking of an idea what you said about a major mess if every content creator started advertising.
It would be great if there was a section on this forum dedicated to helping out new content creators, the people like my that want to reach out to a wide audience and need help to grow
If the content is crap , the YouTube channel will vanish over time and so will the post and if it's helpfull , the channel will grow enough not to need to post on this forum to reach the FF14 audience


thank for your reply JoJoya

I'm not angry or anything I just stated the facts all your topics were about your youtube channel you just wanted to advertise yourself and since it's forbidden your topic was deleted that's all so don't cry

Making a topic by proposing a contest that asks people to write a comment on your youtube video + subscribe + watch your live twitch is not helping the community it's just a desperate attempt to get followers

Really you should stop your delusion the forum has rules if everyone was advertising like you it would be a mess

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

...people can win a million gil, I've put a link...

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I recall that thread. Wasn't it 100 million? Anyway so many people lose their accounts by clicking a link thinking they will win, and that's not a good thing, nor something that that anyone on the forums should be "training" the more gullible members of community into.

After all; links on these forums can be made to look like anything. As an example click this following link, to go harmlessly to www.google.com and see! (It is harmless :P)

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Originally Posted by HanWenqing

I'm not angry or anything I just stated the facts all your topics were about your youtube channel you just wanted to advertise yourself and since it's forbidden your topic was deleted that's all so don't cry

Making a topic by proposing a contest that asks people to write a comment on your youtube video + subscribe + watch your live twitch is not helping the community it's just a desperate attempt to get followers

Really you should stop your delusion the forum has rules if everyone was advertising like you it would be a mess

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Why imply that I cry ?
Let me ask you some questions, why are you bothered by content you don't have to read or why are you bothered if someone is trying to reach more people ?
Why do you feel the need to bring someone down ?

I could do clickbait like you did like your topic "Am i really the only one that dislike Yoshi-P ?"
But that is not me and it's 100% not helping the community in any way


and for not helping the community... I already helped a few people, some new to the game and other that played along time but never been to the Diadem for example
There is no way anyone can bring me down when I know Ive helped people and I will continue helping others while I can


The behavior I see from you is toxic while you might be a very really nice person.
I also asume you are a nice person, so if you are bothered by me...just ignore me and don't click on my posts

You don't want to help people though, you just want to get views and recognition, and I'm not trying to scold you or anything because it's okay, but I'd be more willing to check you out if you were honest with your intentions from the start.

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

Why imply that I cry ?
Let me ask you some questions, why are you bothered by content you don't have to read or why are you bothered if someone is trying to reach more people ?
Why do you feel the need to bring someone down ?

I could do clickbait like you did like your topic "Am i really the only one that dislike Yoshi-P ?"
But that is not me and it's 100% not helping the community in any way


and for not helping the community... I already helped a few people, some new to the game and other that played along time but never been to the Diadem for example
There is no way anyone can bring me down when I know Ive helped people and I will continue helping others while I can


The behavior I see from you is toxic while you might be a very really nice person.
I also asume you are a nice person, so if you are bothered by me...just ignore me and don't click on my posts

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I never said I was there to help the community, I'm just a gamer and I give my opinion on the game, to say that I'm toxic because I give my opinion and you don't like what I say is ridiculous.

I also don't like liars who take people for fools to say they want to help the community when they only think about their own profit

I have a youtube channel too and you'll never see me advertising and if I ever do I'll be honest I have a deep respect for the rules unlike you that I know of that none of my topics have been deleted

Really, how old are you to act like that, I would be ashamed if I were you

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Originally Posted by Shibi

Anyway so many people lose their accounts by clicking a link thinking they will win, and that's not a good thing

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You're making a good point here.
I know how to check links before clicking on them but not everyone does and yes we should protect those people

thank you for your feedback Shibi, that was very helpfull

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It could be that my thread looks like a phishing scam because it contains a link, but all can see the link to YouTube and a moderator could test that for before deleting it and in my case it will always be 100% legit.

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No good moderator/dev/admin will blindly follow a link (even for testing) as it could post a security risk to their own account. Most IT professionals would test links in a sandbox environment with a dummy account, but that will be too much hassle/time-consuming for the mods so they will just remove the post.

I think bottom line is your post had all the appearance of RMT/Phishing and it got shut down as a result (thought he forum rules do mention that advertising is prohibited, I think this is dealt with at mod discretion as they haven't removed your other posts). As others have noted, the forums are not the best place to reach out to the community in this way - if you want to run a giveaway, do it on a live Twitch stream - any other method is going to seem suspicious to most players. (Though doing a gil giveaway just to get more followers/likes is not a great way to do things anyway - you get followers/subscribers by creating useful and engaging content - look at the biggest FFXIV content creators out there, they didn't get where they are by trading gil for some likes/comments/follows).

I'd be surprised if they restored your post and to be honest, if you start creating similar ones they may even suspend your account (fair warning).

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Originally Posted by Theox

You don't want to help people though, you just want to get views and recognition, and I'm not trying to scold you or anything because it's okay, but I'd be more willing to check you out if you were honest with your intentions from the start.

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Thank you for your feedback Theox, I think we have a communication issue here that we hopefully can resolve.

Let's start with my YouTube channel.
I have some crap video's I've made for fun because I like the editing and sometimes the joke in my mind is much funnier then the video result I've made (I am not an artist at all so I can't express the humor in a way I would like)
Most of my video's are about helping others, things I wished to know sooner when I started playing this game
The channel doesn't make profit and my intention is that it will never does

I think the only way for me to make a living of FF14 (not the case atm) is from donations or patreon ...or streaming on Twitch.
(I have a patreon site but I don't want people to subscribe...I am so far away from doing this like for real but I need to learn how all of this works)

I don't care for the recognition though, it's so much nicer if you can do your thing and noone is there to bother you, but it's also a way not to devellop yourself as a person.

Making YouTube videos still feels strange to me, I am a person that feels great around people irl instead of posting video's or threads that people can interpreted in another way then intended
My plan to stream live on Twitch scares the hell out of me, put me in front of a thousand people and I feel confortable talking (happend a few times in my life)..but streaming is scary for me
So I've combined my idea of helping people with my personal self devellopment, getting myself over the fear of streaming.

So my intention is still to help people and from the feedback that I got it seems to work..eventhough it's just a few people...but in my opinion everyone counts.
All the people that react to my video's or post are helping me devellop aswell so it's a win-win for me.


Hope that explanation helped , and if not ...ask me all the questions you like

Maybe its just me but I don't trust Hyurs anymore on the forums xD

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Originally Posted by Casti_EL

No good moderator/dev/admin will blindly follow a link (even for testing) as it could post a security risk to their own account. Most IT professionals would test links in a sandbox environment with a dummy account, but that will be too much hassle/time-consuming for the mods so they will just remove the post.

I think bottom line is your post had all the appearance of RMT/Phishing and it got shut down as a result (thought he forum rules do mention that advertising is prohibited, I think this is dealt with at mod discretion as they haven't removed your other posts). As others have noted, the forums are not the best place to reach out to the community in this way - if you want to run a giveaway, do it on a live Twitch stream - any other method is going to seem suspicious to most players. (Though doing a gil giveaway just to get more followers/likes is not a great way to do things anyway - you get followers/subscribers by creating useful and engaging content - look at the biggest FFXIV content creators out there, they didn't get where they are by trading gil for some likes/comments/follows).

I'd be surprised if they restored your post and to be honest, if you start creating similar ones they may even suspend your account (fair warning).

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Yes, Hyper-v for the win :)

Yes a few people brought up the post could look like phishing and that is a good point you all are making (beeing to enthousiastic for the contest idea, i don't think of something so obvious)

You are right about creating usefull and engaging content will bring in more followers.
How will these people find me though?
I don't poses the tool to reach out to a bigger audience.
It's not the recognition I seek but helping / entertaining more people then I do now, it's like teaching (irl). I could help a person devellop her/his skills, but if I create an enviroment full of students that work together we can help each other more then only 1 person can....in that case my role changes towards guiding people and providing a safe enviroment.

That is what I like to accomplish


Giving away gil was a spontanious idea, In my mind there are 3 things that I combined :
1 giving away gil to someone I don't know is stupid
2 the wonderfull people giving me feedback is great and I want to do something back
3 If I want to create the enviroment I've just typed above I need to stream to be able to acchief that goal. The more people involved the better people can be helped and we all grow as a person and group


Thank you Casti_El for your feedback

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Originally Posted by Wolwosh

Maybe its just me but I don't trust Hyurs anymore on the forums xD

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I have alts of different races if that helps :)

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

I saw a reply of a person that got really angry with me (I quess).

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I doubt they were angry. The forums are just full of weary, worn-out veterans. Years of playing and grinding have taken their toll and they take it out on the forums. Most of the audience here probably knows how to make gil already and your target audience (new players) probably don't visit these forums.

New players just play the game. You might find some of them in the thousands of FF14 discord servers, but most of them are found where you would expect, playing the game.

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Within an hour or so my post got deleted.

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I can't find the post you described, so maybe it was deleted, but moderation is not common on these forums so usually the post just got lost among the others.

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Originally Posted by HanWenqing

I never said I was there to help the community, I'm just a gamer and I give my opinion on the game, to say that I'm toxic because I give my opinion and you don't like what I say is ridiculous.

I also don't like liars who take people for fools to say they want to help the community when they only think about their own profit

I have a youtube channel too and you'll never see me advertising and if I ever do I'll be honest I have a deep respect for the rules unlike you that I know of that none of my topics have been deleted

Really, how old are you to act like that, I would be ashamed if I were you

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ok last reply to you, then i've said what I want and will ignore you if you keep beeing negative:

- when you say you never was here to help the community ? why are you on the forum, this sounds like only trolling ?
- you are not toxic for giving an opinion, discusions are great and a way to learn thing you didn't think of.
The way you do it though is comming from a negative place. If I would approach you in a negative way would you be willing to listen to me? or is it better to be more constructive
...read all the replies on this post a check why all of them are so much better then your negative reply
- I am not a liar, you asuming me to lie tells more about you then me
- Implying me to lie is also making false statements with the purpose to paint a negative image of some one you don't know at all
- great that you have a Youtube channel and you don't need to advertise on the forum, that means you are better equipt with the knowledge to reach more people then I do, so help me achieve what you already managed instead of kicking down
- it's funny that you say "I have deep respect for the rules unlike you"
that statement makes me laugh....feels like the episode of southpark where they smell their own farts and feel good about hemself.
- your last line is truly a masterpiece of beeing toxic and beeing immature

ok that's all that I wanted to type
Don't bother to continue with the mindset you've showcased..go outside, enjoy the weather and let's talk when all the negativity is out of your system.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

I doubt they were angry. The forums are just full of weary, worn-out veterans. Years of playing and grinding have taken their toll and they take it out on the forums. Most of the audience here probably knows how to make gil already and your target audience (new players) probably don't visit these forums.

New players just play the game. You might find some of them in the thousands of FF14 discord servers, but most of them are found where you would expect, playing the game.

I can't find the post you described, so maybe it was deleted, but moderation is not common on these forums so usually the post just got lost among the others.

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Me neither and I have the option to see all the post that I've started when I check my profile...I think it's deleted like people said because It could have looked like phising (combination with win + click here)
Nothing wrong with that, my mistake for posting like that

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

ok last reply to you, then i've said what I want and will ignore you if you keep beeing negative:

- when you say you never was here to help the community ? why are you on the forum, this sounds like only trolling ?
- you are not toxic for giving an opinion, discusions are great and a way to learn thing you didn't think of.
The way you do it though is comming from a negative place. If I would approach you in a negative way would you be willing to listen to me? or is it better to be more constructive
...read all the replies on this post a check why all of them are so much better then your negative reply
- I am not a liar, you asuming me to lie tells more about you then me
- Implying me to lie is also making false statements with the purpose to paint a negative image of some one you don't know at all
- great that you have a Youtube channel and you don't need to advertise on the forum, that means you are better equipt with the knowledge to reach more people then I do, so help me achieve what you already managed instead of kicking down
- it's funny that you say "I have deep respect for the rules unlike you"
that statement makes me laugh....feels like the episode of southpark where they smell their own farts and feel good about hemself.
- your last line is truly a masterpiece of beeing toxic and beeing immature

ok that's all that I wanted to type
Don't bother to continue with the mindset you've showcased..go outside, enjoy the weather and let's talk when all the negativity is out of your system.

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I'm here to give my opinion, to also ask for help sometimes as someone has already said the majority of people on this forum are veterans it's always interesting to read their messages or participate in their discussions.
I'm not here to advertise like you, no.
how do you want me to not answer you negatively when you dare to defame me by accusing me of things that I have not done who is the toxic guy according to you the one who has his topics deleted and risks being suspended or the other who respects the rules?
I have already postponed your topic because it defames me what is against the rules once again, do not accuse people without reason thank you
You are a liar, to say that you want to help people by asking them to subscribe to your channel is an obvious lie and it is not by playing the beneficent that you will deceive the veterans of this forum...
As a youtuber you should know that we don't buy our viewers, I don't have a lot of views in my videos but I'm not going to try to do any shenanigans to gain subscribers how can you act this way?
I would be really happy if you no longer respond to my posts because I have more to tell you now it's up to you to decide whether you continue on your way and you will end up with a suspended account or whether you calm down for a good once and for all

Two cents:

If you really want to reach people and grow your channel, start your own Discord server and make an Instagram and Twitter account. Do everything you're doing here on there.

I hate to break it to you but most people on here do not care and are just here to either argue with people about having opinions or are here to complain about things wrong with the game. Whatever this thread is is not helping you at all and is only going to attract negativity your way. Especially since this thread is essentially just you calling out whoever you're arguing with in here and now has derailed into something pretty childish.

Seriously, take my advice and go promote somewhere else.

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Originally Posted by HanWenqing

it's just a desperate attempt to get followerss

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This is it right here. Posting a contest to win in-game currency is desperate self promotion and just makes me think you have no good content. Even if you have a lot of followers already, you are immediately at a disadvantage because I will assume you bought them in similar ways.

Make good content and the followers will come. Bribe them and you will get temporary followers who will leave after they find out they will get nothing else free, and few that will actually watch your videos, which is what you want once you are able to monetize.

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Originally Posted by WalkingDragon

How can reach a wide FF14 audience without posting links on this official forum ?

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By making good content. You are going to start small and remain small for a little bit until the algorithm does its magic. Bribing by holding contests like these get you nothing in the long run and will instead be detrimental. Most YT creators started small and stayed small for a long time because it's all about persistence and making videos ppl want to watch. If you do, the people will eventually come, but these kinds of shenanigans is just setting yourself up for failure.

I should also note that asking for help from ppl on the forums while at the same time insulting ppl on the forums is a bit of a facepalm move as well.

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By making good content. You are going to start small and remain small for a little bit until the algorithm does its magic. Bribing by holding contests like these get you nothing in the long run and will instead be detrimental. Most YT creators started small and stayed small for a long time because it's all about persistence and making videos ppl want to watch. If you do, the people will eventually come, but these kinds of shenanigans is just setting yourself up for failure.

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^ This right here. As the saying goes "Build it and they will come".

Every successful content creator I know started small, focusing on content. The followers came naturally as their reputation grew.

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Originally Posted by Casti_EL

^ This right here. As the saying goes "Build it and they will come".

Every successful content creator I know started small, focusing on content. The followers came naturally as their reputation grew.

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It's the people who give up that don't succeed. Many of the content creators that people know were doing it for years before anyone knew who they were. That's not to say you shouldn't try to make the content better over time with better keywords, titles, and formats because it won't help if the content is boring.

Hey I remember that topic.
I'm sorry it was removed, I had a fear it was going to happen but didn't wanna call you out or warn about it, only because I saw you seemed to have only good intentions.
Unfortunately this isn't the best place to advertise outside of specific situations. Content outside of contests and without the request for subscribers or comments or what not are generally a lot more accepted.

Heck it's a month if I get one comment on any of my videos!

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Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus

You are going to start small and remain small for a little bit until the algorithm does its magic.

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This is why I can't even entertain the thought of doing YT videos. After seeing and reading up on what the semi-popular channels have to do to stay relevant, it seems way to soul crushing to keep up while hoping what small fanbase you foster is civil. It all sounds so tiring, lol.

If you want to grow your youtube channel, running a half-baked giveaway and insulting the community is a surefire way to make that impossible.