So I've decided to make this thread and I'm probably going to get banned but like I'm sick and tired and frustrated with the way era has been going in dealing with trolls and dealing with users who are not being so subtle in their viewpoints to stir up drama in threads. Months ago I tried helping era but I just ended up feeling burnt out and hurt by the way things havnt changed.
Staff has had all these meetings which are helpful and we're positive. but the meetings havnt been enough in really stopping the major issues. What I'm talking about is the "stirring the pot" style trolling and whataboutisms in nearly every thread that has a "controversial "topic. Now my biggest issues with the forums is bad faith actors and their actions in threads as well as the ever growing maw that is gaming side.
As an example of gaming side melting down over smash currently.
(The example thread was merged to the main ot) so instead I recommend visiting the federal stimulus thread instead.
I often wonder if nobody ever wants to do anything about gaming side when it's all elitism and bitching about folks hot takes and absolutely horrendous threads that just don't sell anything other than the raw emotion of the op. Another thing is eras obcessions with brands such as cyberpunk or naughty dog or even harry potter to fight back against any form of criticism that is thrown at them. That's not a healthy discussion it's just a useless thread that becomes a typical echo chamber. (to the gitgudisms and pc master race fanboys that pack that side.) or the incredibly toxic smash community freaking out about a smash character. We are in no better place to tackle some of the biggest problems with the site. One of these issues with era I feel are the bad faith actors seeking out threads to stir up controversy such as political stimulus threads.(or general threads.) I've seen it quite often and yeah for whatever reason discussion never resembles a actual discussion.
What I am seeing is bad faith ideological brawls break out all over the site where everyone and their mother want to have the last laugh. And the more I've thought about it the more I've Realized how radicalized era has become and in a way I see the serpent eating it's own tail.theres a toxic userbase here that often feels uncontrollable. Going further the rate I see the anger or the dismissiveness of other users just permeate in every thread. Now this isn't staffs fault and I won't be attacking staff as they can only do so much but it's getting to the point where the most optimal place to make posts is via discord.
To be honest I just don't feel safe posting here anymore and I know it's election season but it's been like this for a while. Honestly my threads on gaming side tackling trans issues and the cyberpunk debacle really hammer home that anything I try to do won't be useful in the long term because nobody looks at threads like these. And even when staff pins them nobody bats us minorities an eye. You have troll forums attacking us at all corners and it makes me feel like there's plenty of bad faith actors as a result.
So I guess as a tldr 5 things
1.Black lives matter
2.Make better threads
3.Treat minorities with respect.
4.Stop fighting each other please and just listen.
5. And please stop doomscrolling.
Staff has had all these meetings which are helpful and we're positive. but the meetings havnt been enough in really stopping the major issues. What I'm talking about is the "stirring the pot" style trolling and whataboutisms in nearly every thread that has a "controversial "topic. Now my biggest issues with the forums is bad faith actors and their actions in threads as well as the ever growing maw that is gaming side.
As an example of gaming side melting down over smash currently.
(The example thread was merged to the main ot) so instead I recommend visiting the federal stimulus thread instead.
I often wonder if nobody ever wants to do anything about gaming side when it's all elitism and bitching about folks hot takes and absolutely horrendous threads that just don't sell anything other than the raw emotion of the op. Another thing is eras obcessions with brands such as cyberpunk or naughty dog or even harry potter to fight back against any form of criticism that is thrown at them. That's not a healthy discussion it's just a useless thread that becomes a typical echo chamber. (to the gitgudisms and pc master race fanboys that pack that side.) or the incredibly toxic smash community freaking out about a smash character. We are in no better place to tackle some of the biggest problems with the site. One of these issues with era I feel are the bad faith actors seeking out threads to stir up controversy such as political stimulus threads.(or general threads.) I've seen it quite often and yeah for whatever reason discussion never resembles a actual discussion.
What I am seeing is bad faith ideological brawls break out all over the site where everyone and their mother want to have the last laugh. And the more I've thought about it the more I've Realized how radicalized era has become and in a way I see the serpent eating it's own tail.theres a toxic userbase here that often feels uncontrollable. Going further the rate I see the anger or the dismissiveness of other users just permeate in every thread. Now this isn't staffs fault and I won't be attacking staff as they can only do so much but it's getting to the point where the most optimal place to make posts is via discord.
To be honest I just don't feel safe posting here anymore and I know it's election season but it's been like this for a while. Honestly my threads on gaming side tackling trans issues and the cyberpunk debacle really hammer home that anything I try to do won't be useful in the long term because nobody looks at threads like these. And even when staff pins them nobody bats us minorities an eye. You have troll forums attacking us at all corners and it makes me feel like there's plenty of bad faith actors as a result.
So I guess as a tldr 5 things
1.Black lives matter
2.Make better threads
3.Treat minorities with respect.
4.Stop fighting each other please and just listen.
5. And please stop doomscrolling.
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