Content creator irresponsibility in covering #FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[LianaThorne]

You are literally acting like a CONTENT CREATOR...... creator...... CREATOR..... is a journalist. THEY ARE NOT. You are attempting to hold a person to a journalistic standard they have ZERO business being held to. They create content PURELY for entertainment and are going to swing whatever way the wind blows as a whole. I don't understand why so many people are trying to treat them like a CNN or CNBC news reporter that has some sort of responsibility to be unbiased and report facts. NO... their entire content exists for entertainment and they only espouse THEIR OWN OPINIONS. They can cover it anyway they want or ignore it all together.


Edit to add. YES I know that even modern journalists are highly biased and slanted in their reporting and coverage. So holding some person with a charismatic personality that got lucky enough to have people like them to follow them online playing a video game to some sort of journalist standard is absolutely ridiculous.

I'm simply holding everyone to the standards we were taught as early as primary school/elementary school. If you're going to speak on a topic, you're supposed to do your research and have an understanding on what you're speaking on, especially if you have a large platform of people who take your word as the truth (i.e. CC's).

[PercibelTheren]

Ohhh now it makes total sense why some people are so mad that healers are leaving feedback in the correct place about what we don't like about healing and why some of us refuse to heal anymore.

People consider us NPCs, like duty support. They expect us to make the queue pop, to raise the vuln collectors and to enable everyone else's hero fantasy. Meanwhile we're just pressing one skill most of the time. But who cares what the trust NPC thinks about its rotation, right? Their job is to play the role that is chosen for them, follow the party and shut up.

This strike is unacceptable to them because only real players are allowed leave feedback and choose which jobs to play.

Honestly, this is not surprising at all. If there are different classes in any multiplayer game, the DPS and DPS-equivalent mains expect everything to revolve around them. The moment the devs start listening to their feedback also tends to be where the supports stop having fun.

[Evergrey]

I'm simply holding everyone to the standards we were taught as early as primary school/elementary school. If you're going to speak on a topic, you're supposed to do your research and have an understanding on what you're speaking on, especially if you have a large platform of people who take your word as the truth (i.e. CC's).

I was taught in primary & elementary school the importance of source criticism.
It's one of the most useful things I've learned I have to say.

[KitiaraIornsight]

I'm simply holding everyone to the standards we were taught as early as primary school/elementary school. If you're going to speak on a topic, you're supposed to do your research and have an understanding on what you're speaking on, especially if you have a large platform of people who take your word as the truth (i.e. CC's).

I was taught that entertainers are not to be held to a journalistic standard, ONLY JOURNALISTS. The content creators are just PLAYERS, they are no different than me or you and are COMPLETELY entitled to espouse their own opinion on a subject even if YOU don't like it because they are NOT JOURNALISTS.

[Voidmage]

I was taught that entertainers are not to be held to a journalistic standard, ONLY JOURNALISTS. The content creators are just PLAYERS, they are no different than me or you and are COMPLETELY entitled to espouse their own opinion on a subject even if YOU don't like it because they are NOT JOURNALISTS.

They are covering FF14 news and discuss the newest FF14 stuff. They also answer questions of other players in these q&a videos.
They are not normal players and not journalists. They have influence so they are in between.
A minimum of research can and should be expected from them.

They can tell their own opinion but as an influencer I think there should be a level of responsibility because others blindly follow those opinions.
Success doesn't just give rights and fun it also comes with responsability.

That's just my opinion on this matter but I also hate that whole influencer stuff so what do I know.

[Kaurhz]

I was taught that entertainers are not to be held to a journalistic standard, ONLY JOURNALISTS. The content creators are just PLAYERS, they are no different than me or you and are COMPLETELY entitled to espouse their own opinion on a subject even if YOU don't like it because they are NOT JOURNALISTS.

I wouldn't hold them to a journalistic standard in that everything should be thoroughly researched down to the most minute details with any personal opinion omitted.

However, the role that a content creator plays, although not explicitly made is that akin to a product presenter (That is essentially where content creation derives from)

So... regardless of you do think or do not think that they should be held to a higher standard is irrelevant. The fact they have a fanbase and a following means that their opinions are inherently more important than just a normal player. You are right they are entitled to espouse their own opinion. But the weight of said opinion for better or worse is not the same. Which is why people are a lot more critical of content creators than they are of traditional opinion.

[TBerry]

The amount of self-importance emanating from this comment is unreal. Surely there's some level of self-awareness on how delusional this is LOL.

Just remember the guy's also blatantly mocked someone for their parse on stream and ridiculed them, which resulted in a ban.

[Turtledeluxe]

The amount of self-importance emanating from this comment is unreal. Surely there's some level of self-awareness on how delusional this is LOL.

He later speculated that as a veteran (of the game) he himself may have a rotted brain. I'm inclined to agree.

And wow the fact he bullies people over a video game, that's just crazy.

[TBerry]

He later speculated that as a veteran (of the game) he himself may have a rotted brain. I'm inclined to agree.

And wow the fact he bullies people over a video game, that's just crazy.

I believe he learned from his mistake.

[Turtledeluxe]

Be very careful throwing stones there. Most raider-centric communities have heavily echoed that healing is not engaging and current healer-tank design is causing a number of problems in high end fights. (Namely, endless instant death mechanics and body checks - both things a lot of raiders at all skill levels aren't particularly fond of. Doubly so when a death mechanic may not be your fault at all!

Most raiding communities are also wildly up in arms over the new BLM mechanics as it kills nonstandard black mage. A class a lot of raiders respected and liked for its complexity and build options.

We're just as unhappy as the non-raiders here, and I personally won't be queued as a healer in DT. I'll likely only run SCH for premade groups.

Cheers.

If you watch the stream, he accuses less talented raiders of ruining the jobs by demanding simplification. I'm just agreeing with him. And tbh there's no alternative. On the one hand I assume you will say "Well there's also story players and they wanted simple healers". But that doesn't make much sense does it? Because story mode is baby content. Imo it's an inconvenient truth, but a portion of raiders are largely responsible for the state of jobs.

Ans to be fair, players can submit feedback that they later regret. So it's ultimately not about damning who gave it. It's moreso about devs over correcting based on feedback, irrespective of where it came from.