Why Are the FFXIV Forums So Bad?

[ZephyrMenodora]

Moderation is a really difficult thing to balance.

I know there are those who don't like 'whataboutism' here, but I've experienced the polar opposite of what is experienced on this forum, having been perma-banned from the over-moderated official forum of a game I used to play for making negative comments.

But then there is basic moderation that would improve the forums without controversy.

Like locking threads when someone goes on a “necro threads that have been dead for years” spree.
Immediately banning accounts of people who were already banned.
Actually enforcing the rules we have.

These basic things would already clean up the forums quite a bit.

[Carin-Eri]

But then there is basic moderation that would improve the forums without controversy.

Like locking threads when someone goes on a “necro threads that have been dead for years” spree.
Immediately banning accounts of people who were already banned.
Actually enforcing the rules we have.

These basic things would already clean up the forums quite a bit.

Definitely - no disagreement there. Was simply saying that most forum moderators don't seem to find that balance.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Definitely - no disagreement there. Was simply saying that most forum moderators don't seem to find that balance.

One game I played got so bad they would ban people from their streams who said the name of the PVP zone because it was so buggy. They got a lot of heat for that extreme behavior lol.