I feel like a thread of this nature crops up every few months, and it's always the same things being repeated by nearly the same people.
So let me start this post off by making one thing very clear: Calling out shitty behavior, no matter who it is, is not starting drama nor is it toxic. It is the antithesis to what made other MMO communities as horrible as they are now. Letting manipulative behavior continue all while pushing it under the rug to avoid any perceived drama is exactly where problems start.
That said.Â
It's possible to go overboard--it's possible to take it too far. You should never call someone out until you have confirmation of someone's shitty behavior first hand (See: The botched failzeroth bullshit on tumblr before Heavensward came out. That wasn't cool).
If you see someone doing something you don't like? Call them out on it. You don't need to make huge diatribes on tumblr or the RPC about it, but pulling people aside and telling them that you don't think their behavior is acceptable is good and necessary for a community--any community--to thrive. Making blanket ranting posts doesn't make anything better, it just makes people slightly butthurt because what if they're talking about me? It's passive aggressive at best.
Accepting how things are, if you don't like it, isn't necessary and isn't really all that good for one's enjoyment of anything. Be the change you wish to see!Â
And after all that, I say that this community really isn't half as bad as any ranting posts/tumblr drama makes it out to be. It's one of the most diverse (OOCly at least), positive and friendly communities I've ever had the enjoyment of being a part of. If you focus too much on the negative, it's easy to see nothing but that. Â Smile! Tell some dumb motherfuckers that they're being negative/too aggressive and distance yourself from them if they respond poorly to that.
So let me start this post off by making one thing very clear: Calling out shitty behavior, no matter who it is, is not starting drama nor is it toxic. It is the antithesis to what made other MMO communities as horrible as they are now. Letting manipulative behavior continue all while pushing it under the rug to avoid any perceived drama is exactly where problems start.
That said.Â
It's possible to go overboard--it's possible to take it too far. You should never call someone out until you have confirmation of someone's shitty behavior first hand (See: The botched failzeroth bullshit on tumblr before Heavensward came out. That wasn't cool).
If you see someone doing something you don't like? Call them out on it. You don't need to make huge diatribes on tumblr or the RPC about it, but pulling people aside and telling them that you don't think their behavior is acceptable is good and necessary for a community--any community--to thrive. Making blanket ranting posts doesn't make anything better, it just makes people slightly butthurt because what if they're talking about me? It's passive aggressive at best.
Accepting how things are, if you don't like it, isn't necessary and isn't really all that good for one's enjoyment of anything. Be the change you wish to see!Â
And after all that, I say that this community really isn't half as bad as any ranting posts/tumblr drama makes it out to be. It's one of the most diverse (OOCly at least), positive and friendly communities I've ever had the enjoyment of being a part of. If you focus too much on the negative, it's easy to see nothing but that. Â Smile! Tell some dumb motherfuckers that they're being negative/too aggressive and distance yourself from them if they respond poorly to that.
