Dramatic times in FFXIV

[Renathras]

Yep. These forums and /r/ffxivdiscussion are the only places where players can truly speak freely about the game without fear of being banned/censored/downvoted to oblivion.

To be fair, that's just the reverse.

FFXIV discussion often downvotes to oblivion positive posts about the game (or anything that doesn't largely comport with the hivemind there), and this place has a similar effect with negative posts getting massive Likes and positive posts being brigaded.

So you're really just trading one form of hivemind/collectivism/banning/censoring/downvoting for a second.

The only thing these forums have going for them that other venues don't is that there's not a downvote feature, so you can't outright silence people. Which is why bullying and brigading is so prevalent here, instead, to browbeat people into silencing themselves since they know if they don't, they'll be faced with incessant harassment.

EDIT:

II'm no Roe but I'll help defend the wall if conscripted.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

He'll be back soon enough if he isn't already.

"Sandpeople are easily startled, but they'll soon be back. And in greater numbers." -"Old Ben" Kenobi