On Opinions, Being Outspoken & Bickering

Members see less ads - sign up now for free and join the community!

  • This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn more.

APZonerunner

Network Boss-man
Administrator
UFFSite Veteran
Site Staff
Jul 25, 2013
1,134
926
35
Solihull, UK
www.rpgsite.net
#1
Hey all,

Some of you may have seen the recent thread about FF13, where quotes from a months-old Square Enix press release were pulled out and used as a basis for one member to express their opinion. That's fine. What followed was ridiculous:
  • Users dismissing the quotes as PR spin (okay)
  • Dumb bickering where the primary response on one side was to brand people 'haters' and on the other to brand someone an idiot (not okay)
  • Flat-out insults
  • Continued complaining, bickering, and backseat modding even after mod intervention
Opinions are fine. Being Outspoken is okay - but you've got to obviously temper it so as not to be a frustration to others. Insulting each other, being dismissive to others, and so on - it isn't on. We try to be cool here, but it's getting to the point where people are going to have to be removed from circulation if this continues. I'd intended to leave that thread open, but as I went to delete individual posts, I got to 27 posts and decided the thread wasn't worth rescuing, so I deleted it.

I encourage you to vote with your posts and likes; if you think a thread is guff, start one of your own and let the one you don't like sink to the bottom of the listing with few replies.

===================================

In line with all this, I plan to introduce another mod - starting today, @Squirrel Emperor will be joining the team to help try to keep stuff under control. Please be respectful and listen when they, or other mods, chime in.

Cheers.
 

Crystal Power

Keyblade Master
Nov 29, 2013
712
243
United States
#3
Well all I could want in a Final Fantasy community is for each member to be respectful, for fans to be considerate to other fans who love an installment they may hate (and vice versa, though I would promote 'love' overall), and that all members follow the forum rules and guidelines.

I honestly think you should create a penalty feature @APZonerunner , something that works as "Three strike, ban for a month. Three more ban for 5 month. Eventually you get an indefinite ban for many strikes and bans". I think this would work very well to keep behavior and rules in place. :)
 

coffee-san

Sphere Hunter
Mar 18, 2015
245
120
#4
I honestly think you should create a penalty feature @APZonerunner , something that works as "Three strike, ban for a month. Three more ban for 5 month. Eventually you get an indefinite ban for many strikes and bans". I think this would work very well to keep behavior and rules in place. :)
seconded. I've only been a part of one other forum, but a penalty feature definitely helped to impede questionable behavior on forum. With the added mod support from Squirrel (who's online pretty frequently afaik), I don't see why something like this shouldn't work.
 

LeonBlade

Administrator
Administrator
Moderator
Site Staff
Oct 25, 2013
2,026
1,864
32
Blossvale, New York
#5
I don't go to many forums, this is the one forum I go to and like the community that's here. Final Fantasy is a big deal to me, and it's nice to be able to talk with fellow fans and discuss just about anything in an orderly manner.

I hope that moving forward we can have a place that everyone can continue to go to without having these things happening and to clean up the place. Let's hope this is a great start for a better future on the forums. As for the penalty system, anything that can keep people on track is alright to me, but, ultimately it's a mod decision.

Glad to hear things can start improving for this great community.
 

buddhafied

Sphere Hunter
Sep 30, 2013
241
126
Vancouver, BC
#7
Thanks for posting this, Alex. I love this small community we have, but recently I feel like I've been coming here just expecting a few threads of trash talking.

I think, if I may suggest, we can also start to use less of words like "hate" and "haters".

First of all, the word "hate" is relative. How I define as hating something is very different from someone else saying they hate something, but the word itself is never pretty and is creating conflict between people that otherwise could have been avoided. When we call someone a "hater", we are neglecting everything that person had said (reasons why they dislike the subject, history of the topic, etc.) Therefore, I think calling anyone a "hater" is accomplishing nothing except for causing *actual* hatred. It's labeling, and for most cases, people don't like to be labeled.

Secondly, in my humble opinion, I haven't observed what I would define as hatred on this form. As someone who is a double minority and have to deal with bigotry and possible hate crimes, what this forum have in terms of "hatred" is just an annoyance at best. I am not trying to downplay this, as this can be, and has been, a serious matter in the forum, but what happening here can not possibly be measured high in the hate scale. If you want to experience what hate is, walk down a busy street in a less acceptance town holding hand with a person with same gender. Everything is relative.

Lastly, we come here to express our like and love for the games that we enjoy. Some might "hate" certain aspects of a game, or *hate* a certain game in the series, these are just *component* of the series. (I dislike many things about Final Fantasy VIII for example, and I certainly dislike the draw system, but do I hate the game? No. I want to yell at my mom whenever she tried to guilt trip me over the phone, but do I hate that woman? No.) I can't imagine someone who loves absolutely *everything* about Final Fantasy either. So let it go, if someone happens to dislike what happens to be your favourite. Embrace the fact we are a diverse community with people liking different things and try not to fixated on why we can't all just be the same.

Edit: I am just as bad as using the word as many people, I'm stating this to also remind myself not to use it.
 
Last edited:

APZonerunner

Network Boss-man
Administrator
UFFSite Veteran
Site Staff
Jul 25, 2013
1,134
926
35
Solihull, UK
www.rpgsite.net
#8
I've deleted some posts from this thread because already people are dragging this off-topic with accusations of people being terrible people for disliking something. Opinions are okay, even ones that are different to yours. Chill out! Good lord. It's not a personal insult, and if it is, we'll step in.