Can the fourms become a more positive place

[Seducio]

Originally Posted by greatdane [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Any game's forum will reflect the way its players feel about that game.

There's no point asking for people to change their tone. That's irrational.

The tone and tenor of these forums is a reflection of mod policies and willingness of enforcement. Player input on a forum sponsored by a game provider is usually limited by the rules of the game provider and whether the rules are honored by mods.

Every place on the internet asks you to change your tone depending on where you are and what kind of voice you have there. Same as in RL. Whether you honor policies or not is up to you. Whether the rules matter is up to the mods.

For some time the rule enforcement on these forums was relatively lax compared with other eras of these forums. This created a place where certain kinds of trolls were uninhibited in attacking others indiscriminately, for years in some cases. This chased away many people who wanted to ask simple questions or communicate with others about EQ. The conversations became antagonistic rather than collegial. Some of those trolls were given a forum suspension or timeout or ban recently.

You've been on these forums long enough to know there were other eras of p99 timeline when the forums were more lively and yes more positive, though never 100% positive. I think OP is suggesting we get to choose what kind of attitude we bring to these forums. We are adults after all right?