Normalize criticism

[Wind-Krysvein]

There seems to be a sort of vicious cycle here with posts criticising the game. It goes something like this:

Person #1: posts complaint (by making topic)
Person #2: posts agreement/rebuttal
Person #3: posts agreement/rebuttal
Person #4: posts a short, snarky rebuttal. Gets more Likes than the others and is usually crowned the "de facto response" to the topic's criticism: often results in people Likepiling on top of it instead of writing out their own thoughts.

Tell me you haven't seen this pattern repeated at least a few times in the recent past. Honestly, I'm beginning to wonder if people are making posts like it on purpose to get invisible "internet points", although that's pure conjecture on my part.

For troll posts it's fine, but for something that was clearly written with genuine thought, it may have the effect of stiffling conversation that should probably be happening. Regardless if it's for or against.

[Irisdina_Wiloh]

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I think you're spot on with this, it's beyond annoying. If you visit the sub forums for DPS for example, I seeing likes being used in there as I expect was intended, to signal what is a good post and one that most people agree with, whilst other posts maybe get a like or two. This is how it should be, not everyone vying for likes because their ego demands it.

I've been around for awhile now, I don't post often. The amount of people I have seen go from being prominent forum posters to ghosts is quite sad and part of the reason they've gone is plainly because of how this forum functions. Good debates get ruined by people who want to post snarky comments and add nothing of value to a thread.

The other thing is peoples inability to argue their views without all hell breaking loose and it getting real nasty, real fast. There's lots of straw manning, lies and disingenuous comments being flung around constantly. The moderation of this forum is really lacking and it could do with a clean up and more active moderation honestly.