The Official Forums is an EXTREMELY poor example of a "Good Community"

[Kaurhz]

It's certainly not a good community on here by any stretch of the imagination, but then I generally don't expect anything too grand on a general forum discussion page.

That said, many of these issues do stem from a multitude of factors:

- Many people have many different opinions, and people cannot handle a difference of opinion too well, and this is exhibited in a variety of ways, be it personal insults or passive-aggressive attitude, or just a general pointless and sarcastic monologue. <- The proverb - Treat people how you wish to be treated - exacerbates this point very clearly, and some people find themselves fairly incapable of self-reflection to actually see when they are being obnoxious.

- This forum is supposed to be a place for feedback, the unfortunate circumstance is many of these issues are left to fester for too long, but then generally speaking refinement and immediate addressing of concerns is not a quick process. Extending from this, the developers and some players, potentially many players on this forum have a different philosophy behind what the game should be, and thus problems that do fester also are not addressed because they don't align with said goals. <- People also don't like this, but then a larger part of this, until very recent the developers haven't expressly stated the reasoning for certain changes or directions. < - This whole paragraph leads to people posting and responding to counterpoints in the most abrupt way possible. Not warranted, but understandable.

- A lack of proper, or rapid moderation means that people take the full course of advantages that come with being on the internet (e.g., the internet is largely anonymous for most people so they can express themselves without restraint, moreso when proper moderation isn't taken)

- In general, there is a lot of immaturities on the forums, and this is from people who may otherwise consider themselves mature.

[SlouchyBard]

- Many people have many different opinions, and people cannot handle a difference of opinion too well, and this is exhibited in a variety of ways, be it personal insults or passive-aggressive attitude, or just a general pointless and sarcastic monologue.

So if I dont like someone's opinion it gives me the justification to be a jerk because that is how some people want to "express" themselves? Sweet.

I do agree with your points though.

[VerdeLuck]

Most of those threads just go on for too long. It usually goes
1 - person suggests something
2 - people give good counter arguments
3 - OP or people with their opinion respond back
4 - back and forth for a few rounds
5 - people get bored and start to get more and more hyperbolic because why not? no one is changing their mind
6 - it devolves into trolling.

like most forums once the trolling starts, it's too fun to stop. That's why we have a 100+ page thread about dps meters, it's too fun for people to get firemage to reply again and again and bait him over and over.
if you want serious discussion, interact with about the first 5-10 pages of a thread then ignore it.