Patience about new job info and the conclusions to draw from it.

[Allyrion]

People may have a right to have opinions about the general direction we are given for the game.
It definitely goes too far, to the point of outrage, way too often without enough knowledge to warrant it.

That kind of behavior is why many developers opt to withhold information until release so that players have have a more holistic understanding and better informed criticism and feedback.
It's dumb, though, that we can't get partial reveals because people can't withhold absolute judgement.
Outrage at partial information will more likely information getting revealed than having any effect on actual development.

You will still have to give just as much feedback post release to get anything changed.
Your feedback means very little when it jumps to conclusion based on partial information.
All the outrage does is stop the information flow because people clear can't keep their heads on in response to change (or lack thereof), even if there's clearly more to be seen.

This is why we can't have nice things.

About the same as saying everything will be all right without solid evidence. Its just as possible for SE to mess up a job as any other developer.

But there is such a thing as withholding judgement when sufficient evidence is lacking.
It's fine to be concerned about the potential implications from the reveals.
It's wrong and immature to jump to conclusions and threads become an echo chamber of despair based on partial information.

It's an issue when people don't have evidence to truly justify an opinion, not when people are objectively concerned about the information based on what we do know (not what we assume).
But hey, people can cry all they want. Then if it turns out fine, everyone can move on, right?
It's not like they'll remember the negative impact those emotional outbursts have on the community environment.
People only remember when their negative opinions are justified or vindicated.
They give it a second thought when it turns out differently because it worked out for them.

There are consequences to both sides.
The people who whine know that if people pretend everything's okay when it's not, it negatively affects the game.
They don't realize that screaming that everything is ruined, when they don't know that is just as bad.

Is it really too hard to ask people think critically about if their conclusions are really justified?
Or that they have to acknowledge their own ignorance about the missing information and how it will all fit together when forming and articulating that opinion?
If they can do that, maybe they'll actually contribute some decent feedback.