The people here seem hateful

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I have scrolled through several threads this morning. Newer to WoW I had a lot of questions about things and it’s been rough. I was hoping to see more of a community vibe here than in game. In game seems to be pushing gold runs which I do not have.

I see multiple posters some 5-15k posts being awful to other people using gifs and posting pictures. Shaming others achievement points. Switching alts etc.

I see the same behavior in some people with orange texts, community council. Just in general being argumentive with others.

Is that what this forum is? Pretty terrible. Why does blizzard allow this kind of behavior constantly? Then bringing those people on to the council?

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Yea, the forum is definitely terrible at times – that’s just happens when humans can communicate to each other behind a wall (also like twitter and other social media).

You will see good stuff too. Ask your questions, you will get help.

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My bait senses are going off on this one, but here goes. I’d rather loose restrictions on posting than strict- there are too many people who see differences in opinions as being “hateful and mean” when in fact they just disagree.

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You might want to try the new player area of the forums. Different section than Gen Discussion.

There are still plenty of people who like to be helpful in WoW. Just ignore the trolls.

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People mostly come here for the “Rate that Transmog” threads.

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General Discussion aka The Player Hater’s Ball.

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Mostly, yes. However there are some good apples in the bunch. Just keep true to yourself and be friendly and you’ll get it back in return.

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Then there is this. A community created problem. People seem to think everything is bait here and it just totally invalidates any post in general. It’s quite annoying.

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Well, some things just seem odd. And, when they seem that odd, it does come off as a, “Hhhmmmm” situation, aye?

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It’s more of an internet created problem. The wow forums didn’t invent trolling. Even news outlets troll people with misinformation all of the time. Predates even the internet.

A telltale sign of trolling is also that the OP never responds to the troll post. Which OP has not yet- I gave them the benefit of the doubt while also being skeptical. Which is about the best I could do given how suspicious the subject material and phrasing of the post was on top of it being a 0 count poster on a new account; they even cleverly made the post to where anyone who tried to call it out as a troll would be reflected back as the troll. Seen that one done 100 times. Just too many signs.

You can answer someone while also not being subject to gullibility.

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Sadly, yes, but their biggest sin to me is not knowing: their, they’re, and there…

and then they have the audacity to call anyone else stupid XD.

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Of course WoW didn’t invent trolling, but we def. made sure to bring it along when it’s highly unneeded. I am not a believer of just because the OP doesn’t respond to the post doesn’t mean it’s a troll one but I do agree with you on the 0 post count thing.

People just jumping to conclusions to start it up and that’s all it takes here. I could be wrong, I could be right. We may never know.

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Strange your posting in a thread about being hateful but you just left mine calling me stupid, dumb, and ignorant over a series of posts.

All because I don’t like the extremely strong focus of cosmetics in this game. That also apparently means I hate RPG games. I am apparently not allowed to like RPG games unless I roleplay lmao.

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You’re* not your, I did not call you stupid, I asked you if you were stupid or a troll? And frankly, after seeing your reactions, I could lean either way or both… you really do only make YOURSELF look worse and worse.

For reference, the thread where said person actively humiliated themselves by trying to repeatedly jump both sides of the fence.

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It’s people being people. The word hate is heavily overused these days. Just because someone disagrees with someone or doesn’t like something about them doesn’t mean they hate them.

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There are a lot of nice helpful people here too.

If by chance you are told to leave by an angel with a trumpet don’t look back or your poor lady friend will be turned into a salt lick.

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GD forums = Snark Central.

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Getting put on the community council doesn’t make someone a better person

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Well I was very clear I’m not sure if it is or is not a troll, just the suspicion is there. Like Yoda kept trying to tell the younger jedi’s use your feelings :rofl:

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