[image] Poll: Game developers say harassment from players is a major issue A fifth say their companies did nothing about it Anyway I’m sure this will bring about the self-reflection I am anticipating.

I think you have been on the internet too long, my guy.

[image] Dizzy721: At a macro level, my personal experience has been that communities have become more abusive over time and this survey is a datapoint in favor of that theory. This could also be explained by the fact that more people have steadily gotten into both gaming and the internet, cre…

Those two explanations are not mutually exclusive. I think gaming captures a larger percentage of toxic people compared to other interests/hobbies/whatever while the experience of gaming itself leads to toxic interactions which leads to normalization/acceptance of toxic behavior. Solving the inter…

I am still of the stance that the devs are not to blame, someone higher up is making the decisions that see players unhappy with game releases. (things such as releasing a very unfinished product to cash in NOW) I said something similar to the same effect in other posts on this forum recently… peop…

Lots of good points. And I agree on that gaming communities behavior are quite appalling in many cases. We have started to see pushback against this sort of behavior when it comes to real life. Customer service tended to get the exact same treatment as we see here but lately people have started to …

What does “toxic” mean to you? [image] Dizzy721: Other communities have figured out how to reduce/minimize toxicity Can you elaborate on this? What mechanisms are you thinking of here? [image] Kumori: Hiding behind “nah it’s fair game against a company” is just wrong because it’s not so…

Yes, you are correct. Context matters. Absolutely. [image] Tzcheese: That incident obviously isn’t comparable to the DT situation. What I’m saying is that ultimately everything a company does comes back to one or more humans and rejecting the idea that people should be able to attack a company …

[image] Tzcheese: What does “toxic” mean to you? Antisocial behavior that makes things worse for players or devs. [image] Tzcheese: Can you elaborate on this? What mechanisms are you thinking of here? Ideal world, the community agrees that this type of posting is a problem and that it…

Harrassment from customers is a major issue?!! Have you ever worked in a Pub? How about, stop releasing terrible products then you don’t get yelled at?

[image] Dizzy721: The current situation with communications between Fatshark and the community is 90% due to the highly toxic vocal minority. It’s really hard to put the boundary on what constitutes toxic because even the innocous but repetitive questions are becoming a problem after a bit - …

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Do you agree with that statement from Fatshark?

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