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[Molly_Millions]

Your quote of me is something you typed; therefor it's not a quote.

At no point did I say people aren't responsible.

I said the Devs have a responsibility too, and claiming it's all on "the community" is flawed thinking.

Design influences behaviour.

The character limit influenced me to paraphrase your post. See what I did there? You're pushing all of the responsibility of your own behavior onto the devs when in fact you're the only one who is in control of your actions.

[Amayasu]

The character limit influenced me to paraphrase your post. See what I did there? You're pushing all of the responsibility of your own behavior onto the devs when in fact you're the only one who is in control of your actions.

You can get around the character limit by editing your post (so write your post, copy it, post a few words and then edit->paste to get the whole thing across).

Secondly, stating that the developers have a responsibility does not mean I as a player do not.

I said very clearly that the developers are part of the community and through design can influence behaviour. It goes without saying that individuals have to be responsible for themselves, that isn't true now; that's always been true and this situation still exists.

Yes; we as players have a responsibility to be nice and helpful.

The designers of social games have the responsibility to design social systems that support that.