I haven't played it (and may not, idk), but I'm glad you're having a good time comrade
Glad it's inclusive, but it also doesn't look great
Just because all the reactonaries are review bombing it doesn't make it good. Bioware these days has an amazing talent for turning everything they touch into shit
That might be true, but the mod team statements have also given me the impression that they don't view themselves as part of the rank and file users and, in fact, hold us in contempt
c/selfcrit
You do seem energized
Why are you modding a comm you hate?Seems like there's a simple solution to that
They're back ITT!
Did you get some rest sweetie?
It's that this came in combination with a total lack of transparency with us and a constantly shifting rationale for removing the comms. And the fact that these clowns got week notice while the admins couldn't even solicit feedback on the changes here first before implementing them. Was it a ruse? I just don't know what to believe anymore
The mods behind this statement should come forward and c/selfcrit. So many people have pointed out the the jacketing the userbase here as cishet white Reddit debatebros is fucked up and hurtful among other issues, and they are cowards for hiding behind CARCOSA. If you have contempt for the users then say it with your whole fucking chest under your own name
I honestly just don't know what to think. I've long admired the work CARCOSA has done. During federation, when I had (correctly) pointed out that another instance's admin was doing soft Holocaust denialism, she asked me to remove it for the sake of harmony and I did. Because she was working overtime to make federation work. She's one of the few admins who is actively communicating with users, and is really the public face of the team.
I've also never previously given credence to the idea that the mods are in opposition to the userbase or that they have formed cliques. Its not that hard to become a mod (I myself am technically a mod of the inactive bestofhexbear) and they do a lot of work.
But this has really shaken my faith. Between the constantly shifting justifications for the removals of the tank comms, the aspersion that were cast on the user's during the justifications, the what few revelations we have of the behind the scenes process, and the behavior of some of the mods during this ordeal... It's really bad. I wish CARCOSA had not made herself the face of this or gone to the other instances' admins behind our backs. Frankly, I think the mods who were behind the statement should come forward publicly and c/selfcrit, so that she is not bearing the full weight of the poor decisions of what was apparently a group effort to fuck up the site
I wonder if jacketing people as toxic cishet white debate bros for posting on the tank comms helped or hindered the ability have a productive conversation and assume good faith