Dramatic times in FFXIV

[Jeeqbit]

Forum account creation date? Doesn't that start from whenever you first make a forum account?

Yes and by "account" I was referring specifically to "forum account".

[Bonoki]

They are gone? It's safe to come out now?

[Vahlnir]

They are gone? It's safe to come out now?

[Absimiliard]

[Kyuuen]

My brother in Christ nobody took these forums seriously before he pulled up lmao.

Patently false.

Go back far enough and you'll find plenty of posts with actual conversation and constructive criticism on how to improve things. Wasn't until Stormblood when they really stopped hard moderating the boards that things went widely unchecked.

[Renalt]

If people are really upset the trolls are finally being dealt with...then by all means be the change you want to see in the forums and pick up the mantle...follow like a good lemming right into the ban zone.

[RosaliaDLB]

If people are really upset the trolls are finally being dealt with...then by all means be the change you want to see in the forums and pick up the mantle...follow like a good lemming right into the ban zone.

Arent you already doing that every day ? Picking up that mantle ?

[SaberMaxwell]

Patently false.

Go back far enough and you'll find plenty of posts with actual conversation and constructive criticism on how to improve things. Wasn't until Stormblood when they really stopped hard moderating the boards that things went widely unchecked.

I wonder if it was at about the time people brought up to Yoshi P that the mods at the time were power tripping hard on the forumbase, come to think of it.

[Renathras]

Yep. These forums and /r/ffxivdiscussion are the only places where players can truly speak freely about the game without fear of being banned/censored/downvoted to oblivion.

To be fair, that's just the reverse.

FFXIV discussion often downvotes to oblivion positive posts about the game (or anything that doesn't largely comport with the hivemind there), and this place has a similar effect with negative posts getting massive Likes and positive posts being brigaded.

So you're really just trading one form of hivemind/collectivism/banning/censoring/downvoting for a second.

The only thing these forums have going for them that other venues don't is that there's not a downvote feature, so you can't outright silence people. Which is why bullying and brigading is so prevalent here, instead, to browbeat people into silencing themselves since they know if they don't, they'll be faced with incessant harassment.

EDIT:

II'm no Roe but I'll help defend the wall if conscripted.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

He'll be back soon enough if he isn't already.

"Sandpeople are easily startled, but they'll soon be back. And in greater numbers." -"Old Ben" Kenobi

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Arent you already doing that every day ? Picking up that mantle ?

Ill take his random light hearted Humor any day, over Direct Harassment of people, and the Community, and all of the nonsense thread Necros and Bait Threads.