Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post

If they tried to participate in a discussion here they would probably end up making themselves a victim of endless bait and trolling and opinions based on anecdotal experiences that, in the grand scheme of things, don't paint a complete picture.

It would also be difficult to see them doing all their other responsibilities if they talk in all the forums all day.
While I'm sympathetic to this view -- it's a problem of their own making, frankly. I don't think they can have their cake and eat it too, here, really.

The moderation on these forums is flatly, comically abysmal. I understand why they may be reticent to interact more because of how lawless these forums are, and how insanely off the rails things go; but it's their own fault.

Last month during the height of the Fall Guys discourse someone posted multiple direct links to the the plugin repositories and various downloads to other cheat tools that wound up staying up for like... 16? or so hours despite multiple reports.

Regardless, it is legitimately frustrating to be told by the development team to communicate feedback through "official means" (ie, via posting here) but get no interaction or confirmation that anyone is listening -- it often feels like we're shouting into the void.

I do think there is legitimate criticism here over the role of our Community Team, and how it feels like there's a substantive disconnect between them. No doubt there are many things behind the scenes that we don't see and therefore aren't able to appreciate, as well as the things they do engage with that are neat (Twitter, Twitch), but I think being a little more directly engaged here would be very appreciated!