Content creator irresponsibility in covering #FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Galvuu]

Many people are stating that these content creators are both not obliged to any form of factual and responsible coverage and also that do not speak for the community as a whole. I agree with this very much.
But, unfortunately, the reality of it is that they get a disproportionate amount of attention from SE. These are the people that go to the media tour and lay the first eyes on the changes, and are allowed to offer feedback while the iron is still hot.
They're also, likely as a consequence of this, sometimes used as a barometer to gauge the community's response and acceptance of changes.
The tragedy here is that while they have no duty to be accurate and do not speak for us all, their voices are likely the most important of all to SE.
And, at least to me, it's very frustrating when they just don't know what they're talking about, don't care about it, say utter nonsense or all three combined.
(I did watch Xeno's reaction following the advice of some, my opinion of him as increased- he had some silly takes, but the overall sentiment I had was positive)

[KitiaraIornsight]

Many people are stating that these content creators are both not obliged to any form of factual and responsible coverage and also that do not speak for the community as a whole. I agree with this very much.
But, unfortunately, the reality of it is that they get a disproportionate amount of attention from SE. These are the people that go to the media tour and lay the first eyes on the changes, and are allowed to offer feedback while the iron is still hot.
They're also, likely as a consequence of this, sometimes used as a barometer to gauge the community's response and acceptance of changes.
The tragedy here is that while they have no duty to be accurate and do not speak for us all, their voices are likely the most important of all to SE.
And, at least to me, it's very frustrating when they just don't know what they're talking about, don't care about it, say utter nonsense or all three combined.
(I did watch Xeno's reaction following the advice of some, my opinion of him as increased- he had some silly takes, but the overall sentiment I had was positive)

Did it occur to you that they use the content creator feedback because they are based on the number of followers they have, a voice for their followers? Just because you don't agree with a content creator doesn't mean their followers don't. It makes sense for SE to go them because these creators ARE players of the game, have large numbers of followers, who generally share the same view and it gives SE a slice of what the player base thinks. Its no different than any kind of market research that goes and pulls in opinions. Content creators are not journalists, they are players of the game that have a large following.