Ashantara.8731 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 39 minutes ago, disco.9302 said: Also it's not that 90% of people are wrong, it's that 90% of the posters content is being disagreed with. "Disagreeing" on something like a given technical advice that is the actual solution to an OP's technical issue/question is not a matter of opinion -- it's pure trolling. 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azorean.1850 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 this is what keeps me up at night, kitten u passive agressive emojis 5 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashTestAuto.9108 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 hours ago, disco.9302 said: coming from someone whos entire posting history has around 80%+ confused reactions I would say you generally tend not to know what you're talking about. Haha 😄 I think if you're assessing truth based on the number of emojis on an internet forum, then maybe I'm not the one who doesn't know what they're talking about. 1 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayne.8563 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 17 hours ago, Mistwraithe.3106 said: Why do you think the opinion of the majority is of so little value? Sure, it isn't always right and it certainly doesn't mean you have to agree with it. But for a business like Arena Net surely what the majority thinks/wants is of quite a lot of interest. Even if Arena Net later decide to ignore the majority because they think they are wrong, at least they knew what forum users thought they wanted. Similarly it seems to me it has value for everyone else. If someone posts that "change X has wrecked the game" then it provides useful context to see whether 2 people or 20+ people like that post. If only the majority of forum goers represented a majority of the playerbase. Seeing this majority as a majority of players is probably misleading in and of itself. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashTestAuto.9108 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Vayne.8563 said: If only the majority of forum goers represented a majority of the playerbase. Seeing this majority as a majority of players is probably misleading in and of itself. It's actually even less reflective than tha, because the sample is "People who use emojis on the forum". Just looking at a random recent thread (to count easily), the "Hiss emote" thread currently has 30 emojis on it, with 322 views. It's also entirely plausible that there's a correlation between "inclination to post emojis" and "negativity". At a minimum, if you agree with a post, then there's less to add by responding by default. At least anecdotally, the forum definitely feels unreflective of the player base, being both less friendly and more elitist (the latter to be expected, as the more casual a player is, the less likely they are to bother going to a related forum). So we're on a biased subsample of a biased sample, with a poor sampling method. 5 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idpersona.3810 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Just now, CrashTestAuto.9108 said: At least anecdotally, the forum definitely feels unreflective of the player base, being both less friendly and more elitist (the latter to be expected, as the more casual a player is, the less likely they are to bother going to a related forum). So we're on a biased subsample of a biased sample, with a poor sampling method. This is really important to remember everywhere on these forums 🙂 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vayne.8563 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Just now, CrashTestAuto.9108 said: It's actually even less reflective than tha, because the sample is "People who use emojis on the forum". Just looking at a random recent thread (to count easily), the "Hiss emote" thread currently has 30 emojis on it, with 322 views. It's also entirely plausible that there's a correlation between "inclination to post emojis" and "negativity". At a minimum, if you agree with a post, then there's less to add by responding by default. At least anecdotally, the forum definitely feels unreflective of the player base, being both less friendly and more elitist (the latter to be expected, as the more casual a player is, the less likely they are to bother going to a related forum). So we're on a biased subsample of a biased sample, with a poor sampling method. I use the emojis all the time, mostly because I post on reddit more than here now, and I'm just used to it. Is it pointless here? Sure it is. But the value of the forums isn't really affected by it either. It's not like reddit, where you become invisible if you get enough downvotes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWelp.1723 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) There's a lot of confused emojis on every thread. Problem with those is that usually no clue what they are confused about or even what they mean by it (yeah, its kinda like disagree, but who really knows). Dont mind them personally, but they do not add anything of value to the discussion. Theres loads of people here trying to explain what those reactions REALLY mean and it usually means system is not functioning if you need to try to explain it. I think simpler reaction system would serve the forum a lot better ('like/agree', 'dislike/disagree' would be enough). Edited December 22, 2022 by McWelp.1723 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, McWelp.1723 said: There's a lot of confused emojis on every thread. Problem with those is that usually no clue what they are confused about or even what they mean by it (yeah, its kinda like disagree, but who really knows). Dont mind them personally, but they do not add anything of value to the discussion. Theres loads of people here trying to explain what those reactions REALLY mean and it usually means system is not functioning if you need to try to explain it. I think simpler reaction system would serve the forum a lot better ('like/agree', 'dislike/disagree' would be enough). Yea we used to have that but some people got butt hurt over all the thumbs down they got. Edited December 22, 2022 by Linken.6345 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravvi.3146 Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Linken.6345 said: Yea we used to have that but some people got butt hurt over all the thumbs down they got. So take away all negative reactions and leave only heart, thanks, or thumbs up available, if you dont like something there would be two options. Post a response or just dont rate it. Edit: They did that on youtube lmao Edited December 22, 2022 by Dravvi.3146 2 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 42 minutes ago, Dravvi.3146 said: So take away all negative reactions and leave only heart, thanks, or thumbs up available, if you dont like something there would be two options. Post a response or just dont rate it. Edit: They did that on youtube lmao Nah either all or nothing you should have to post a response why you agree aswell then. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravvi.3146 Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Linken.6345 said: Nah either all or nothing you should have to post a response why you agree aswell then. They already do that, Anet devs dont like disagreements 3 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 12/21/2022 at 5:22 PM, azorean.1850 said: this is what keeps me up at night, kitten u passive agressive emojis 😂 Well, it certainly doesn't keep anyone up at night. If anything, one can only feel sorry for those trolling others that way. It's a pathetic display of character. 😄 2 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenDEADLY.5281 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 If you think emojiis are life threatening, wait until you meet another actual human being who has their own opinions and thoughts! 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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