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

[Kolaina]

After being hit with a demeaning and all-too-common racial stereotype after mentioning my race and gender on here and that post being upvoted I realized this place and the people here aren’t the greatest.

I also admit Ive gotten real heated here before. And now at this point I maintain a distance and glance at the occasional thread. But I keep interactions to a minimum. It’s done wonders.

I wonder why you would bring it up as those things should hold zero relevance in a gaming forum.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I wonder why you would bring it up as those things should hold zero relevance in a gaming forum.

The thread was about ethnic hair styles. I make characters that look like me. I interact with fellow POC’s that want the same thing for their characters.

So me being black = me wanting black hairstyles.

You may think you did something there but you rly didn’t.

[Joven]

The thread was about ethnic hair styles. I make characters that look like me. I interact with fellow POC’s that want the same thing for their characters.

So me being black = me wanting black hairstyles.

You may think you did something there but you rly didn’t.

I'm pretty sure they weren't going for some kind of "gotcha" moment as that is a legitimate question. This an internet forums. We're all of us anonymous and as such things like our age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc are irrelevent. Choosing to willfully surrender that information opens up the possibility of what you experienced, hence the reason for the anonymity.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I'm pretty sure they weren't going for some kind of "gotcha" moment as that is a legitimate question. This an internet forums. We're all of us anonymous and as such things like our age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc are irrelevent. Choosing to willfully surrender that information opens up the possibility of what you experienced, hence the reason for the anonymity.

It’s the fact that people are genuinely offended by that information - ethnic person asking for ethnic hairstyles - is what’s causing my eyes to roll.

But it proves my point that this community ain’t all that.

Now you’ve explained the context and still, not necessarily relevant.

Uh huh. Sure.

[Joven]

It’s the fact that people are genuinely offended by that information - ethnic person asking for ethnic hairstyles - is what’s causing my eyes to roll.

But it proves my point that this community ain’t all that.



Uh huh. Sure.

So you're using one instance to paint an entire group? There's always going to be bad apples in any group, but that's no excuse to paint everybody with the same brush.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

So you're using one instance to paint an entire group? There's always going to be bad apples in any group, but that's no excuse to paint everybody with the same brush.

Here's my perspective overall after being active here the previous year.

General Forums is a more realistic version of the FFXIV community.

Here people don't really have to be overly kindly. And can be blunt about how they may or may not feel.

As someone who Raids, FC's, Discord Chats, Twitters and so on - I do standby the opinion that the community ain't all that.

There are genuinely great people both on here and out of it.

But General Forums, due to the lack of moderation, is a bit of a congealed pit of negative emotions that just boil together.

[Joven]

Here's my perspective overall after being active here the previous year.

General Forums is a more realistic version of the FFXIV community.

Here people don't really have to be overly kindly. And can be blunt about how they may or may not feel.

As someone who Raids, FC's, Discord Chats, Twitters and so on - I do standby the opinion that the community ain't all that.

There are genuinely great people both on here and out of it.

But General Forums, due to the lack of moderation, is a bit of a congealed pit of negative emotions that just boil together.

Based on your responses you have an overly aggressive attitude and people tend to respond negatively towards that.

That being said: the forums here are a very small fraction of the playerbase. Not a good metric to base assumptions on.

[weebtext]

I make characters that look like me.

Are you really a little person?

[xxmiamorecadenza]

Are you really a little person?

Hehe.

I am pretty short, I'll admit.