Reddit vs. the Forums in the Graphics War of '24

[AnimaAnimus]

I wonder why the two have such different perspectives..

Because on Reddit you can be downvoted. And the redditors are not scared to instantly and dramatically downvote anyone who has any criticism, even if it's constructive, while sending reddit cares after you and even sometimes doxxing you. They literally cannot take anyone speaking ill of the game on those sites and will get super aggressive about how perfect this game is to them. Everyone I know avoids the FFXIV subreddits like the plague.

Reddit and Twitter are the reasons ffxiv players have a certain reputation in the mmo communities at large.