Endwalker is pretty great

[RyuDragnier]

People that feel unheard, patronized, mocked, or marginalized tend to turn to turn to sarcasm and mockery as communication strategies themselves.

Is that why the same few individuals have made at least 7 complaint threads?

[Absimiliard]

You're neither unheard nor marginalized by forum posters. The other two definitely happen tho.

I haven't claimed to be, although I was certainly on the receiving end of a great many baseless insults and accusations during the Garlean debates, back in Stormblood. :P Some people get uppity over opinions. It's an unfortunate part of human nature.

Is that why the same few individuals have made at least 7 complaint threads?

Honestly? Probably is. Speaking purely objectively, if you look back through the forum's history, there truly has been a long-standing bias against posters with negative opinions. I'm not saying they've always been nailed to the proverbial wall, but the bias has been there. It seemed to get worse over the years, too. It reached a point where speaking critically of the game could indeed earn you some rather nasty backlash from others -- the more well-presented the criticism, the greater the backlash tended to be.

In more recent times, those offering criticism of the game have seen a bit more acceptance. They're still mocked by some posters, but definitely not as many. It's never really been the majority doing it anyway. Having said that, mixed in with the valid criticism is a bunch of pointless drivel, which people keep using as justification to shut down legitimate, well-meaning statements as to the current state of the game or its elements.

Oh, as a disclaimer, I'm not talking about the one dude with twelve-billion accounts that keeps making faux complaint threads. That guy is out to kick all of the hornet's nests, and it seems to be working. I figured at least one person would try and take this post like that, so uh... yeah, just stating the obvious. Definitely file that one away under pointless drivel, although I'd be lying if I said they've never once made a valid point.