An interesting contrast between player communities

[Equitable_Remedy]

Coming out of the live letter, Reddit seems to be generally very hype while these forums generally seem to be drowning in misery (and very concerned about teleportation fees).

Both Reddit and the forums are very self-selecting subsets of the player base and neither represents the player base more generally, but it's interesting to see general attitudes diverge so wildly coming out of the same event.

Each venue has different norms, people, etc. (though certainly with some overlap), but the contrast is stark.

[ElHeggunte]

The official forums have been an echo chamber of mopiness, hyperbole, and victimhood for a long time now so I'm not at all surprised. Reddit can be its own kind of cesspool, but at least it's in a more entertaining way rather than depressing.

[Controller]

The official forums have been an echo chamber of mopiness, hyperbole, and victimhood for a long time now so I'm not at all surprised. Reddit can be its own kind of cesspool, but at least it's in a more entertaining way rather than depressing.

Reddit is more of an echo chamber than the forums will ever be. for this one reason. They have the downvote system. go there and say something against the system and watch the downvotes fly. Plus... it's REDDIT. :c

[NessaWyvern]

Reddit FFXIV also removes a lot of stuff that doesn't enforce a positive community, so it might be a bit skewed from that.

[Reap00]

Reddit FFXIV also removes a lot of stuff that doesn't enforce a positive community, so it might be a bit skewed from that.

That is a good thing. This forum could use some moderation as well.

[Canadane]

That is a good thing. This forum could use some moderation as well.

Echo chambers are a bad thing, you want to be able to freely discuss dissatisfaction in order to either learn about others' experiences, or even help improve the game overall.

[KayRadley]

That is a good thing. This forum could use some moderation as well.

This, this, a million bloody times this. The forum would be a much better place overall if we had some bloody mods doing their jobs.

[Deceptus]

Reddit FFXIV also removes a lot of stuff that doesn't enforce a positive community, so it might be a bit skewed from that.

It's not so much removed but anything other than memes, screenshots, and commissions is instantly downvoted to hell (especially systems discussions).

[Ajantisz]

Coming out of the live letter, Reddit seems to be generally very hype while these forums generally seem to be drowning in misery (and very concerned about teleportation fees).

Both Reddit and the forums are very self-selecting subsets of the player base and neither represents the player base more generally, but it's interesting to see general attitudes diverge so wildly coming out of the same event.

Each venue has different norms, people, etc. (though certainly with some overlap), but the contrast is stark.

Reddit is full to the brim with sycophants, go on there as a test and say you think they should get rid of Alphinaud. The ability to downvote threads means you dont see the criticism as readily too.

[Fawkes]

What subreddit are y'all talking about, because /r/ffxiv is like 60% "lol sch bad" memes